diff --git a/app/contexts/commit_load_context.rb b/app/contexts/commit_load_context.rb
index a0652377..2cf5420d 100644
--- a/app/contexts/commit_load_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/commit_load_context.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class CommitLoadContext < BaseContext
     commit = project.repository.commit(params[:id])
 
     if commit
-      commit = Commit.new(commit)
       line_notes = project.notes.for_commit_id(commit.id).inline
 
       result[:commit] = commit
diff --git a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
index da209e06..66603c97 100644
--- a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ module CommitsHelper
   end
 
   def commit_to_html commit
-    if commit.model
-      escape_javascript(render 'commits/commit', commit: commit)
-    end
+    escape_javascript(render 'commits/commit', commit: commit)
   end
 
   def diff_line_content(line)
diff --git a/app/models/note.rb b/app/models/note.rb
index 17ceb541..f26420ca 100644
--- a/app/models/note.rb
+++ b/app/models/note.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
   # override to return commits, which are not active record
   def noteable
     if for_commit?
-      Commit.new(project.repository.commit(commit_id))
+      project.repository.commit(commit_id)
     else
       super
     end