diff --git a/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml b/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml
index 50521264a61..a3a4bd4f752 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 %span.str-truncated
-  %span.tree_author= commit_author_link(commit, avatar: true, size: 16)
   = link_to_gfm commit.title, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: "tree-commit-link"