diff --git a/lib/github/import.rb b/lib/github/import.rb
index 641147c40e4..ef0ef9adc7a 100644
--- a/lib/github/import.rb
+++ b/lib/github/import.rb
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ module Github
         response = Github::Client.new(options).get(url, state: :all, sort: :created, direction: :asc)
 
         response.body.each do |raw|
-          pull_request  = Github::Representation::PullRequest.new(project, raw, options)
+          pull_request  = Github::Representation::PullRequest.new(raw, options.merge(project: project))
           merge_request = MergeRequest.find_or_initialize_by(iid: pull_request.iid, source_project_id: project.id)
           next unless merge_request.new_record? && pull_request.valid?
 
diff --git a/lib/github/representation/branch.rb b/lib/github/representation/branch.rb
index 7c65a948ede..d1dac6944f0 100644
--- a/lib/github/representation/branch.rb
+++ b/lib/github/representation/branch.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ module Github
     class Branch < Representation::Base
       attr_reader :repository
 
-      def initialize(repository, raw)
-        @repository = repository
-        @raw = raw
-      end
-
       def user
         raw.dig('user', 'login') || 'unknown'
       end
@@ -47,6 +42,10 @@ module Github
       def commit_exists?
         repository.branch_names_contains(sha).include?(ref)
       end
+
+      def repository
+        @repository ||= options.fetch(:repository)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/github/representation/pull_request.rb b/lib/github/representation/pull_request.rb
index 4119ca400c6..ac9c8283b4b 100644
--- a/lib/github/representation/pull_request.rb
+++ b/lib/github/representation/pull_request.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ module Github
       delegate :user, :repo, :ref, :sha, to: :source_branch, prefix: true
       delegate :user, :exists?, :repo, :ref, :sha, :short_sha, to: :target_branch, prefix: true
 
-      def initialize(project, raw, options)
-        @project = project
-        @raw     = raw
-        @options = options
-      end
-
       def source_project
         project
       end
@@ -54,8 +48,12 @@ module Github
 
       private
 
+      def project
+        @project ||= options.fetch(:project)
+      end
+
       def source_branch
-        @source_branch ||= Representation::Branch.new(project.repository, raw['head'])
+        @source_branch ||= Representation::Branch.new(raw['head'], repository: project.repository)
       end
 
       def source_branch_name_prefixed
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ module Github
       end
 
       def target_branch
-        @target_branch ||= Representation::Branch.new(project.repository, raw['base'])
+        @target_branch ||= Representation::Branch.new(raw['base'], repository: project.repository)
       end
 
       def target_branch_name_prefixed