diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.vue
index b4a7fbec5f9..db10abdae83 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.vue
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@
       user() {
         return this.pipeline.user;
       },
-      autoDevOpsTitle() {
-        return '<div class="autodevops-title">This pipeline makes use of a predefined CI/CD configuration enabled by <b>Auto DevOps.</b></div>';
-      },
-      autoDevOpsContent() {
-        return `<a class="autodevops-link" href="${this.autoDevopsHelpPath}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more about Auto DevOps</a>`;
+      popoverOptions() {
+        return {
+          html: true,
+          delay: { hide: 600 },
+          trigger: 'hover',
+          placement: 'top',
+          title: '<div class="autodevops-title">This pipeline makes use of a predefined CI/CD configuration enabled by <b>Auto DevOps.</b></div>',
+          content: `<a class="autodevops-link" href="${this.autoDevopsHelpPath}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more about Auto DevOps</a>`,
+        };
       },
     },
   };
@@ -71,14 +75,9 @@
       </span>
       <a
         v-if="pipeline.flags.auto_devops"
-        class="js-pipeline-url-autodevops label label-info"
-        v-popover:html
-        tabindex="0"
-        role="button"
-        data-trigger="focus"
-        data-placement="top"
-        :title="autoDevOpsTitle"
-        :data-content="autoDevOpsContent">
+        class="js-pipeline-url-autodevops label label-info autodevops-link"
+        v-popover="popoverOptions"
+        role="button">
         Auto DevOps
       </a>
       <span
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/directives/popover.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/directives/popover.js
index ac78231a347..05fa563cbd0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/directives/popover.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/directives/popover.js
@@ -7,15 +7,11 @@
  * {
  *   directives: [popover]
  * }
- * <a v-popover>popover</a>
+ * <a v-popover="{options}">popover</a>
  */
 export default {
   bind(el, binding) {
-    const renderHTML = binding.arg === 'html';
-
-    $(el).popover({
-      html: renderHTML,
-    });
+    $(el).popover(binding.value);
   },
 
   unbind(el) {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
index 525e1d57fee..1fa815970eb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 .commit,
 .generic_commit_status {
 
-  a:not(.label):not(.autodevops-link),
+  a:not(.autodevops-link),
   button {
     color: $gl-text-color;
     vertical-align: baseline;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss
index 9071e1ca0c8..aaa0b344af5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss
@@ -936,7 +936,3 @@ button.mini-pipeline-graph-dropdown-toggle {
   font-weight: $gl-font-weight-normal;
   line-height: 1.5;
 }
-
-.autodevops-link {
-  color: $gl-link-color;
-}