diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section.vue
index f3db1742253..119e38c583d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_commit_section.vue
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default {
         content: f.newContent,
       }));
       const payload = {
-        branch: Store.targetBranch,
+        branch: Store.currentBranch,
         commit_message: commitMessage,
         actions,
       };
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default {
         </label>
         <div class="col-md-6">
           <span class="help-block">
-            {{targetBranch}}
+            {{currentBranch}}
           </span>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button.vue
index 29b76975561..353142edeb7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button.vue
@@ -26,16 +26,6 @@ export default {
       this.editMode = !this.editMode;
       Store.toggleBlobView();
     },
-    toggleProjectRefsForm() {
-      $('.project-refs-form').toggleClass('disabled', this.editMode);
-      $('.js-tree-ref-target-holder').toggle(this.editMode);
-    },
-  },
-
-  watch: {
-    editMode() {
-      this.toggleProjectRefsForm();
-    },
   },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/index.js
index 6c1d468e937..7d0123e3d3a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/index.js
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ function initDropdowns() {
 }
 
 function addEventsForNonVueEls() {
-  $(document).on('change', '.dropdown', () => {
-    Store.targetBranch = $('.project-refs-target-form input[name="ref"]').val();
-  });
-
   window.onbeforeunload = function confirmUnload(e) {
     const hasChanged = Store.openedFiles
       .some(file => file.changed);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js
index 1c0df528aea..c9b0413e745 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repo/stores/repo_store.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const RepoStore = {
   isCommitable: false,
   binary: false,
   currentBranch: '',
-  targetBranch: 'new-branch',
   commitMessage: '',
   binaryTypes: {
     png: false,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_header.html.haml b/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_header.html.haml
index 853e2a6e7ec..6cddc38d11a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_header.html.haml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 .tree-ref-container
   .tree-ref-holder
     = render 'shared/ref_switcher', destination: 'tree', path: @path
-    - if show_new_repo?
-      .tree-ref-target-holder.js-tree-ref-target-holder
-        = icon('long-arrow-right', title: 'to target branch')
-        = render 'shared/target_switcher', destination: 'tree', path: @path
 
   - unless show_new_repo?
     = render 'projects/tree/old_tree_header'
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_target_switcher.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_target_switcher.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index bbe9692a7da..00000000000
--- a/app/views/shared/_target_switcher.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-- dropdown_toggle_text = @ref || @project.default_branch
-= form_tag nil, method: :get, class: "project-refs-form project-refs-target-form" do
-  = hidden_field_tag :destination, destination
-  - if defined?(path)
-    = hidden_field_tag :path, path
-  - @options && @options.each do |key, value|
-    = hidden_field_tag key, value, id: nil
-  .dropdown
-    = dropdown_toggle dropdown_toggle_text, { toggle: "dropdown", selected: dropdown_toggle_text, ref: @ref, refs_url: refs_project_path(@project, find: ['branches']), field_name: 'ref', input_field_name: 'new-branch', submit_form_on_click: true, visit: false }, { toggle_class: "js-project-refs-dropdown" }
-    .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable.git-revision-dropdown{ class: ("dropdown-menu-align-right" if local_assigns[:align_right]) }
-      = dropdown_title _("Create a new branch")
-      = dropdown_input _("Create a new branch")
-      = dropdown_title _("Select existing branch"), options: {close: false}
-      = dropdown_filter _("Search branches and tags")
-      = dropdown_content
-      = dropdown_loading
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button_spec.js
index 29dc2d21e4b..411514009dc 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/repo/components/repo_edit_button_spec.js
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@ describe('RepoEditButton', () => {
     expect(vm.$el.textContent).toMatch('Edit');
 
     spyOn(vm, 'editCancelClicked').and.callThrough();
-    spyOn(vm, 'toggleProjectRefsForm');
 
     vm.$el.click();
 
     Vue.nextTick(() => {
       expect(vm.editCancelClicked).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      expect(vm.toggleProjectRefsForm).toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(vm.$el.textContent).toMatch('Cancel edit');
       done();
     });