diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/show.html.haml
index fd7ff176c5e..04b4ed95a2d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/show.html.haml
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
         %ul
           - if can_update_issue
             %li= link_to 'Edit', edit_project_issue_path(@project, @issue)
-            / TODO: simplify condition back #36860
-          - if @issue.author && current_user != @issue.author
+          - unless current_user == @issue.author
             %li= link_to 'Report abuse', new_abuse_report_path(user_id: @issue.author.id, ref_url: issue_url(@issue))
           - if can_update_issue
             %li= link_to 'Close issue', issue_path(@issue, issue: { state_event: :close }, format: 'json'), class: "btn-close js-btn-issue-action #{issue_button_visibility(@issue, true)}", title: 'Close issue'
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_button.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_button.html.haml
index cb706d80f23..f16bc8dd430 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_button.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_button.html.haml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
             class: "hidden-xs hidden-sm btn btn-grouped btn-reopen js-btn-issue-action #{issuable_button_visibility(issuable, false)}", title: "Reopen #{display_issuable_type}"
 - elsif can_update && !is_current_user
   = render 'shared/issuable/close_reopen_report_toggle', issuable: issuable
-- elsif issuable.author
-  / TODO: change back to else #36860
+- else
   = link_to 'Report abuse', new_abuse_report_path(user_id: issuable.author.id, ref_url: issuable_url(issuable)),
             class: 'hidden-xs hidden-sm btn btn-grouped btn-close-color', title: 'Report abuse'
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_report_toggle.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_report_toggle.html.haml
index d8144a39b23..a38cd319e3c 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_report_toggle.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_close_reopen_report_toggle.html.haml
@@ -37,15 +37,13 @@
 
       %li.divider.droplab-item-ignore
 
-      / TODO: remove condition #36860
-      - if issuable.author
-        %li.report-item{ data: { text: 'Report abuse', url: new_abuse_report_path(user_id: issuable.author.id, ref_url: issuable_url(issuable)),
-                         button_class: "#{button_class} btn-close-color", toggle_class: "#{toggle_class} btn-close-color", method: '' } }
-          %button.btn.btn-transparent
-            = icon('check', class: 'icon')
-            .description
-              %strong.title Report abuse
-              %p.text
-                Report
-                = display_issuable_type.pluralize
-                that are abusive, inappropriate or spam.
+      %li.report-item{ data: { text: 'Report abuse', url: new_abuse_report_path(user_id: issuable.author.id, ref_url: issuable_url(issuable)),
+                       button_class: "#{button_class} btn-close-color", toggle_class: "#{toggle_class} btn-close-color", method: '' } }
+        %button.btn.btn-transparent
+          = icon('check', class: 'icon')
+          .description
+            %strong.title Report abuse
+            %p.text
+              Report
+              = display_issuable_type.pluralize
+              that are abusive, inappropriate or spam.
diff --git a/spec/features/issues/issue_detail_spec.rb b/spec/features/issues/issue_detail_spec.rb
index c470cb7c716..28b636f9359 100644
--- a/spec/features/issues/issue_detail_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/issues/issue_detail_spec.rb
@@ -40,18 +40,4 @@ feature 'Issue Detail', :js do
       end
     end
   end
-
-  context 'when authored by a user who is later deleted' do
-    before do
-      issue.update_attribute(:author_id, nil)
-      sign_in(user)
-      visit project_issue_path(project, issue)
-    end
-
-    it 'shows the issue' do
-      page.within('.issuable-details') do
-        expect(find('h2')).to have_content(issue.title)
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end