diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/tree.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/tree.scss
index 34ee4d7b31e..642bcd943aa 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/tree.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/tree.scss
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@
   }
 
   .tree_author {
-    padding-right: 8px;
-
-    .commit-author-name {
-      color: gray;
-    }
+    padding-left: 8px;
   }
 
   .tree_commit {
diff --git a/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml b/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml
index 50521264a61..86a80703072 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/tree/_tree_commit_column.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 %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"
+  %span.tree_author
+    [
+    commit_author_link(commit, avatar: false)
+    ]