diff --git a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
index e5c3be47801..89fe90fd801 100644
--- a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
@@ -145,15 +145,14 @@ module CommitsHelper
         person_name
       end
 
-    options = {
-      class: "commit-#{options[:source]}-link has-tooltip",
-      title: source_email
+    link_options = {
+      class: "commit-#{options[:source]}-link"
     }
 
     if user.nil?
-      mail_to(source_email, text, options)
+      mail_to(source_email, text, link_options)
     else
-      link_to(text, user_path(user), options)
+      link_to(text, user_path(user), link_options)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
index e90916e340d..ef6f5c76de6 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
               - commit = blame_group[:commit]
               %td.blame-commit{ class: age_map_class(commit.committed_date, project_duration) }
                 .commit
-                  = author_avatar(commit, size: 36)
+                  = author_avatar(commit, size: 36, has_tooltip: false)
                   .commit-row-title
                     %span.item-title.str-truncated-100
                       = link_to_markdown commit.title, project_commit_path(@project, commit.id), class: "cdark", title: commit.title
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
index 886dd73c33b..78522393d4b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     %span.d-none.d-sm-inline authored
     #{time_ago_with_tooltip(@commit.authored_date)}
     %span= s_('ByAuthor|by')
-    = author_avatar(@commit, size: 24)
+    = author_avatar(@commit, size: 24, has_tooltip: false)
     %strong
       = commit_author_link(@commit, avatar: true, size: 24)
     - if @commit.different_committer?
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
index 90e55fd0fb0..feaf44e8c0a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   %li.commit.flex-row.js-toggle-container{ id: "commit-#{commit.short_id}" }
 
     .avatar-cell.d-none.d-sm-block
-      = author_avatar(commit, size: 36)
+      = author_avatar(commit, size: 36, has_tooltip: false)
 
     .commit-detail.flex-list
       .commit-content.qa-commit-content
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/29278-commits-page-tooltips.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/29278-commits-page-tooltips.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d54301a1cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/29278-commits-page-tooltips.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Remove tooltips from commit author avatar and name in commit lists
+merge_request: 20674
+author:
+type: other
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/commits/user_browses_commits_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/commits/user_browses_commits_spec.rb
index 23d8d606790..534cfe1eb12 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/commits/user_browses_commits_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/commits/user_browses_commits_spec.rb
@@ -238,6 +238,5 @@ def check_author_link(email, author)
   author_link = find('.commit-author-link')
 
   expect(author_link['href']).to eq(user_path(author))
-  expect(author_link['title']).to eq(email)
   expect(find('.commit-author-name').text).to eq(author.name)
 end