diff --git a/app/models/concerns/referable.rb b/app/models/concerns/referable.rb
index 10f4be72016..78ac4f324e7 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/referable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/referable.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ module Referable
     to_reference(from_project)
   end
 
+  included do
+    alias_method :non_referable_inspect, :inspect
+    alias_method :inspect, :referable_inspect
+  end
+
   def referable_inspect
     if respond_to?(:id)
       "#<#{self.class.name} id:#{id} #{to_reference(full: true)}>"
@@ -33,10 +38,6 @@ module Referable
     end
   end
 
-  def inspect
-    referable_inspect
-  end
-
   module ClassMethods
     # The character that prefixes the actual reference identifier
     #
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 0e2654ff757..02c3ab6654b 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   devise :lockable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable,
     :validatable, :omniauthable, :confirmable, :registerable
 
-  # devise overrides #inspect, so we manually use the Referable one
-  def inspect
-    referable_inspect
-  end
-
   # Override Devise::Models::Trackable#update_tracked_fields!
   # to limit database writes to at most once every hour
   def update_tracked_fields!(request)