diff --git a/routers/web/repo/commit.go b/routers/web/repo/commit.go
index 7513f9360b..9a620f6d37 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/commit.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/commit.go
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ func Commits(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Username"] = ctx.Repo.Owner.Name
 	ctx.Data["Reponame"] = ctx.Repo.Repository.Name
 	ctx.Data["CommitCount"] = commitsCount
-	ctx.Data["RefName"] = ctx.Repo.RefName
 
 	pager := context.NewPagination(int(commitsCount), pageSize, page, 5)
 	pager.SetDefaultParams(ctx)
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ func Graph(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Username"] = ctx.Repo.Owner.Name
 	ctx.Data["Reponame"] = ctx.Repo.Repository.Name
 	ctx.Data["CommitCount"] = commitsCount
-	ctx.Data["RefName"] = ctx.Repo.RefName
+
 	paginator := context.NewPagination(int(graphCommitsCount), setting.UI.GraphMaxCommitNum, page, 5)
 	paginator.AddParam(ctx, "mode", "Mode")
 	paginator.AddParam(ctx, "hide-pr-refs", "HidePRRefs")
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ func SearchCommits(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 	ctx.Data["Username"] = ctx.Repo.Owner.Name
 	ctx.Data["Reponame"] = ctx.Repo.Repository.Name
-	ctx.Data["RefName"] = ctx.Repo.RefName
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplCommits)
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +245,6 @@ func FileHistory(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Reponame"] = ctx.Repo.Repository.Name
 	ctx.Data["FileName"] = fileName
 	ctx.Data["CommitCount"] = commitsCount
-	ctx.Data["RefName"] = ctx.Repo.RefName
 
 	pager := context.NewPagination(int(commitsCount), setting.Git.CommitsRangeSize, page, 5)
 	pager.SetDefaultParams(ctx)
diff --git a/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl b/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl
index 415f3da0c0..0670635baf 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <h4 class="ui top attached header commits-table gt-df gt-ac gt-sb">
 	<div class="commits-table-left gt-df gt-ac">
 		{{if or .PageIsCommits (gt .CommitCount 0)}}
-			{{.CommitCount}} {{.locale.Tr "repo.commits.commits"}} {{if .RefName}}({{.RefName}}){{end}}
+			{{.CommitCount}} {{.locale.Tr "repo.commits.commits"}}
 		{{else if .IsNothingToCompare}}
-			{{.locale.Tr "repo.commits.nothing_to_compare"}} {{if .RefName}}({{.RefName}}){{end}}
+			{{.locale.Tr "repo.commits.nothing_to_compare"}}
 		{{else}}
-			{{.locale.Tr "repo.commits.no_commits" $.BaseBranch $.HeadBranch}} {{if .RefName}}({{.RefName}}){{end}}
+			{{.locale.Tr "repo.commits.no_commits" $.BaseBranch $.HeadBranch}}
 		{{end}}
 	</div>
 	<div class="commits-table-right gt-whitespace-nowrap">