diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 1835487ab2..e66eb3d9ba 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -3560,23 +3560,6 @@ sub parse_commit_text {
 		$title =~ s/^    //;
 		if ($title ne "") {
 			$co{'title'} = chop_str($title, 80, 5);
-			# remove leading stuff of merges to make the interesting part visible
-			if (length($title) > 50) {
-				$title =~ s/^Automatic //;
-				$title =~ s/^merge (of|with) /Merge ... /i;
-				if (length($title) > 50) {
-					$title =~ s/(http|rsync):\/\///;
-				}
-				if (length($title) > 50) {
-					$title =~ s/(master|www|rsync)\.//;
-				}
-				if (length($title) > 50) {
-					$title =~ s/kernel.org:?//;
-				}
-				if (length($title) > 50) {
-					$title =~ s/\/pub\/scm//;
-				}
-			}
 			$co{'title_short'} = chop_str($title, 50, 5);
 			last;
 		}