1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/application_controller.rb
index 0e71977a58a..1269759fc2b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/application_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ class Projects::MergeRequests::ApplicationController < Projects::ApplicationCont
   before_action :check_merge_requests_available!
   before_action :merge_request
   before_action :authorize_read_merge_request!
-  before_action :ensure_ref_fetched
 
   private
 
@@ -10,12 +9,6 @@ class Projects::MergeRequests::ApplicationController < Projects::ApplicationCont
     @issuable = @merge_request ||= @project.merge_requests.find_by!(iid: params[:id])
   end
 
-  # Make sure merge requests created before 8.0
-  # have head file in refs/merge-requests/
-  def ensure_ref_fetched
-    @merge_request.ensure_ref_fetched if Gitlab::Database.read_write?
-  end
-
   def merge_request_params
     params.require(:merge_request).permit(merge_request_params_attributes)
   end