diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 44a62143cf7e4bf37b6f54392e0b627e5de1960b..f0aa2b57121763d0a12b67d5eb1e3e779c8fc51c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     # Skip if user removed branch right after that
     return false unless project.repository.branch_names.include?(event.branch_name)
 
-    return false if event.branch_name =~ Gitlab::Git::REVERT_BRANCH_PATTERN
-
     true
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/commit.rb b/app/models/commit.rb
index 1237c50b7599592dcedcbf3de373d87243a8b54a..beae2fe7a1a30ae06de4715102420cd881347e0f 100644
--- a/app/models/commit.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit.rb
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class Commit
   end
 
   def revert_branch_name
-    "revert-#{project.id}-#{short_id}"
+    "revert-#{short_id}"
   end
 
   def revert_message