diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js
index 42ecf0d6cb2f5bef4d8f8c18d8780ca4ae2f260f..6f6ae9bde926c09b2456fb38be0d84a0754b09db 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ import MiniPipelineGraph from './mini_pipeline_graph_dropdown';
 
     MergeRequestWidget.prototype.updateCommitUrls = function(id) {
       const commitsUrl = this.opts.commits_path;
-      $('.js-commit-link').text(`#${id}`).attr('href', [commitsUrl, id].join('/'));
+      $('.js-commit-link').text(id).attr('href', [commitsUrl, id].join('/'));
     };
 
     MergeRequestWidget.prototype.initMiniPipelineGraph = function() {
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/31810-commit-link.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/31810-commit-link.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..857c9cb95c59595e3b3374d3bb3e079c373cdcf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/31810-commit-link.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Remove `#` being added on commit sha in MR widget
+merge_request:
+author: