diff --git a/app/controllers/commit_controller.rb b/app/controllers/commit_controller.rb
index 97998352255ff6e1aa47b64cd2e1031bcf9753e1..50556954817551eb91c5c7f8c4c807780a35f0bd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/commit_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/commit_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CommitController < ProjectResourceController
         end
       end
 
-      format.patch
+      format.patch { render text: @commit.to_patch }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/commit/show.patch.erb b/app/views/commit/show.patch.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index ce1c3d023f538a394934c9241e94fb2216418688..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/views/commit/show.patch.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<%= @commit.to_patch %>