diff --git a/app/mailers/emails/merge_requests.rb b/app/mailers/emails/merge_requests.rb
index 7a685c04ebcf9d56a7dade39790a3b2a1f3671e0..76902b58f32fa76acc7598706653b10bb99f702b 100644
--- a/app/mailers/emails/merge_requests.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/emails/merge_requests.rb
@@ -69,50 +69,9 @@ module Emails
       mail_answer_thread(@merge_request,
                          from: sender(updated_by_user_id),
                          to: recipient(recipient_id),
-                         subject: subject("#{@merge_request.title} (##{@merge_request.iid}) #{@mr_status}"))
+                         subject: subject("#{@merge_request.title} (##{@merge_request.iid})"))
 
       sent_notification!(@merge_request, recipient_id)
     end
   end
-
-  # Over rides default behaviour to show source/target
-  # Formats arguments into a String suitable for use as an email subject
-  #
-  # extra - Extra Strings to be inserted into the subject
-  #
-  # Examples
-  #
-  #   >> subject('Lorem ipsum')
-  #   => "GitLab Merge Request | Lorem ipsum"
-  #
-  #   # Automatically inserts Project name:
-  #   Forked MR
-  #   => source project => <Project id: 1, name: "Ruby on Rails", path: "ruby_on_rails", ...>
-  #   => target project => <Project id: 2, name: "My Ror", path: "ruby_on_rails", ...>
-  #   => source branch => source
-  #   => target branch => target
-  #   >> subject('Lorem ipsum')
-  #   => "GitLab Merge Request | Ruby on Rails:source >> My Ror:target | Lorem ipsum "
-  #
-  #   Non Forked MR
-  #   => source project => <Project id: 1, name: "Ruby on Rails", path: "ruby_on_rails", ...>
-  #   => target project => <Project id: 1, name: "Ruby on Rails", path: "ruby_on_rails", ...>
-  #   => source branch => source
-  #   => target branch => target
-  #   >> subject('Lorem ipsum')
-  #   => "GitLab Merge Request | Ruby on Rails | source >> target | Lorem ipsum "
-  #   # Accepts multiple arguments
-  #   >> subject('Lorem ipsum', 'Dolor sit amet')
-  #   => "GitLab Merge Request | Lorem ipsum | Dolor sit amet"
-  def subject(*extra)
-    subject = "Merge Request | "
-    if @merge_request.for_fork?
-      subject << "#{@merge_request.source_project.name_with_namespace}:#{merge_request.source_branch} >> #{@merge_request.target_project.name_with_namespace}:#{merge_request.target_branch}"
-    else
-      subject << "#{@merge_request.source_project.name_with_namespace} | #{merge_request.source_branch} >> #{merge_request.target_branch}"
-    end
-    subject << " | " + extra.join(' | ') if extra.present?
-    subject
-  end
-
 end