diff --git a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
index 1ebfd92f11951fad886f6434f3d52b17b30685fd..9890ec7c75780cf6b11f3aa1af3875b4aa7a9030 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
 
   def markdown(text, context = {})
     context.merge!(
-      current_user: current_user,
       path:         @path,
       project:      @project,
       project_wiki: @project_wiki,
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
   # with a custom pipeline depending on the content being rendered
   def gfm(text, options = {})
     options.merge!(
-      current_user: current_user,
       path:         @path,
       project:      @project,
       project_wiki: @project_wiki,
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb b/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
index e07fdb702fc7c7d18cc39103f59df99e7947214c..478851fc656447379e6ab9711ed341cb7315595c 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ module Gitlab
         no_header_anchors: options[:no_header_anchors],
 
         # ReferenceFilter
-        current_user:    options[:current_user],
         only_path:       options[:reference_only_path],
         project:         options[:project],