diff --git a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
index 127cd8f1812b9508f3a7a7a6943d5d0f4f27c9b1..e5fcaab9551975f9381a24bb73035d7aedcc1a87 100644
--- a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ module EventsHelper
 
   def event_note_title_html(event)
     if event.note_target
-      link_prefix = event.note_target.class.reference_prefix
-
       if event.note_commit?
         link_to(
           namespace_project_commit_path(event.project.namespace, event.project,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
index abeadc83b53ec18816cfefb3366956a5d944bf89..18cf3f14f0bf34e5c12b714561a049f1aa4f26d1 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             = note_count
 
   .merge-request-info
-    \#{merge_request.to_reference} ·
+    #{merge_request.to_reference} ·
     opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request.created_at, placement: 'bottom')}
     by #{link_to_member(@project, merge_request.author, avatar: false)}
     - if merge_request.target_project.default_branch != merge_request.target_branch