diff --git a/src/applications/differential/event/DifferentialHovercardEventListener.php b/src/applications/differential/event/DifferentialHovercardEventListener.php
--- a/src/applications/differential/event/DifferentialHovercardEventListener.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/event/DifferentialHovercardEventListener.php
@@ -38,30 +38,21 @@
     $edge_query->execute();
     $tasks = $edge_query->getDestinationPHIDs();
 
-    $phids = array_merge(
-      array(
-        $rev->getAuthorPHID(),
-      ),
-      $reviewer_phids,
-      $tasks);
-
-    $handles = id(new PhabricatorHandleQuery())
-      ->setViewer($viewer)
-      ->withPHIDs($phids)
-      ->execute();
-
     $hovercard->setTitle('D'.$rev->getID());
     $hovercard->setDetail($rev->getTitle());
 
-    $hovercard->addField(pht('Author'),
-      $handles[$rev->getAuthorPHID()]->renderLink());
+    $hovercard->addField(
+      pht('Author'),
+      $viewer->renderHandle($rev->getAuthorPHID()));
 
-    $hovercard->addField(pht('Reviewers'),
-      implode_selected_handle_links(', ', $handles, $reviewer_phids));
+    $hovercard->addField(
+      pht('Reviewers'),
+      $viewer->renderHandleList($reviewer_phids)->setAsInline(true));
 
     if ($tasks) {
-      $hovercard->addField(pht('%s Task(s)', new PhutilNumber(count($tasks))),
-        implode_selected_handle_links(', ', $handles, $tasks));
+      $hovercard->addField(
+        pht('Tasks'),
+        $viewer->renderHandleList($tasks)->setAsInline(true));
     }
 
     if ($rev->getSummary()) {
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/event/ManiphestHovercardEventListener.php b/src/applications/maniphest/event/ManiphestHovercardEventListener.php
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/event/ManiphestHovercardEventListener.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/event/ManiphestHovercardEventListener.php
@@ -43,21 +43,16 @@
 
     $owner_phid = $task->getOwnerPHID();
 
-    $phids = array_filter(array_merge(
-      array($owner_phid),
-      $edge_phids));
-
-    $viewer_handles = $this->loadHandles($phids, $viewer);
-
-    $hovercard->setTitle(pht('T%d', $task->getID()))
+    $hovercard
+      ->setTitle(pht('T%d', $task->getID()))
       ->setDetail($task->getTitle());
 
-    $owner = phutil_tag('em', array(), pht('None'));
     if ($owner_phid) {
-      $owner = $viewer_handles[$owner_phid]->renderLink();
+      $owner = $viewer->renderHandle($owner_phid);
+    } else {
+      $owner = phutil_tag('em', array(), pht('None'));
     }
-
-    $hovercard->addField(pht('Assigned to'), $owner);
+    $hovercard->addField(pht('Assigned To'), $owner);
 
     if ($edge_phids) {
       $edge_types = array(
@@ -79,9 +74,10 @@
 
           $hovercard->addField(
             $edge_name,
-            implode_selected_handle_links(', ', $viewer_handles,
-              array_keys($edges[$edge_type]))
-                ->appendHTML($edge_overflow));
+            array(
+              $viewer->renderHandleList(array_keys($edges[$edge_type])),
+              $edge_overflow,
+            ));
         }
       }
     }
@@ -91,11 +87,4 @@
     $event->setValue('hovercard', $hovercard);
   }
 
-  protected function loadHandles(array $phids, $viewer) {
-    return id(new PhabricatorHandleQuery())
-      ->setViewer($viewer)
-      ->withPHIDs($phids)
-      ->execute();
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/phid/handle/view/render.php b/src/applications/phid/handle/view/render.php
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/src/applications/phid/handle/view/render.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * Implodes selected handles from a pool of handles. Useful if you load handles
- * for various phids, but only render a few of them at a time.
- *
- * @return PhutilSafeHTML
- */
-function implode_selected_handle_links($glue, array $handles, array $phids) {
-
-  $items = array();
-  foreach ($phids as $phid) {
-    $items[] = $handles[$phid]->renderLink();
-  }
-
-  return phutil_implode_html($glue, $items);
-}