diff --git a/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleProfileBadgesController.php b/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleProfileBadgesController.php
--- a/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleProfileBadgesController.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/controller/PhabricatorPeopleProfileBadgesController.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
       ->needProfile(true)
       ->needProfileImage(true)
       ->needAvailability(true)
-      ->needBadges(true)
       ->requireCapabilities(
         array(
           PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_VIEW,
@@ -82,21 +81,17 @@
   private function buildBadgesView(PhabricatorUser $user) {
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
 
-    $awards = array();
+    $awards = id(new PhabricatorBadgesAwardQuery())
+      ->setViewer($viewer)
+      ->withRecipientPHIDs(array($user->getPHID()))
+      ->execute();
+    $awards = mpull($awards, null, 'getBadgePHID');
+
     $badges = array();
-    if ($user->getBadgePHIDs()) {
-      $awards = id(new PhabricatorBadgesAwardQuery())
-        ->setViewer($viewer)
-        ->withRecipientPHIDs(array($user->getPHID()))
-        ->execute();
-      $awards = mpull($awards, null, 'getBadgePHID');
-
-      $badges = array();
-      foreach ($awards as $award) {
-        $badge = $award->getBadge();
-        if ($badge->getStatus() == PhabricatorBadgesBadge::STATUS_ACTIVE) {
-          $badges[$award->getBadgePHID()] = $badge;
-        }
+    foreach ($awards as $award) {
+      $badge = $award->getBadge();
+      if ($badge->getStatus() == PhabricatorBadgesBadge::STATUS_ACTIVE) {
+        $badges[$award->getBadgePHID()] = $badge;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/people/query/PhabricatorPeopleQuery.php b/src/applications/people/query/PhabricatorPeopleQuery.php
--- a/src/applications/people/query/PhabricatorPeopleQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/query/PhabricatorPeopleQuery.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   private $needProfile;
   private $needProfileImage;
   private $needAvailability;
-  private $needBadges;
   private $cacheKeys = array();
 
   public function withIDs(array $ids) {
@@ -128,11 +127,6 @@
     return $this;
   }
 
-  public function needBadges($need) {
-    $this->needBadges = $need;
-    return $this;
-  }
-
   public function needUserSettings($need) {
     $cache_key = PhabricatorUserPreferencesCacheType::KEY_PREFERENCES;
 
@@ -180,21 +174,6 @@
       }
     }
 
-    if ($this->needBadges) {
-      $awards = id(new PhabricatorBadgesAwardQuery())
-        ->setViewer($this->getViewer())
-        ->withRecipientPHIDs(mpull($users, 'getPHID'))
-        ->execute();
-
-      $awards = mgroup($awards, 'getRecipientPHID');
-
-      foreach ($users as $user) {
-        $user_awards = idx($awards, $user->getPHID(), array());
-        $badge_phids = mpull($user_awards, 'getBadgePHID');
-        $user->attachBadgePHIDs($badge_phids);
-      }
-    }
-
     if ($this->needAvailability) {
       $rebuild = array();
       foreach ($users as $user) {