diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getbranch_Method' => 'applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_getbranch_Method.php',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getbranchcommitmessage_Method' => 'applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_getbranchcommitmessage_Method.php',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getcommitmessage_Method' => 'applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_getcommitmessage_Method.php',
-    'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getorigcommitmessage_Method' => 'applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_getorigcommitmessage_Method.php',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method' => 'applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method.php',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_record_Method' => 'applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_record_Method.php',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_recordpickstatus_Method' => 'applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_recordpickstatus_Method.php',
@@ -2827,7 +2826,6 @@
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getbranch_Method' => 'ConduitAPI_releeph_Method',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getbranchcommitmessage_Method' => 'ConduitAPI_releeph_Method',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getcommitmessage_Method' => 'ConduitAPI_releeph_Method',
-    'ConduitAPI_releephwork_getorigcommitmessage_Method' => 'ConduitAPI_releeph_Method',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method' => 'ConduitAPI_releeph_Method',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_record_Method' => 'ConduitAPI_releeph_Method',
     'ConduitAPI_releephwork_recordpickstatus_Method' => 'ConduitAPI_releeph_Method',
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/conduit/ConduitAPI_diffusion_querycommits_Method.php b/src/applications/diffusion/conduit/ConduitAPI_diffusion_querycommits_Method.php
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/conduit/ConduitAPI_diffusion_querycommits_Method.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/conduit/ConduitAPI_diffusion_querycommits_Method.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
       'phids'             => 'optional list<phid>',
       'names'             => 'optional list<string>',
       'repositoryPHID'    => 'optional phid',
+      'needMessages'      => 'optional bool',
     ) + $this->getPagerParamTypes();
   }
 
@@ -25,9 +26,15 @@
   }
 
   protected function execute(ConduitAPIRequest $request) {
+    $need_messages = $request->getValue('needMessages');
+
     $query = id(new DiffusionCommitQuery())
       ->setViewer($request->getUser());
 
+    if ($need_messages) {
+      $query->needCommitData(true);
+    }
+
     $repository_phid = $request->getValue('repositoryPHID');
     if ($repository_phid) {
       $repository = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryQuery())
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@
       $uri = '/r'.$callsign.$identifier;
       $uri = PhabricatorEnv::getProductionURI($uri);
 
-      $data[$commit->getPHID()] = array(
+      $dict = array(
         'id' => $commit->getID(),
         'phid' => $commit->getPHID(),
         'repositoryPHID' => $commit->getRepository()->getPHID(),
@@ -75,7 +82,19 @@
         'epoch' => $commit->getEpoch(),
         'uri' => $uri,
         'isImporting' => !$commit->isImported(),
+        'summary' => $commit->getSummary(),
       );
+
+      if ($need_messages) {
+        $commit_data = $commit->getCommitData();
+        if ($commit_data) {
+          $dict['message'] = $commit_data->getCommitMessage();
+        } else {
+          $dict['message'] = null;
+        }
+      }
+
+      $data[$commit->getPHID()] = $dict;
     }
 
     $result = array(
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_getorigcommitmessage_Method.php b/src/applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_getorigcommitmessage_Method.php
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_getorigcommitmessage_Method.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-final class ConduitAPI_releephwork_getorigcommitmessage_Method
-  extends ConduitAPI_releeph_Method {
-
-  public function getMethodStatus() {
-    return self::METHOD_STATUS_UNSTABLE;
-  }
-
-  public function getMethodDescription() {
-    return "Return the original commit message for the given commit.";
-  }
-
-  public function defineParamTypes() {
-    return array(
-      'commitPHID' => 'required string',
-    );
-  }
-
-  public function defineReturnType() {
-    return 'nonempty string';
-  }
-
-  public function defineErrorTypes() {
-    return array();
-  }
-
-  protected function execute(ConduitAPIRequest $request) {
-    $commit = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())
-      ->loadOneWhere('phid = %s', $request->getValue('commitPHID'));
-    $commit_data = $commit->loadCommitData();
-    $commit_message = $commit_data->getCommitMessage();
-    return trim($commit_message);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php b/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
--- a/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
@@ -109,15 +109,6 @@
             $errors[] = $e->getMessage();
           }
 
-          $pr_commit_data = null;
-          if (!$errors) {
-            $pr_commit_data = $pr_commit->loadCommitData();
-            if (!$pr_commit_data) {
-              $e_request_identifier = 'Not parsed yet';
-              $errors[] = "The requested commit hasn't been parsed yet.";
-            }
-          }
-
           if (!$errors) {
             $object_phid = $finder->getRequestedObjectPHID();
             if (!$object_phid) {