diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/index.js b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
index 931214cf70d74d2ff32b705cb8ef0280ed03b417..a7536a5eab542d92db9c067733a0882b5ff849a8 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ async function ensurePr(prConfig) {
         commitRepos.push(upgrade.githubName);
         logJSON.versions.forEach(version => {
           const release = { ...version };
-          // TODO: remove once hasCommits is deprecated
-          release.commits = [];
-          release.hasCommits = false;
-          upgrade.hasCommits = upgrade.hasCommits || release.hasCommits;
           upgrade.releases.push(release);
         });
       }
@@ -156,7 +152,6 @@ async function ensurePr(prConfig) {
   // Update the config object
   Object.assign(config, upgrades[0]);
   config.hasReleaseNotes = config.upgrades.some(upg => upg.hasReleaseNotes);
-  config.hasCommits = config.upgrades.some(upg => upg.hasCommits);
 
   const releaseNoteRepos = [];
   for (const upgrade of config.upgrades) {