diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index 40c5e00249..0a5debf55c 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -2501,7 +2501,6 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ReleephController' => 'applications/releeph/controller/ReleephController.php',
     'ReleephDAO' => 'applications/releeph/storage/ReleephDAO.php',
     'ReleephDefaultFieldSelector' => 'applications/releeph/field/selector/ReleephDefaultFieldSelector.php',
-    'ReleephDefaultUserView' => 'applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephDefaultUserView.php',
     'ReleephDependsOnFieldSpecification' => 'applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephDependsOnFieldSpecification.php',
     'ReleephDiffChurnFieldSpecification' => 'applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephDiffChurnFieldSpecification.php',
     'ReleephDiffMessageFieldSpecification' => 'applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephDiffMessageFieldSpecification.php',
@@ -2554,7 +2553,6 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ReleephSeverityFieldSpecification' => 'applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephSeverityFieldSpecification.php',
     'ReleephStatusFieldSpecification' => 'applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephStatusFieldSpecification.php',
     'ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification' => 'applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification.php',
-    'ReleephUserView' => 'applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephUserView.php',
     'ShellLogView' => 'applications/harbormaster/view/ShellLogView.php',
     'SlowvoteEmbedView' => 'applications/slowvote/view/SlowvoteEmbedView.php',
     'SlowvoteRemarkupRule' => 'applications/slowvote/remarkup/SlowvoteRemarkupRule.php',
@@ -5473,7 +5471,6 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ReleephController' => 'PhabricatorController',
     'ReleephDAO' => 'PhabricatorLiskDAO',
     'ReleephDefaultFieldSelector' => 'ReleephFieldSelector',
-    'ReleephDefaultUserView' => 'ReleephUserView',
     'ReleephDependsOnFieldSpecification' => 'ReleephFieldSpecification',
     'ReleephDiffChurnFieldSpecification' => 'ReleephFieldSpecification',
     'ReleephDiffMessageFieldSpecification' => 'ReleephFieldSpecification',
@@ -5545,7 +5542,6 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ReleephSeverityFieldSpecification' => 'ReleephLevelFieldSpecification',
     'ReleephStatusFieldSpecification' => 'ReleephFieldSpecification',
     'ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification' => 'ReleephFieldSpecification',
-    'ReleephUserView' => 'AphrontView',
     'ShellLogView' => 'AphrontView',
     'SlowvoteEmbedView' => 'AphrontView',
     'SlowvoteRemarkupRule' => 'PhabricatorRemarkupRuleObject',
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/config/PhabricatorApplicationReleephConfigOptions.php b/src/applications/releeph/config/PhabricatorApplicationReleephConfigOptions.php
index 224711e6f3..d16416b935 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/config/PhabricatorApplicationReleephConfigOptions.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/config/PhabricatorApplicationReleephConfigOptions.php
@@ -59,18 +59,6 @@ final class PhabricatorApplicationReleephConfigOptions
             "stable.")),
       $this->newOption('releeph.fields', $custom_field_type, $default)
         ->setCustomData('ReleephFieldSpecification'),
-      $this->newOption(
-        'releeph.user-view',
-        'class',
-        'ReleephDefaultUserView')
-        ->setBaseClass('ReleephUserView')
-        ->setSummary(pht('Extra markup when rendering usernames'))
-        ->setDescription(
-          pht(
-            "A wrapper to render Phabricator users in Releeph, with custom ".
-            "markup.  For example, Facebook extends this to render additional ".
-            "information about requestors, to each Releeph project's ".
-            "pushers.")),
       $this->newOption(
         'releeph.default-branch-template',
         'string',
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephAuthorFieldSpecification.php b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephAuthorFieldSpecification.php
index f2092263ac..1963fe0f8e 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephAuthorFieldSpecification.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephAuthorFieldSpecification.php
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ final class ReleephAuthorFieldSpecification
         self::$authorMap[$releeph_request->getPHID()] = $author_phid;
       }
     }
-
-    ReleephUserView::getNewInstance()
-      ->setUser($this->getUser())
-      ->setReleephProject($this->getReleephProject())
-      ->load(self::$authorMap);
   }
 
   public function getName() {
@@ -32,9 +27,11 @@ final class ReleephAuthorFieldSpecification
     $rr = $this->getReleephRequest();
     $author_phid = idx(self::$authorMap, $rr->getPHID());
     if ($author_phid) {
-      return ReleephUserView::getNewInstance()
-        ->setRenderUserPHID($author_phid)
-        ->render();
+      $handle = id(new PhabricatorHandleQuery())
+        ->setViewer($this->getUser())
+        ->withPHIDs(array($author_phid))
+        ->executeOne();
+      return $handle->renderLink();
     } else {
       return 'Unknown Author';
     }
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephRequestorFieldSpecification.php b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephRequestorFieldSpecification.php
index a6dd00b5d5..9bb4261470 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephRequestorFieldSpecification.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephRequestorFieldSpecification.php
@@ -7,23 +7,17 @@ final class ReleephRequestorFieldSpecification
     return 'requestor';
   }
 
-  public function bulkLoad(array $releeph_requests) {
-    $phids = mpull($releeph_requests, 'getRequestUserPHID');
-    ReleephUserView::getNewInstance()
-      ->setUser($this->getUser())
-      ->setReleephProject($this->getReleephProject())
-      ->load($phids);
-  }
-
   public function getName() {
     return 'Requestor';
   }
 
   public function renderValueForHeaderView() {
     $phid = $this->getReleephRequest()->getRequestUserPHID();
-    return ReleephUserView::getNewInstance()
-      ->setRenderUserPHID($phid)
-      ->render();
+    $handle = id(new PhabricatorHandleQuery())
+      ->setViewer($this->getUser())
+      ->withPHIDs(array($phid))
+      ->executeOne();
+    return $handle->renderLink();
   }
 
   public function shouldAppearOnCommitMessage() {
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephDefaultUserView.php b/src/applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephDefaultUserView.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 93819cdad3..0000000000
--- a/src/applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephDefaultUserView.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-final class ReleephDefaultUserView extends ReleephUserView {
-
-  public function render() {
-    return $this->getHandle()->renderLink();
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephUserView.php b/src/applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephUserView.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e09dc6d1da..0000000000
--- a/src/applications/releeph/view/user/ReleephUserView.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-abstract class ReleephUserView extends AphrontView {
-
-  /**
-   * This function should bulk load everything you need to render all the given
-   * user phids.
-   *
-   * Many parts of Releeph load users for rendering.  Accordingly, this
-   * function will be called multiple times for each part of the UI that
-   * renders users, so you should accumulate your results on each call.
-   *
-   * You should also implement render() (from AphrontView) to render each
-   * user's PHID.
-   */
-  protected function loadInner(array $phids) {
-    // This is a hook!
-  }
-
-  final public static function getNewInstance() {
-    $key = 'releeph.user-view';
-    $class = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig($key);
-    return newv($class, array());
-  }
-
-  private static $handles = array();
-  private static $seen = array();
-
-  final public function load(array $phids) {
-    $todo = array();
-
-    foreach ($phids as $key => $phid) {
-      if (!idx(self::$seen, $phid)) {
-        $todo[$key] = $phid;
-        self::$seen[$phid] = true;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if ($todo) {
-      self::$handles = array_merge(
-        self::$handles,
-        id(new PhabricatorHandleQuery())
-        ->setViewer($this->getUser())
-        ->withPHIDs($todo)
-        ->execute());
-      $this->loadInner($todo);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private $phid;
-  private $releephProject;
-
-  final public function setRenderUserPHID($phid) {
-    $this->phid = $phid;
-    return $this;
-  }
-
-  final public function setReleephProject(ReleephProject $project) {
-    $this->releephProject = $project;
-    return $this;
-  }
-
-  final protected function getRenderUserPHID() {
-    return $this->phid;
-  }
-
-  final protected function getReleephProject() {
-    return $this->releephProject;
-  }
-
-  final protected function getHandle() {
-    return self::$handles[$this->phid];
-  }
-
-}