diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index d5345b6a2e..d95acaa40e 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 	else
 		putchar('\n');
 
-	if (revs->verbose_header && get_cached_commit_buffer(commit, NULL)) {
+	if (revs->verbose_header) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 		struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
 		ctx.abbrev = revs->abbrev;
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index fca29d4799..5c6b09034c 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -659,9 +659,6 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt)
 		show_mergetag(opt, commit);
 	}
 
-	if (!get_cached_commit_buffer(commit, NULL))
-		return;
-
 	if (opt->show_notes) {
 		int raw;
 		struct strbuf notebuf = STRBUF_INIT;