diff --git a/Classes/Controllers/PBGitHistoryController.m b/Classes/Controllers/PBGitHistoryController.m
index a26f6ddc5..54b097dd4 100644
--- a/Classes/Controllers/PBGitHistoryController.m
+++ b/Classes/Controllers/PBGitHistoryController.m
@@ -180,11 +180,10 @@ - (void) _repositoryUpdatedNotification:(NSNotification *)notification {
 - (void)reselectCommitAfterUpdate {
 	[self updateStatus];
 
-	if ([self.repository.currentBranch isSimpleRef]) {
-		[self selectCommit:[self.repository OIDForRef:self.repository.currentBranch.ref] withRescroll:NO];
-	} else {
-		[self selectCommit:self.firstCommit.OID withRescroll:NO];
-	}
+	if ([self.repository.currentBranch isSimpleRef])
+		[self selectCommit:[self.repository OIDForRef:self.repository.currentBranch.ref]];
+	else
+		[self selectCommit:self.firstCommit.OID];
 }
 
 - (NSTableRowView *)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView rowViewForRow:(NSInteger)row {
@@ -552,11 +551,6 @@ - (NSArray *) selectedObjectsForOID:(GTOID *)commitOID
 }
 
 - (void)selectCommit:(GTOID *)commitOID
-{
-	[self selectCommit:commitOID withRescroll:YES];
-}
-
-- (void)selectCommit:(GTOID *)commitOID withRescroll:(BOOL)doRescroll
 {
 	if (!forceSelectionUpdate && [[[commitController.selectedObjects lastObject] OID] isEqual:commitOID]) {
 		return;
@@ -565,10 +559,8 @@ - (void)selectCommit:(GTOID *)commitOID withRescroll:(BOOL)doRescroll
 	NSArray *selectedObjects = [self selectedObjectsForOID:commitOID];
 	[commitController setSelectedObjects:selectedObjects];
 
-	if (doRescroll) {
-		NSInteger oldIndex = [[commitController selectionIndexes] firstIndex];
-		[self scrollSelectionToTopOfViewFrom:oldIndex];
-	}
+	NSInteger oldIndex = [[commitController selectionIndexes] firstIndex];
+	[self scrollSelectionToTopOfViewFrom:oldIndex];
 
 	forceSelectionUpdate = NO;
 }