diff --git a/app/models/commit.rb b/app/models/commit.rb
index 9d721661629c9d32c4856d8e68e73e254c8b0250..aff329d71fa3f29e657597531ea161bfd3c90b68 100644
--- a/app/models/commit.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit.rb
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ class Commit
   end
 
   def author
-    User.find_for_commit(author_email, author_name)
+    @author ||= User.find_by_any_email(author_email)
   end
 
   def committer
-    User.find_for_commit(committer_email, committer_name)
+    @committer ||= User.find_by_any_email(committer_email)
   end
 
   def notes
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index f1bcecc13b3d4f9ca249ee9f5009eb9f121d50b1..dc84f5141d87896517cb3c4054f0e2651bc3b191 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
       end
     end
 
-    def find_for_commit(email, name)
+    # Find a User by their primary email or any associated secondary email
+    def find_by_any_email(email)
       user_table = arel_table
       email_table = Email.arel_table
 
@@ -237,13 +238,8 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
         join(email_table, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin).
         # ON "users"."id" = "emails"."user_id"
         on(user_table[:id].eq(email_table[:user_id])).
-        # WHERE ("user"."email" = '<email>' OR "user"."name" = '<name>')
-        # OR "emails"."email" = '<email>'
-        where(
-          user_table[:email].eq(email).
-          or(user_table[:name].eq(name)).
-          or(email_table[:email].eq(email))
-        )
+        # WHERE ("user"."email" = '<email>' OR "emails"."email" = '<email>')
+        where(user_table[:email].eq(email).or(email_table[:email].eq(email)))
 
       find_by_sql(query.to_sql).first
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index b80273c053d4e8e673856bf8d1b9ffb3c9033a66..6d2423ae27af87223900b2360971d4ee21afb01e 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -366,28 +366,22 @@ describe User do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '.find_for_commit' do
+  describe '.find_by_any_email' do
     it 'finds by primary email' do
       user = create(:user, email: 'foo@example.com')
 
-      expect(User.find_for_commit(user.email, '')).to eq user
+      expect(User.find_by_any_email(user.email)).to eq user
     end
 
     it 'finds by secondary email' do
       email = create(:email, email: 'foo@example.com')
       user  = email.user
 
-      expect(User.find_for_commit(email.email, '')).to eq user
-    end
-
-    it 'finds by name' do
-      user = create(:user, name: 'Joey JoJo')
-
-      expect(User.find_for_commit('', 'Joey JoJo')).to eq user
+      expect(User.find_by_any_email(email.email)).to eq user
     end
 
     it 'returns nil when nothing found' do
-      expect(User.find_for_commit('', '')).to be_nil
+      expect(User.find_by_any_email('')).to be_nil
     end
   end