diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb
index 287388652e6b447a7defe3c0a5e5a60ec37400f6..737e6c931f72b4898c77b087004e3ea223b724c6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Projects::CommitController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def ci_builds
-    @ci_builds ||= Ci::Build.where(commit: ci_commits)
+    @ci_builds ||= Ci::Build.where(pipeline: ci_commits)
   end
 
   def define_show_vars
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ class Projects::CommitController < Projects::ApplicationController
     @diff_refs = [commit.parent || commit, commit]
     @notes_count = commit.notes.count
 
-    @statuses = CommitStatus.where(commit: ci_commits)
-    @builds = Ci::Build.where(commit: ci_commits)
+    @statuses = CommitStatus.where(pipeline: ci_commits)
+    @builds = Ci::Build.where(pipeline: ci_commits)
   end
 
   def assign_change_commit_vars(mr_source_branch)
diff --git a/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb b/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
index 9352c6f325a6c47526c62b8f97a3308e39ade829..9b5b46f4928ba6fada6a66c8f0b96a6c8d0cdf06 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/pipeline.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Ci
 
     def self.stages
       # We use pluck here due to problems with MySQL which doesn't allow LIMIT/OFFSET in queries
-      CommitStatus.where(commit: pluck(:id)).stages
+      CommitStatus.where(pipeline: pluck(:id)).stages
     end
 
     def project_id
diff --git a/lib/api/commit_statuses.rb b/lib/api/commit_statuses.rb
index 7fc833807641e6328789a807c2ec8b17a1c972fc..088d5bac587619ab1bef86cf2d26f6c39fa6c604 100644
--- a/lib/api/commit_statuses.rb
+++ b/lib/api/commit_statuses.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module API
         not_found!('Commit') unless user_project.commit(params[:sha])
 
         ci_commits = user_project.pipelines.where(sha: params[:sha])
-        statuses = ::CommitStatus.where(commit: ci_commits)
+        statuses = ::CommitStatus.where(pipeline: ci_commits)
         statuses = statuses.latest unless parse_boolean(params[:all])
         statuses = statuses.where(ref: params[:ref]) if params[:ref].present?
         statuses = statuses.where(stage: params[:stage]) if params[:stage].present?
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ module API
         ci_commit = @project.ensure_pipeline(commit.sha, ref)
 
         name = params[:name] || params[:context]
-        status = GenericCommitStatus.running_or_pending.find_by(commit: ci_commit, name: name, ref: params[:ref])
-        status ||= GenericCommitStatus.new(project: @project, commit: ci_commit, user: current_user)
+        status = GenericCommitStatus.running_or_pending.find_by(pipeline: ci_commit, name: name, ref: params[:ref])
+        status ||= GenericCommitStatus.new(project: @project, pipeline: ci_commit, user: current_user)
         status.update(attrs)
 
         case params[:state].to_s
diff --git a/spec/services/merge_requests/add_todo_when_build_fails_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/merge_requests/add_todo_when_build_fails_service_spec.rb
index 394ebebe31b5a5cdde53fc550cdfba8ef8e7c77b..a7f52a2fa24cb798a7b9fdbc2d091ffe98ae03e0 100644
--- a/spec/services/merge_requests/add_todo_when_build_fails_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/merge_requests/add_todo_when_build_fails_service_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe MergeRequests::AddTodoWhenBuildFailsService do
   let(:merge_request) { create(:merge_request) }
   let(:project) { create(:project) }
   let(:sha) { '1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678' }
-  let(:ci_commit) { create(:ci_commit_with_one_job, ref: merge_request.source_branch, project: project, sha: sha) }
+  let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_commit_with_one_job, ref: merge_request.source_branch, project: project, sha: sha) }
   let(:service) { MergeRequests::AddTodoWhenBuildFailsService.new(project, user, commit_message: 'Awesome message') }
   let(:todo_service) { TodoService.new }
 
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ describe MergeRequests::AddTodoWhenBuildFailsService do
   end
 
   before do
-    allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:ci_commit).and_return(ci_commit)
+    allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:pipeline).and_return(pipeline)
     allow(service).to receive(:todo_service).and_return(todo_service)
   end
 
   describe '#execute' do
     context 'commit status with ref' do
-      let(:commit_status) { create(:generic_commit_status, ref: merge_request.source_branch, pipeline: ci_commit) }
+      let(:commit_status) { create(:generic_commit_status, ref: merge_request.source_branch, pipeline: pipeline) }
 
       it 'notifies the todo service' do
         expect(todo_service).to receive(:merge_request_build_failed).with(merge_request)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe MergeRequests::AddTodoWhenBuildFailsService do
 
   describe '#close' do
     context 'commit status with ref' do
-      let(:commit_status) { create(:generic_commit_status, ref: merge_request.source_branch, pipeline: ci_commit) }
+      let(:commit_status) { create(:generic_commit_status, ref: merge_request.source_branch, pipeline: pipeline) }
 
       it 'notifies the todo service' do
         expect(todo_service).to receive(:merge_request_build_retried).with(merge_request)
diff --git a/spec/services/merge_requests/merge_when_build_succeeds_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/merge_requests/merge_when_build_succeeds_service_spec.rb
index d050f4cd95cef2734e0e6f4417382e39878cfe65..6d6539a0e71a6fceb72a758cbfd2762e903aeffb 100644
--- a/spec/services/merge_requests/merge_when_build_succeeds_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/merge_requests/merge_when_build_succeeds_service_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService do
                            source_project: project, target_project: project, state: "opened")
   end
 
-  let(:ci_commit) { create(:ci_commit_with_one_job, ref: mr_merge_if_green_enabled.source_branch, project: project) }
+  let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_commit_with_one_job, ref: mr_merge_if_green_enabled.source_branch, project: project) }
   let(:service) { MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService.new(project, user, commit_message: 'Awesome message') }
 
   describe "#execute" do
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService do
 
     context 'first time enabling' do
       before do
-        allow(merge_request).to receive(:ci_commit).and_return(ci_commit)
+        allow(merge_request).to receive(:pipeline).and_return(pipeline)
         service.execute(merge_request)
       end
 
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ describe MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService do
       let(:build)   { create(:ci_build, ref: mr_merge_if_green_enabled.source_branch) }
 
       before do
-        allow(mr_merge_if_green_enabled).to receive(:ci_commit).and_return(ci_commit)
+        allow(mr_merge_if_green_enabled).to receive(:pipeline).and_return(pipeline)
         allow(mr_merge_if_green_enabled).to receive(:mergeable?).and_return(true)
-        allow(ci_commit).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
+        allow(pipeline).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
       end
 
       it 'updates the merge params' do
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ describe MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService do
       let(:build)     { create(:ci_build, ref: mr_merge_if_green_enabled.source_branch, status: "success") }
 
       it "merges all merge requests with merge when build succeeds enabled" do
-        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:ci_commit).and_return(ci_commit)
-        allow(ci_commit).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
+        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:pipeline).and_return(pipeline)
+        allow(pipeline).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
 
         expect(MergeWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
         service.trigger(build)
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ describe MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService do
       let(:build)     { create(:ci_build, ref: mr_merge_if_green_enabled.source_branch, status: "success") }
 
       it "merges all merge requests with merge when build succeeds enabled" do
-        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:ci_commit).and_return(ci_commit)
-        allow(ci_commit).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
+        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:pipeline).and_return(pipeline)
+        allow(pipeline).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
         allow(old_build).to receive(:sha).and_return('1234abcdef')
 
         expect(MergeWorker).not_to receive(:perform_async)
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ describe MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService do
       it 'discovers branches and merges all merge requests when status is success' do
         allow(project.repository).to receive(:branch_names_contains).
           with(commit_status.sha).and_return([mr_merge_if_green_enabled.source_branch])
-        allow(ci_commit).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
-        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:ci_commit).and_return(ci_commit)
-        allow(ci_commit).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
+        allow(pipeline).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
+        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:pipeline).and_return(pipeline)
+        allow(pipeline).to receive(:success?).and_return(true)
 
         expect(MergeWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
         service.trigger(commit_status)
@@ -110,17 +110,17 @@ describe MergeRequests::MergeWhenBuildSucceedsService do
 
     context 'properly handles multiple stages' do
       let(:ref) { mr_merge_if_green_enabled.source_branch }
-      let(:build) { create(:ci_build, pipeline: ci_commit, ref: ref, name: 'build', stage: 'build') }
-      let(:test) { create(:ci_build, pipeline: ci_commit, ref: ref, name: 'test', stage: 'test') }
+      let(:build) { create(:ci_build, pipeline: pipeline, ref: ref, name: 'build', stage: 'build') }
+      let(:test) { create(:ci_build, pipeline: pipeline, ref: ref, name: 'test', stage: 'test') }
 
       before do
         # This behavior of MergeRequest: we instantiate a new object
-        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:ci_commit).and_wrap_original do
-          Ci::Pipeline.find(ci_commit.id)
+        allow_any_instance_of(MergeRequest).to receive(:pipeline).and_wrap_original do
+          Ci::Pipeline.find(pipeline.id)
         end
 
         # We create test after the build
-        allow(ci_commit).to receive(:create_next_builds).and_wrap_original do
+        allow(pipeline).to receive(:create_next_builds).and_wrap_original do
           test
         end
       end