diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/api.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/api.js.coffee
index 8028e66f08945435b3d5dd9365b361eccbff5366..89b0ac697ed52d232b27203f3da4575c74fc03be 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/api.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/api.js.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   groupPath: "/api/:version/groups/:id.json"
   namespacesPath: "/api/:version/namespaces.json"
   groupProjectsPath: "/api/:version/groups/:id/projects.json"
-  projectsPath: "/api/:version/projects.json?format=simple"
+  projectsPath: "/api/:version/projects.json?simple=true"
   labelsPath: "/api/:version/projects/:id/labels"
   licensePath: "/api/:version/licenses/:key"
   gitignorePath: "/api/:version/gitignores/:key"
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index 4743b484d227650e675eb05bde91b04295ce7394..1c65e833d47bce60e2bdcd27c006b1b441f96e8c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ class GitLabDropdown
           selected = true
 
       # Set URL
-      console.log(data)
       if @options.url?
         url = @options.url(data)
       else
diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index c46764c4897d1f45c3b279e05f8440a049eae50d..7aea553bdca9eee1eb657ff568e830fd6288a926 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module API
         @projects = current_user.authorized_projects
         @projects = filter_projects(@projects)
         @projects = paginate @projects
-        if params["format"]
+        if params["simple"]
           present @projects, with: Entities::BasicProjectWithAccess, user: current_user
         else
           present @projects, with: Entities::ProjectWithAccess, user: current_user
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js.coffee
index e49dfbf1ba439ba23f90653aa2d4267efa1b5db9..0244119fa0e794068055ca08804db9ff6e9cabb7 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/project_title_spec.js.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe 'Project Title', ->
       @projects_data = fixture.load('projects.json')[0]
 
       spyOn(jQuery, 'ajax').and.callFake (req) =>
-        expect(req.url).toBe('/api/v3/projects.json?format=simple')
+        expect(req.url).toBe('/api/v3/projects.json?simple=true')
         d = $.Deferred()
         d.resolve @projects_data
         d.promise()
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
index 8a52725a89312d356b7545e46cc932e10ba49030..2a0b56c5052a65f0d188748f49749355473a2110 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
         expect(json_response.first.keys).not_to include('open_issues_count')
       end
 
+      context 'GET /projects?simple=true' do
+        let(:keys) { ["id", "http_url_to_repo", "web_url", "name", "name_with_namespace", "path", "path_with_namespace", "permissions"] }
+        it 'should return a simplified version of all the projects' do
+          get api('/projects?simple=true', user)
+          expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+          expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+          expect(json_response.first.keys).to match_array keys
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'and using search' do
         it 'should return searched project' do
           get api('/projects', user), { search: project.name }