diff --git a/drupalorg/includes/DrupalorgIssueFork.php b/drupalorg/includes/DrupalorgIssueFork.php
index fe7a7444dccd590ecbc08e476b10ec1374abbf6f..6dca7f620a648540c7eddf575fffba81ad976353 100644
--- a/drupalorg/includes/DrupalorgIssueFork.php
+++ b/drupalorg/includes/DrupalorgIssueFork.php
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ class DrupalorgIssueFork extends Entity {
       $output['#attached']['js'][0]['data']['drupalorgIssueBranch'] = $issue_branch;
     }
 
-    $is_member = FALSE;
     if (user_is_logged_in() && (versioncontrol_gitlab_get_user_id($GLOBALS['user']))) {
       // Get push access form.
       $output['header']['access'] = drupal_get_form('drupalorg_issue_fork_access_form', $this);
@@ -494,9 +493,6 @@ class DrupalorgIssueFork extends Entity {
           '#markup' => $compare_image . t('compare'),
           '#suffix' => '</a> ',
         ];
-        if ($is_member && !is_null($this->getDevRelease())) {
-          $branch_output['operations']['mr'] = drupal_get_form('drupalorg_issue_fork_open_merge_request_form', $this, $row->branch);
-        }
       }
       foreach ($row->merge_requests as $iid => $info) {
         $merge_request_url = $this->mergeRequestUrl($iid);
@@ -990,74 +986,3 @@ function drupalorg_issue_fork_access_form_ajax(array $form, array $form_state) {
     return $form;
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * Form for opening a merge request.
- */
-function drupalorg_issue_fork_open_merge_request_form(array $form, array $form_state, \DrupalorgIssueFork $issue_fork, $branch) {
-  $form['#id'] = drupal_html_id('drupalorg-issue-fork-open-mr-form-' . $issue_fork->gitlab_project_id . '-' . $branch);
-  $form['actions'] = [
-    '#type' => 'actions',
-    'open_merge_request' => [
-      '#type' => 'submit',
-      '#value' => t('Open merge request'),
-      '#ajax' => [
-        'callback' => 'drupalorg_issue_fork_open_merge_request_form_ajax',
-        'progress' => ['type' => 'throbber'],
-        'wrapper' => $form['#id'],
-      ],
-    ],
-  ];
-
-  return $form;
-}
-
-/**
- * Form submit callback for drupalorg_issue_fork_open_merge_request_form().
- */
-function drupalorg_issue_fork_open_merge_request_form_submit(array $form, array &$form_state) {
-  list($issue_fork, $branch) = $form_state['build_info']['args'];
-
-  try {
-    $issue_wrapper = $issue_fork->getIssueWrapper();
-    $gitlab_api = versioncontrol_gitlab_get_client($GLOBALS['user']->git_username)->api('merge_requests');
-    $merge_request = $gitlab_api->create($issue_fork->gitlab_project_id, NULL, NULL, NULL, [
-      'source_branch' => $branch,
-      'target_branch' => $issue_fork->getDevRelease()->field_release_vcs_label[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value'],
-      'title' => 'Issue #' . $issue_wrapper->getIdentifier() . ': ' . $issue_wrapper->label(),
-      'target_project_id' => versioncontrol_project_repository_load($issue_wrapper->field_project->raw())->gitlab_project_id,
-      'squash' => TRUE,
-    ]);
-    $form_state['drupalorg_merge_request'] = $merge_request['iid'];
-  }
-  catch (Exception $e) {
-    $uri = $issue_fork->uri();
-    watchdog('drupalorg_issue_fork', 'Exception in opening merge request for !issue, branch @branch: %msg', [
-      '!issue' => l($issue_fork->label(), $uri['path'], $uri['options']),
-      '@branch' => $branch,
-      '%msg' => $e->getMessage(),
-    ], WATCHDOG_ERROR);
-    drupal_set_message(t('Opening merge request failed!'), 'error');
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * #ajax callback for drupalorg_issue_fork_open_merge_request_form().
- */
-function drupalorg_issue_fork_open_merge_request_form_ajax(array $form, array $form_state) {
-  if (isset($form_state['drupalorg_merge_request'])) {
-    list($issue_fork) = $form_state['build_info']['args'];
-    return l(t('<strong><abbr title="Merge Request">MR</abbr> !@iid</strong>', [
-      '@iid' => $form_state['drupalorg_merge_request'],
-    ]), $issue_fork->mergeRequestUrl($form_state['drupalorg_merge_request']), [
-      'attributes' => ['class' => ['merge-request']],
-      'html' => TRUE,
-      'external' => TRUE,
-    ]);
-  }
-  else {
-    // Let reattaching the form re-trigger behaviors, any errors will be shown.
-    return $form;
-  }
-
-}