diff --git a/resources/sql/patches/20130507.releephrqsimplifycols.sql b/resources/sql/patches/20130507.releephrqsimplifycols.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef8c8b5888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/patches/20130507.releephrqsimplifycols.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ALTER TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_releeph.releeph_request
+  DROP COLUMN requestCommitIdentifier,
+  DROP COLUMN requestCommitOrdinal,
+  DROP COLUMN status,
+  DROP COLUMN committedByUserPHID,
+  DROP KEY `requestIdentifierBranch`,
+  ADD CONSTRAINT
+    UNIQUE KEY `requestIdentifierBranch` (`requestCommitPHID`, `branchID`);
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method.php b/src/applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method.php
index c17dbbdcb3..1e9d373bc0 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/conduit/work/ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ final class ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method
      * This is easy for $needs_pick as the ordinal is stored.  It is hard for
      * reverts, as we have to look that information up.
      */
-    $needs_pick = msort($needs_pick, 'getRequestCommitOrdinal');
+    $needs_pick = $this->sortPicks($needs_pick);
     $needs_revert = $this->sortReverts($needs_revert);
 
     /**
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ final class ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method
     } elseif ($needs_pick) {
       $releeph_request = head($needs_pick);
       $action = 'pick';
-      $commit_id = $releeph_request->getRequestCommitIdentifier();
-      $commit_phid = $releeph_request->getRequestCommitPHID();
+      $commit = $releeph_request->loadPhabricatorRepositoryCommit();
+      $commit_id = $commit->getCommitIdentifier();
+      $commit_phid = $commit->getPHID();
     } else {
       // Return early if there's nothing to do!
       return array();
@@ -165,6 +166,18 @@ final class ConduitAPI_releephwork_nextrequest_Method
     );
   }
 
+  private function sortPicks(array $releeph_requests) {
+    $surrogate = array();
+    foreach ($releeph_requests as $rq) {
+      // TODO: it's likely that relying on the `id` column to provide
+      // trunk-commit-order is thoroughly broken.
+      $ordinal = (int) $rq->loadPhabricatorRepositoryCommit()->getID();
+      $surrogate[$ordinal] = $rq;
+    }
+    ksort($surrogate);
+    return $surrogate;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sort an array of ReleephRequests, that have been picked into a branch, in
    * the order in which they were picked to the branch.
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php b/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
index eefe3bf601..9ccbb23315 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditController extends ReleephController {
     $phids = array();
     $phids[] = $releeph_request->getRequestCommitPHID();
     $phids[] = $releeph_request->getRequestUserPHID();
-    $phids[] = $releeph_request->getCommittedByUserPHID();
 
     $handles = id(new PhabricatorObjectHandleData($phids))
       ->setViewer($request->getUser())
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/editor/ReleephRequestEditor.php b/src/applications/releeph/editor/ReleephRequestEditor.php
index 8cb0945e2f..9b6e31b310 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/editor/ReleephRequestEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/editor/ReleephRequestEditor.php
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
 
     $rq
       ->setBranchID($branch->getID())
-      ->setRequestCommitIdentifier($commit->getCommitIdentifier())
       ->setRequestCommitPHID($commit->getPHID())
-      ->setRequestCommitOrdinal($commit->getID())
       ->setInBranch(0)
       ->setRequestUserPHID($requestor->getPHID())
       ->setUserIntent($requestor, ReleephRequest::INTENT_WANT)
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
           ->setPickStatus(ReleephRequest::PICK_OK)
           ->setCommitIdentifier($new_commit_id)
           ->setCommitPHID(null)
-          ->setCommittedByUserPHID($actor->getPHID())
           ->save();
         break;
 
@@ -187,7 +184,6 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
           ->setPickStatus(ReleephRequest::REVERT_OK)
           ->setCommitIdentifier(null)
           ->setCommitPHID(null)
-          ->setCommittedByUserPHID(null)
           ->save();
         break;
 
@@ -254,7 +250,6 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
           ->setPickStatus(ReleephRequest::PICK_OK)
           ->setCommitIdentifier($commit->getCommitIdentifier())
           ->setCommitPHID($commit->getPHID())
-          ->setCommittedByUserPHID($actor->getPHID())
           ->save();
         break;
 
@@ -264,7 +259,6 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
           ->setPickStatus(ReleephRequest::REVERT_OK)
           ->setCommitIdentifier(null)
           ->setCommitPHID(null)
-          ->setCommittedByUserPHID(null)
           ->save();
         break;
 
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php b/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php
index 30cb80c487..67ab8d79d2 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ final class ReleephRequest extends ReleephDAO {
   protected $pickStatus;
 
   // Information about the thing being requested
-  protected $requestCommitIdentifier;
   protected $requestCommitPHID;
-  protected $requestCommitOrdinal;
 
   // Information about the last commit to the releeph branch
   protected $commitIdentifier;
-  protected $committedByUserPHID;
   protected $commitPHID;
 
   // Pre-populated handles that we'll bulk load in ReleephBranch
@@ -267,10 +264,12 @@ final class ReleephRequest extends ReleephDAO {
   }
 
   public function loadPhabricatorRepositoryCommitData() {
-    return $this->loadOneRelative(
-      new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitData(),
-      'commitID',
-      'getRequestCommitOrdinal');
+    $commit = $this->loadPhabricatorRepositoryCommit();
+    if ($commit) {
+      return $commit->loadOneRelative(
+        new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitData(),
+        'commitID');
+    }
   }
 
   public function loadDifferentialRevision() {
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/storage/patch/PhabricatorBuiltinPatchList.php b/src/infrastructure/storage/patch/PhabricatorBuiltinPatchList.php
index 74762e901d..c17ffd3d26 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/storage/patch/PhabricatorBuiltinPatchList.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/storage/patch/PhabricatorBuiltinPatchList.php
@@ -1270,6 +1270,10 @@ final class PhabricatorBuiltinPatchList extends PhabricatorSQLPatchList {
         'type' => 'sql',
         'name' => $this->getPatchPath('20130502.countdownrevamp3.sql'),
       ),
+      '20130507.releephrqsimplifycols.sql' => array(
+        'type' => 'sql',
+        'name' => $this->getPatchPath('20130507.releephrqsimplifycols.sql'),
+      ),
     );
   }
 }