diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceUpdateController.php b/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceUpdateController.php
index 269b87f0e6..7b5bc9a8b6 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceUpdateController.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/controller/ConpherenceUpdateController.php
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ final class ConpherenceUpdateController
     $conpherence_id,
     $latest_transaction_id) {
 
+    $minimal_display = $this->getRequest()->getExists('minimal_display');
     $need_widget_data = false;
     $need_transactions = false;
     $need_participant_cache = true;
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ final class ConpherenceUpdateController
       case ConpherenceUpdateActions::MESSAGE:
       case ConpherenceUpdateActions::ADD_PERSON:
         $need_transactions = true;
-        $need_widget_data = true;
+        $need_widget_data = !$minimal_display;
         break;
       case ConpherenceUpdateActions::REMOVE_PERSON:
       case ConpherenceUpdateActions::NOTIFICATIONS:
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ final class ConpherenceUpdateController
       $data = ConpherenceTransactionRenderer::renderTransactions(
         $user,
         $conpherence,
-        !$this->getRequest()->getExists('minimal_display'));
+        !$minimal_display);
       $participant_obj = $conpherence->getParticipant($user->getPHID());
       $participant_obj->markUpToDate($conpherence, $data['latest_transaction']);
     } else if ($need_transactions) {
@@ -505,51 +506,55 @@ final class ConpherenceUpdateController
     $header = null;
     $people_widget = null;
     $file_widget = null;
-    switch ($action) {
-      case ConpherenceUpdateActions::METADATA:
-        $policy_objects = id(new PhabricatorPolicyQuery())
-          ->setViewer($user)
-          ->setObject($conpherence)
-          ->execute();
-        $header = $this->buildHeaderPaneContent($conpherence, $policy_objects);
-        $nav_item = id(new ConpherenceThreadListView())
-          ->setUser($user)
-          ->setBaseURI($this->getApplicationURI())
-          ->renderSingleThread($conpherence);
-        break;
-      case ConpherenceUpdateActions::MESSAGE:
-        $file_widget = id(new ConpherenceFileWidgetView())
-          ->setUser($this->getRequest()->getUser())
-          ->setConpherence($conpherence)
-          ->setUpdateURI($widget_uri);
-        break;
-      case ConpherenceUpdateActions::ADD_PERSON:
-        $people_widget = id(new ConpherencePeopleWidgetView())
-          ->setUser($user)
-          ->setConpherence($conpherence)
-          ->setUpdateURI($widget_uri);
-        break;
-      case ConpherenceUpdateActions::REMOVE_PERSON:
-      case ConpherenceUpdateActions::NOTIFICATIONS:
-      default:
-        break;
+    if (!$minimal_display) {
+      switch ($action) {
+        case ConpherenceUpdateActions::METADATA:
+          $policy_objects = id(new PhabricatorPolicyQuery())
+            ->setViewer($user)
+            ->setObject($conpherence)
+            ->execute();
+          $header = $this->buildHeaderPaneContent(
+            $conpherence,
+            $policy_objects);
+          $header = hsprintf('%s', $header);
+          $nav_item = id(new ConpherenceThreadListView())
+            ->setUser($user)
+            ->setBaseURI($this->getApplicationURI())
+            ->renderSingleThread($conpherence);
+          $nav_item = hsprintf('%s', $nav_item);
+          break;
+        case ConpherenceUpdateActions::MESSAGE:
+          $file_widget = id(new ConpherenceFileWidgetView())
+            ->setUser($this->getRequest()->getUser())
+            ->setConpherence($conpherence)
+            ->setUpdateURI($widget_uri);
+          $file_widget = $file_widget->render();
+          break;
+        case ConpherenceUpdateActions::ADD_PERSON:
+          $people_widget = id(new ConpherencePeopleWidgetView())
+            ->setUser($user)
+            ->setConpherence($conpherence)
+            ->setUpdateURI($widget_uri);
+          $people_widget = $people_widget->render();
+          break;
+        case ConpherenceUpdateActions::REMOVE_PERSON:
+        case ConpherenceUpdateActions::NOTIFICATIONS:
+        default:
+          break;
+      }
     }
 
-    $people_html = null;
-    if ($people_widget) {
-      $people_html = hsprintf('%s', $people_widget->render());
-    }
     $data = $conpherence->getDisplayData($user);
     $content = array(
       'non_update' => $non_update,
       'transactions' => hsprintf('%s', $rendered_transactions),
       'conpherence_title' => (string) $data['title'],
       'latest_transaction_id' => $new_latest_transaction_id,
-      'nav_item' => hsprintf('%s', $nav_item),
+      'nav_item' => $nav_item,
       'conpherence_phid' => $conpherence->getPHID(),
-      'header' => hsprintf('%s', $header),
-      'file_widget' => $file_widget ? $file_widget->render() : null,
-      'people_widget' => $people_html,
+      'header' => $header,
+      'file_widget' => $file_widget,
+      'people_widget' => $people_widget,
     );
 
     return $content;