diff --git a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py
index f8e8b03..90c95e3 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     name = 'gerrit'
     log = logging.getLogger("zuul.GerritReporter")
 
-    def report(self, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, item):
         """Send a message to gerrit."""
 
         # If the source is no GerritSource we cannot report anything here.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                 self.connection.canonical_hostname:
             return
 
-        message = self._formatItemReport(pipeline, item)
+        message = self._formatItemReport(item)
 
         self.log.debug("Report change %s, params %s, message: %s" %
                        (item.change, self.config, message))
diff --git a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
index fc3b64d..29edb8a 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
@@ -39,25 +39,25 @@
         if not isinstance(self._unlabels, list):
             self._unlabels = [self._unlabels]
 
-    def report(self, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, item):
         """Comment on PR and set commit status."""
         if self._create_comment:
-            self.addPullComment(pipeline, item)
+            self.addPullComment(item)
         if (self._commit_status is not None and
             hasattr(item.change, 'patchset') and
             item.change.patchset is not None):
-            self.setPullStatus(pipeline, item)
+            self.setPullStatus(item)
         if (self._merge and
             hasattr(item.change, 'number')):
             self.mergePull(item)
             if not item.change.is_merged:
-                msg = self._formatItemReportMergeFailure(pipeline, item)
-                self.addPullComment(pipeline, item, msg)
+                msg = self._formatItemReportMergeFailure(item)
+                self.addPullComment(item, msg)
         if self._labels or self._unlabels:
             self.setLabels(item)
 
-    def addPullComment(self, pipeline, item, comment=None):
-        message = comment or self._formatItemReport(pipeline, item)
+    def addPullComment(self, item, comment=None):
+        message = comment or self._formatItemReport(item)
         project = item.change.project.name
         pr_number = item.change.number
         self.log.debug(
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@
             (item.change, self.config, message))
         self.connection.commentPull(project, pr_number, message)
 
-    def setPullStatus(self, pipeline, item):
+    def setPullStatus(self, item):
         project = item.change.project.name
         sha = item.change.patchset
-        context = '%s/%s' % (pipeline.layout.tenant.name, pipeline.name)
+        context = '%s/%s' % (item.pipeline.layout.tenant.name,
+                             item.pipeline.name)
         state = self._commit_status
 
         url_pattern = self.config.get('status-url')
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@
         url = item.formatUrlPattern(url_pattern) if url_pattern else ''
 
         description = ''
-        if pipeline.description:
-            description = pipeline.description
+        if item.pipeline.description:
+            description = item.pipeline.description
 
         self.log.debug(
             'Reporting change %s, params %s, status:\n'
diff --git a/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py b/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py
index 35eb69f..1f232e9 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
     name = 'smtp'
     log = logging.getLogger("zuul.SMTPReporter")
 
-    def report(self, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, item):
         """Send the compiled report message via smtp."""
-        message = self._formatItemReport(pipeline, item)
+        message = self._formatItemReport(item)
 
         self.log.debug("Report change %s, params %s, message: %s" %
                        (item.change, self.config, message))
diff --git a/zuul/driver/sql/sqlreporter.py b/zuul/driver/sql/sqlreporter.py
index 349abe8..5f93ce8 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/sql/sqlreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/sql/sqlreporter.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         # TODO(jeblair): document this is stored as NULL if unspecified
         self.result_score = config.get('score', None)
 
-    def report(self, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, item):
         """Create an entry into a database."""
 
         if not self.connection.tables_established:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                 ref=refspec,
                 score=self.result_score,
                 message=self._formatItemReport(
-                    pipeline, item, with_jobs=False),
+                    item, with_jobs=False),
             )
             buildset_ins_result = conn.execute(buildset_ins)
             build_inserts = []
diff --git a/zuul/manager/__init__.py b/zuul/manager/__init__.py
index 4005b01..3728c73 100644
--- a/zuul/manager/__init__.py
+++ b/zuul/manager/__init__.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
         report_errors = []
         if len(action_reporters) > 0:
             for reporter in action_reporters:
-                ret = reporter.report(self.pipeline, item)
+                ret = reporter.report(item)
                 if ret:
                     report_errors.append(ret)
             if len(report_errors) == 0:
diff --git a/zuul/reporter/__init__.py b/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
index 9c8e953..dc99c8b 100644
--- a/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
+++ b/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         self._action = action
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def report(self, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, item):
         """Send the compiled report message."""
 
     def getSubmitAllowNeeds(self):
@@ -61,57 +61,55 @@
         }
         return format_methods[self._action]
 
-    # TODOv3(jeblair): Consider removing pipeline argument in favor of
-    # item.pipeline
-    def _formatItemReport(self, pipeline, item, with_jobs=True):
+    def _formatItemReport(self, item, with_jobs=True):
         """Format a report from the given items. Usually to provide results to
         a reporter taking free-form text."""
-        ret = self._getFormatter()(pipeline, item, with_jobs)
+        ret = self._getFormatter()(item, with_jobs)
 
-        if pipeline.footer_message:
-            ret += '\n' + pipeline.footer_message
+        if item.pipeline.footer_message:
+            ret += '\n' + item.pipeline.footer_message
 
         return ret
 
-    def _formatItemReportStart(self, pipeline, item, with_jobs=True):
+    def _formatItemReportStart(self, item, with_jobs=True):
         status_url = ''
         if self.connection.sched.config.has_option('zuul', 'status_url'):
             status_url = self.connection.sched.config.get('zuul',
                                                           'status_url')
-        return pipeline.start_message.format(pipeline=pipeline,
-                                             status_url=status_url)
+        return item.pipeline.start_message.format(pipeline=item.pipeline,
+                                                  status_url=status_url)
 
-    def _formatItemReportSuccess(self, pipeline, item, with_jobs=True):
-        msg = pipeline.success_message
+    def _formatItemReportSuccess(self, item, with_jobs=True):
+        msg = item.pipeline.success_message
         if with_jobs:
-            msg += '\n\n' + self._formatItemReportJobs(pipeline, item)
+            msg += '\n\n' + self._formatItemReportJobs(item)
         return msg
 
-    def _formatItemReportFailure(self, pipeline, item, with_jobs=True):
+    def _formatItemReportFailure(self, item, with_jobs=True):
         if item.dequeued_needing_change:
             msg = 'This change depends on a change that failed to merge.\n'
         elif item.didMergerFail():
-            msg = pipeline.merge_failure_message
+            msg = item.pipeline.merge_failure_message
         elif item.getConfigError():
             msg = item.getConfigError()
         else:
-            msg = pipeline.failure_message
+            msg = item.pipeline.failure_message
             if with_jobs:
-                msg += '\n\n' + self._formatItemReportJobs(pipeline, item)
+                msg += '\n\n' + self._formatItemReportJobs(item)
         return msg
 
-    def _formatItemReportMergeFailure(self, pipeline, item, with_jobs=True):
-        return pipeline.merge_failure_message
+    def _formatItemReportMergeFailure(self, item, with_jobs=True):
+        return item.pipeline.merge_failure_message
 
-    def _formatItemReportDisabled(self, pipeline, item, with_jobs=True):
+    def _formatItemReportDisabled(self, item, with_jobs=True):
         if item.current_build_set.result == 'SUCCESS':
-            return self._formatItemReportSuccess(pipeline, item)
+            return self._formatItemReportSuccess(item)
         elif item.current_build_set.result == 'FAILURE':
-            return self._formatItemReportFailure(pipeline, item)
+            return self._formatItemReportFailure(item)
         else:
-            return self._formatItemReport(pipeline, item)
+            return self._formatItemReport(item)
 
-    def _formatItemReportJobs(self, pipeline, item):
+    def _formatItemReportJobs(self, item):
         # Return the list of jobs portion of the report
         ret = ''