diff --git a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py
index a855db3..531888c 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritreporter.py
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
     name = 'gerrit'
     log = logging.getLogger("zuul.GerritReporter")
 
-    def report(self, source, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, pipeline, item):
         """Send a message to gerrit."""
         message = self._formatItemReport(pipeline, item)
 
         self.log.debug("Report change %s, params %s, message: %s" %
                        (item.change, self.config, message))
         changeid = '%s,%s' % (item.change.number, item.change.patchset)
-        item.change._ref_sha = source.getRefSha(
+        item.change._ref_sha = item.change.project.source.getRefSha(
             item.change.project, 'refs/heads/' + item.change.branch)
 
         return self.connection.review(item.change.project.name, changeid,
diff --git a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
index 2d8e6cc..68c6af0 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         if not isinstance(self._unlabels, list):
             self._unlabels = [self._unlabels]
 
-    def report(self, source, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, pipeline, item):
         """Comment on PR and set commit status."""
         if self._create_comment:
             self.addPullComment(pipeline, item)
diff --git a/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py b/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py
index dd618ef..35eb69f 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/smtp/smtpreporter.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     name = 'smtp'
     log = logging.getLogger("zuul.SMTPReporter")
 
-    def report(self, source, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, pipeline, item):
         """Send the compiled report message via smtp."""
         message = self._formatItemReport(pipeline, item)
 
diff --git a/zuul/driver/sql/sqlreporter.py b/zuul/driver/sql/sqlreporter.py
index d6e547d..46d538a 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, source, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, pipeline, item):
         """Create an entry into a database."""
 
         if not self.connection.tables_established:
diff --git a/zuul/manager/__init__.py b/zuul/manager/__init__.py
index db9dc4c..7649944 100644
--- a/zuul/manager/__init__.py
+++ b/zuul/manager/__init__.py
@@ -146,20 +146,17 @@
 
     def reportStart(self, item):
         if not self.pipeline._disabled:
-            source = item.change.project.source
             try:
                 self.log.info("Reporting start, action %s item %s" %
                               (self.pipeline.start_actions, item))
-                ret = self.sendReport(self.pipeline.start_actions,
-                                      source, item)
+                ret = self.sendReport(self.pipeline.start_actions, item)
                 if ret:
                     self.log.error("Reporting item start %s received: %s" %
                                    (item, ret))
             except:
                 self.log.exception("Exception while reporting start:")
 
-    def sendReport(self, action_reporters, source, item,
-                   message=None):
+    def sendReport(self, action_reporters, item, message=None):
         """Sends the built message off to configured reporters.
 
         Takes the action_reporters, item, message and extra options and
@@ -168,7 +165,7 @@
         report_errors = []
         if len(action_reporters) > 0:
             for reporter in action_reporters:
-                ret = reporter.report(source, self.pipeline, item)
+                ret = reporter.report(self.pipeline, item)
                 if ret:
                     report_errors.append(ret)
             if len(report_errors) == 0:
@@ -723,7 +720,6 @@
 
     def _reportItem(self, item):
         self.log.debug("Reporting change %s" % item.change)
-        source = item.change.project.source
         ret = True  # Means error as returned by trigger.report
         if item.getConfigError():
             self.log.debug("Invalid config for change %s" % item.change)
@@ -758,7 +754,7 @@
             try:
                 self.log.info("Reporting item %s, actions: %s" %
                               (item, actions))
-                ret = self.sendReport(actions, source, item)
+                ret = self.sendReport(actions, item)
                 if ret:
                     self.log.error("Reporting item %s received: %s" %
                                    (item, ret))
diff --git a/zuul/reporter/__init__.py b/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
index 582265d..9c8e953 100644
--- a/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
+++ b/zuul/reporter/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         self._action = action
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def report(self, source, pipeline, item):
+    def report(self, pipeline, item):
         """Send the compiled report message."""
 
     def getSubmitAllowNeeds(self):