diff --git a/pylons_app/templates/summary/summary.html b/pylons_app/templates/summary/summary.html
--- a/pylons_app/templates/summary/summary.html
+++ b/pylons_app/templates/summary/summary.html
@@ -64,22 +64,13 @@ E.onDOMReady(function(e){
 
     <h2>${h.link_to(_('Changes'),h.url('changelog_home',repo_name=c.repo_name))}</h2>
     <table>
-	<%def name="message_slug(msg)">
-		<%
-		limit = 60
-		if len(msg) > limit:
-			return msg[:limit]+'...'
-		else:
-			return msg
-		%>
-	</%def>    
 	%for cnt,cs in enumerate(c.repo_changesets):
 		<tr class="parity${cnt%2}">
 			<td>${cs._ctx.date()|n,filters.age}</td>
 			<td>${cs.author|n,filters.person}</td>
 			<td>r${cs.revision}</td>
 			<td>
-				${h.link_to(message_slug(cs.message),
+				${h.link_to(truncate(cs.message,60),
 				h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs._short),
 				title=cs.message)}
 			</td>