diff --git a/tools/buildman/control.py b/tools/buildman/control.py
index 6a4de36681943ec724f43f54934dc62f46383467..fb79a1ecfef19c8087998eb5b95d1a196a4d50e2 100644
--- a/tools/buildman/control.py
+++ b/tools/buildman/control.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def ShowActions(series, why_selected, boards_selected, builder, options):
     if commits:
         for upto in range(0, len(series.commits), options.step):
             commit = series.commits[upto]
-            print '   ', col.Color(col.YELLOW, commit.hash, bright=False),
+            print '   ', col.Color(col.YELLOW, commit.hash[:8], bright=False),
             print commit.subject
     print
     for arg in why_selected:
diff --git a/tools/patman/patchstream.py b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
index d630157f8f70f640858a28d66e0f00b61d74e82a..da0488337b29a5fd4db542b58892a14c4e637ee9 100644
--- a/tools/patman/patchstream.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ class PatchStream:
         # Detect the start of a new commit
         elif commit_match:
             self.CloseCommit()
-            # TODO: We should store the whole hash, and just display a subset
-            self.commit = commit.Commit(commit_match.group(1)[:8])
+            self.commit = commit.Commit(commit_match.group(1))
 
         # Detect tags in the commit message
         elif tag_match: