diff --git a/ci/github-script/get-pr-commit-details.js b/ci/github-script/get-pr-commit-details.js
index 07ac10faa44f..c9349fa7e055 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/get-pr-commit-details.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/get-pr-commit-details.js
@@ -23,71 +23,63 @@ async function runGit({ args, repoPath, core, quiet }) {
 }
 
 /**
- * GitHub's API will return a maximum of 250 commits.
- * We will use it if we can, but fall back to using git locally.
- *
  * @param {{
- *  context: import('@actions/github/lib/context').Context,
  *  core: import('@actions/core'),
- *  github: InstanceType<import('@actions/github/lib/utils').GitHub>,
  *  pr: Awaited<ReturnType<InstanceType<import('@actions/github/lib/utils').GitHub>["rest"]["pulls"]["get"]>>["data"]
  *  repoPath?: string,
  * }} GetCommitMessagesForPRProps
  *
  * @returns {Promise<{
- *  message: string,
+ *  subject: string,
  *  sha: string,
  * }[]>}
  */
-async function getCommitDetailsForPR({ context, core, github, pr, repoPath }) {
-  if (pr.commits < 250) {
-    return (
-      await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.listCommits, {
-        ...context.repo,
-        pull_number: pr.number,
-      })
-    ).map((commit) => ({ message: commit.commit.message, sha: commit.sha }))
-  } else {
+async function getCommitDetailsForPR({ core, pr, repoPath }) {
+  await runGit({
+    args: ['fetch', `--depth=1`, 'origin', pr.base.sha],
+    repoPath,
+    core,
+  })
+  await runGit({
+    args: ['fetch', `--depth=${pr.commits + 1}`, 'origin', pr.head.sha],
+    repoPath,
+    core,
+  })
+
+  const shas = (
     await runGit({
-      args: ['fetch', `--depth=1`, 'origin', pr.base.sha],
-      repoPath,
-      core,
-    })
-    await runGit({
-      args: ['fetch', `--depth=${pr.commits + 1}`, 'origin', pr.head.sha],
+      args: [
+        'rev-list',
+        `--max-count=${pr.commits}`,
+        `${pr.base.sha}..${pr.head.sha}`,
+      ],
       repoPath,
       core,
     })
+  ).stdout
+    .split('\n')
+    .map((s) => s.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean)
 
-    const shas = (
-      await runGit({
-        args: [
-          'rev-list',
-          `--max-count=${pr.commits}`,
-          `${pr.base.sha}..${pr.head.sha}`,
-        ],
-        repoPath,
-        core,
-      })
-    ).stdout
-      .split('\n')
-      .map((s) => s.trim())
-      .filter(Boolean)
+  return Promise.all(
+    shas.map(async (sha) => {
+      const result = (
+        await runGit({
+          args: ['log', '--format=%s', '--numstat', '-1', sha],
+          repoPath,
+          core,
+          quiet: true,
+        })
+      ).stdout.split('\n')
 
-    return Promise.all(
-      shas.map(async (sha) => ({
+      const subject = result[0]
+
+      return {
         sha,
-        message: (
-          await runGit({
-            args: ['log', '--format=%s', '-1', sha],
-            repoPath,
-            core,
-            quiet: true,
-          })
-        ).stdout,
-      })),
-    )
-  }
+        subject,
+      }
+    }),
+  )
 }
 
 module.exports = { getCommitDetailsForPR }
diff --git a/ci/github-script/lint-commits.js b/ci/github-script/lint-commits.js
index ddc422f9114c..bba4cb9ec99a 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/lint-commits.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/lint-commits.js
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ async function checkCommitMessages({ github, context, core, repoPath }) {
   }
 
   const commits = await getCommitDetailsForPR({
-    context,
     core,
-    github,
     pr,
     repoPath,
   })
@@ -57,21 +55,18 @@ async function checkCommitMessages({ github, context, core, repoPath }) {
   const failures = new Set()
 
   for (const commit of commits) {
-    const message = commit.message
-    const firstLine = message.split('\n')[0]
+    const logMsgStart = `Commit ${commit.sha}'s message's subject ("${commit.subject}")`
 
-    const logMsgStart = `Commit ${commit.sha}'s message's subject ("${firstLine}")`
-
-    if (!firstLine.includes(': ')) {
+    if (!commit.subject.includes(': ')) {
       core.error(
         `${logMsgStart} was detected as not meeting our guidelines because ` +
-          'it does not contain a colon followed by a whitespace.' +
+          'it does not contain a colon followed by a whitespace. ' +
           'There are likely other issues as well.',
       )
       failures.add(commit.sha)
     }
 
-    if (firstLine.endsWith('.')) {
+    if (commit.subject.endsWith('.')) {
       core.error(
         `${logMsgStart} was detected as not meeting our guidelines because ` +
           'it ends in a period. There may be other issues as well.',
@@ -80,10 +75,10 @@ async function checkCommitMessages({ github, context, core, repoPath }) {
     }
 
     const fixups = ['amend!', 'fixup!', 'squash!']
-    if (fixups.some((s) => firstLine.startsWith(s))) {
+    if (fixups.some((s) => commit.subject.startsWith(s))) {
       core.error(
         `${logMsgStart} was detected as not meeting our guidelines because ` +
-          `it begins with "${fixups.find((s) => firstLine.startsWith(s))}". ` +
+          `it begins with "${fixups.find((s) => commit.subject.startsWith(s))}". ` +
           'Did you forget to run `git rebase -i --autosquash`?',
       )
       failures.add(commit.sha)