diff --git a/hlibgit2.cabal b/hlibgit2.cabal
--- a/hlibgit2.cabal
+++ b/hlibgit2.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                hlibgit2
-Version:             0.17.0.6
+Version:             0.17.0.7
 Synopsis:            Low-level bindings to libgit2
 Description:         Bindings to libgit2 v0.17.0.
 License-file:        LICENSE
diff --git a/libgit2/src/commit.c b/libgit2/src/commit.c
--- a/libgit2/src/commit.c
+++ b/libgit2/src/commit.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
 
 	git_buf_putc(&commit, '\n');
 
+#if 0
 	/* Remove comments by default */
 	if (git_message_prettify(&cleaned_message, message, 1) < 0)
 		goto on_error;
@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@
 		goto on_error;
 
 	git_buf_free(&cleaned_message);
+#else
+	if (git_buf_puts(&commit, message) < 0)
+		goto on_error;
+#endif
 
 	if (git_repository_odb__weakptr(&odb, repo) < 0)
 		goto on_error;