diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_pull_requests.py b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_pull_requests.py
index 5da8bfd0..9e37270b 100644
--- a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_pull_requests.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_pull_requests.py
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ class RepoPullRequestsView(RepoAppView, DataGridAppView):
             raise HTTPNotFound()
 
         c.shadow_clone_url = PullRequestModel().get_shadow_clone_url(pull_request_at_ver)
+        c.show_merge_strategy = False
         if pull_request_at_ver.target_repo.repo_type in ["hg", "git"]:
             key = "rhodecode_%s_merge_strategy_selector" % pull_request_at_ver.target_repo.repo_type
             c.show_merge_strategy = self._get_general_setting(pull_request_at_ver.target_repo, key)