diff --git a/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_legacy_filter.rb b/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_filter.rb
similarity index 89%
rename from lib/banzai/filter/autolink_legacy_filter.rb
rename to lib/banzai/filter/autolink_filter.rb
index 1c4e3557dc9c06c5fb0fefc338d153f6728924ec..8b2399ab3d2d24d075ab81151f22d85786d32245 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_legacy_filter.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_filter.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 require 'uri'
 
-# TODO: This is now a legacy filter, and is only used with the Ruby parser.
-# The current markdown parser now properly handles autolinking.
-# The Ruby parser is now only for benchmarking purposes.
-# issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/454601
+# This filter handles autolinking when a pipeline does not
+# use the MarkdownFilter, which handles it's own autolinking.
+# This happens in particular for the SingleLinePipeline and the
+# CommitDescriptionPipeline.
 #
 # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety -- this is legacy/unused, no need fixing.
 # rubocop:disable Gitlab/NoCodeCoverageComment -- no coverage needed for a legacy filter
@@ -16,15 +16,11 @@ module Filter
     #
     # Based on HTML::Pipeline::AutolinkFilter
     #
-    # Note that our CommonMark parser, `commonmarker` (using the autolink extension)
-    # handles standard autolinking, like http/https. We detect additional
-    # schemes (smb, rdar, etc).
-    #
     # Context options:
     #   :autolink  - Boolean, skips all processing done by this filter when false
     #   :link_attr - Hash of attributes for the generated links
     #
-    class AutolinkLegacyFilter < HTML::Pipeline::Filter
+    class AutolinkFilter < HTML::Pipeline::Filter
       include ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper
       include Gitlab::Utils::SanitizeNodeLink
 
@@ -67,7 +63,12 @@ class AutolinkLegacyFilter < HTML::Pipeline::Filter
       }.freeze
 
       def call
-        return doc if MarkdownFilter.glfm_markdown?(context) && context[:pipeline] != :single_line
+        if MarkdownFilter.glfm_markdown?(context) &&
+            context[:pipeline] != :single_line &&
+            context[:pipeline] != :commit_description
+          return doc
+        end
+
         return doc if context[:autolink] == false
 
         doc.xpath(TEXT_QUERY).each do |node|
diff --git a/lib/banzai/filter/spaced_link_filter.rb b/lib/banzai/filter/spaced_link_filter.rb
index 94b84ccd874a0ec3cea6a545c8bbc13ef44bfcbd..479565a9f5378a2771bcb3ce12a7390ce0092b03 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/filter/spaced_link_filter.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/filter/spaced_link_filter.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Banzai
   module Filter
     # HTML Filter for markdown links with spaces in the URLs
     #
-    # Based on Banzai::Filter::AutolinkLegacyFilter
+    # Based on Banzai::Filter::AutolinkFilter
     #
     # CommonMark does not allow spaces in the url portion of a link/url.
     # For example, `[example](page slug)` is not valid.
diff --git a/lib/banzai/pipeline/broadcast_message_pipeline.rb b/lib/banzai/pipeline/broadcast_message_pipeline.rb
index e447c840684c99af244d4799495e1ea155ed2f3e..91a0723a965f34da85db56474cb9778f0308614c 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/pipeline/broadcast_message_pipeline.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/pipeline/broadcast_message_pipeline.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def self.filters
           Filter::BroadcastMessageSanitizationFilter,
           Filter::EmojiFilter,
           Filter::ColorFilter,
-          Filter::AutolinkLegacyFilter,
+          Filter::AutolinkFilter,
           Filter::ExternalLinkFilter
         ]
       end
diff --git a/lib/banzai/pipeline/gfm_pipeline.rb b/lib/banzai/pipeline/gfm_pipeline.rb
index 66caa9880fefee04bb7b6c5d529c43ec62f6492e..5d51037aae4efdd6948c02807bc07a03c5e14240 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/pipeline/gfm_pipeline.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/pipeline/gfm_pipeline.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def self.filters
           Filter::TableOfContentsLegacyFilter,
           Filter::TableOfContentsTagLegacyFilter,
           Filter::TableOfContentsTagFilter,
-          Filter::AutolinkLegacyFilter,
+          Filter::AutolinkFilter,
           Filter::ExternalLinkFilter,
           Filter::SuggestionFilter,
           Filter::FootnoteFilter,
diff --git a/lib/banzai/pipeline/single_line_pipeline.rb b/lib/banzai/pipeline/single_line_pipeline.rb
index f3a93e21b8ba040a922188edf32bb6ee5095eee7..0de9157a2b0f46d6f71395ae55bcdfbbf2d1b3bc 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/pipeline/single_line_pipeline.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/pipeline/single_line_pipeline.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def self.filters
           Filter::AssetProxyFilter,
           Filter::EmojiFilter,
           Filter::CustomEmojiFilter,
-          Filter::AutolinkLegacyFilter,
+          Filter::AutolinkFilter,
           Filter::ExternalLinkFilter,
           *reference_filters
         ]
diff --git a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_legacy_filter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_filter_spec.rb
similarity index 93%
rename from spec/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_legacy_filter_spec.rb
rename to spec/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_filter_spec.rb
index 312f22b1b2f974000bdafece5bde4475620e2901..8b364be8663bbd1e99453540c97e942dc7f10276 100644
--- a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_legacy_filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/autolink_filter_spec.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-# TODO: This is now a legacy filter, and is only used with the Ruby parser.
-# The current markdown parser now properly handles autolinking.
-# The Ruby parser is now only for benchmarking purposes.
-# issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/454601
-RSpec.describe Banzai::Filter::AutolinkLegacyFilter, feature_category: :team_planning do
+RSpec.describe Banzai::Filter::AutolinkFilter, feature_category: :team_planning do
   include FilterSpecHelper
 
   let_it_be(:context) { { markdown_engine: Banzai::Filter::MarkdownFilter::CMARK_ENGINE } }
@@ -14,6 +10,26 @@
   let(:link) { 'http://about.gitlab.com/' }
   let(:quotes) { ['"', "'"] }
 
+  context 'when using default markdown engine' do
+    it 'does nothing' do
+      exp = act = link
+
+      expect(filter(act, {}).to_html).to eq exp
+    end
+
+    it 'autolinks when using single_line pipeline' do
+      doc = filter("See #{link}", { pipeline: :single_line })
+
+      expect(doc.at_css('a').text).to eq link
+    end
+
+    it 'autolinks when using commit_description pipeline' do
+      doc = filter("See #{link}", { pipeline: :commit_description })
+
+      expect(doc.at_css('a').text).to eq link
+    end
+  end
+
   it 'does nothing when :autolink is false' do
     exp = act = link