diff --git a/static/js/pages/repo-view.js b/static/js/pages/repo-view.js
index 69f4b6af0..6e1099ba1 100644
--- a/static/js/pages/repo-view.js
+++ b/static/js/pages/repo-view.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
           loadImages();
 
           // Track builds.
-          buildPollChannel = AngularPollChannel.create($scope, loadRepositoryBuilds, 5000 /* 5s */);
+          buildPollChannel = AngularPollChannel.create($scope, loadRepositoryBuilds, 15000 /* 15s */);
           buildPollChannel.start();
         }, 10);
       });
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@
       };
 
       $scope.repositoryBuildsResource = ApiService.getRepoBuildsAsResource(params, /* background */true).get(function(resp) {
+        // Note: We could just set the builds here, but that causes a full digest cycle. Therefore,
+        // to be more efficient, we do some work here to determine if anything has changed since
+        // the last build load in the common case.
+        if ($scope.viewScope.builds && resp.builds.length == $scope.viewScope.builds.length) {
+          var hasNewInformation = false;
+          for (var i = 0; i < resp.builds.length; ++i) {
+            var current = $scope.viewScope.builds[i];
+            var updated = resp.builds[i];
+            if (current.phase != updated.phase || current.id != updated.id) {
+              hasNewInformation = true;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (!hasNewInformation) {
+            callback(true);
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+
         $scope.viewScope.builds = resp.builds;
         callback(true);
       }, errorHandler);