diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts
index 0d97764f86d03453093aacb28c43e81ac11f123c..bedc02090546165480a0cb00afc0be471f7ff566 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/terraform/index.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ export const supportedDatasources = [
 
 export const supportsLockFileMaintenance = true;
 export const defaultConfig = {
-  commitMessageTopic:
-    'Terraform {{managerData.terraformDependencyType}} {{depName}}',
+  commitMessageTopic: 'Terraform {{depName}}',
   fileMatch: ['\\.tf$'],
   versioning: hashicorpVersioning.id,
   pinDigests: false,