diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 359c6d6..8f71113 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ harness = false
 [package.metadata.release]
 publish = false
 push = false
-post-release-commit-message = "cargo: development version bump"
 pre-release-commit-message = "cargo: libsystemd release {{version}}"
 sign-commit = true
 sign-tag = true