diff --git a/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/TabDeployView.tsx b/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/TabDeployView.tsx
index 7b708e267c08..fcc60eaf4244 100644
--- a/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/TabDeployView.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/TabDeployView.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ const CommitLabelBranchText = styled(Text)`
   whitespace: nowrap;
 `;
 
-const FIRST_COMMIT = "First Commit";
 const NO_CHANGES_TO_COMMIT = "No changes to commit";
 
 interface TabDeployViewProps {
@@ -83,9 +82,7 @@ interface TabDeployViewProps {
   isFetchStatusLoading: boolean;
   isPullFailing: boolean;
   isPullLoading: boolean;
-  lastDeployedAt: string | null;
   pull: () => void;
-  remoteUrl: string | null;
   statusBehindCount: number;
   statusIsClean: boolean;
 }
@@ -103,18 +100,14 @@ function TabDeployView({
   isFetchStatusLoading = false,
   isPullFailing = false,
   isPullLoading = false,
-  lastDeployedAt = null,
   pull = noop,
-  remoteUrl = null,
   statusBehindCount = 0,
   statusIsClean = false,
 }: TabDeployViewProps) {
   const [hasSubmitted, setHasSubmitted] = useState(false);
   const hasChangesToCommit = !statusIsClean;
   const commitInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
-  const [commitMessage, setCommitMessage] = useState(
-    remoteUrl && lastDeployedAt ? "" : FIRST_COMMIT,
-  );
+  const [commitMessage, setCommitMessage] = useState("");
   const [shouldDiscard, setShouldDiscard] = useState(false);
   const [isDiscarding, setIsDiscarding] = useState(isDiscardLoading);
   const [showDiscardWarning, setShowDiscardWarning] = useState(false);
diff --git a/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/index.tsx b/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/index.tsx
index aa4c47cf23eb..7ea10bb3e2d7 100644
--- a/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/index.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/git/components/OpsModal/TabDeploy/index.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import React from "react";
 import TabDeployView from "./TabDeployView";
-import { useGitContext } from "git/components/GitContextProvider";
-import useMetadata from "git/hooks/useMetadata";
 import useBranches from "git/hooks/useBranches";
 import useCommit from "git/hooks/useCommit";
 import useDiscard from "git/hooks/useDiscard";
 import usePull from "git/hooks/usePull";
 import useStatus from "git/hooks/useStatus";
-import type { GitApplicationArtifact } from "git/types";
 
 export default function TabDeploy() {
-  const { artifact } = useGitContext();
   const { clearCommitError, commit, commitError, isCommitLoading } =
     useCommit();
 
@@ -20,15 +16,10 @@ export default function TabDeploy() {
   const { isPullLoading, pull, pullError } = usePull();
   const { isFetchStatusLoading, status } = useStatus();
   const { currentBranch } = useBranches();
-  const { metadata } = useMetadata();
 
-  // ! git tagging: need to handle last deplyed here when tagging is implemented
-  const lastDeployedAt =
-    (artifact as GitApplicationArtifact)?.lastDeployedAt ?? null;
   const isPullFailing = !!pullError;
   const statusIsClean = status?.isClean ?? false;
   const statusBehindCount = status?.behindCount ?? 0;
-  const remoteUrl = metadata?.remoteUrl ?? null;
 
   return (
     <TabDeployView
@@ -44,9 +35,7 @@ export default function TabDeploy() {
       isFetchStatusLoading={isFetchStatusLoading}
       isPullFailing={isPullFailing}
       isPullLoading={isPullLoading}
-      lastDeployedAt={lastDeployedAt}
       pull={pull}
-      remoteUrl={remoteUrl}
       statusBehindCount={statusBehindCount}
       statusIsClean={statusIsClean}
     />