diff --git a/app/views/shared/_commit_message_container.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_commit_message_container.html.haml
index cca7a0e..3be0147 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_commit_message_container.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_commit_message_container.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .commit-message-container
   .max-width-marker
     -# When the `ch` CSS length unit becomes widely supported `http://www.quirksmode.org/css/units-values` remove this workaround.
-    = 'a' * 72
   = textarea
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