diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2a820032a6715..e1f9a00d89e7b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ for getting things done and landing your contribution.
     ```bash
     cd ~/nodejs.org
     git add .
-    git commit #let commitizen handle the commit
+    git commit -m "describe your changes"
     git push -u origin name-of-your-branch
     ```
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ae2467fb6fd2..154ef3a32e853 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
   <a title="scorecard" href="https://securityscorecards.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org">
     <img src="https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/badge" alt="nodejs.org scorecard badge" />
   </a>
-  <a href="http://commitizen.github.io/cz-cli/" alt="Commitizen friendly">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/commitizen-friendly-brightgreen.svg">
-  </a>
   <br />
   <br />
 </p>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3af86558e398e..845827d3d1605 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         "@eslint/js": "~9.16.0",
         "@types/eslint__js": "8.42.3",
         "@types/node": "22.10.1",
-        "commitizen": "4.3.1",
         "cz-conventional-changelog": "3.3.0",
         "eslint": "~9.16.0",
         "eslint-plugin-import-x": "~4.4.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44963a5567104..8491f970da2ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "@eslint/js": "~9.16.0",
     "@types/eslint__js": "8.42.3",
     "@types/node": "22.10.1",
-    "commitizen": "4.3.1",
     "cz-conventional-changelog": "3.3.0",
     "eslint": "~9.16.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import-x": "~4.4.3",