diff --git a/src/VirtualMonoRepo/InitializeVMR.proj b/src/VirtualMonoRepo/InitializeVMR.proj
index df78ccce6..8146ae460 100644
--- a/src/VirtualMonoRepo/InitializeVMR.proj
+++ b/src/VirtualMonoRepo/InitializeVMR.proj
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@
   <Target Name="InitializeVMR" DependsOnTargets="GenerateFullNuGetVersion;
                                                  GenerateVersionFile;
                                                  InitializeCleanVmr;
-                                                 InitializeRepoAndDependentsRecursive;
-                                                 CopyTextOnlyPackages;
-                                                 CommitTextOnlyPackages">
+                                                 InitializeRepoAndDependentsRecursive">
     <Message Text="VMR was successfully initialized in '$(VmrDir)'" Importance="High" />
   </Target>
 
@@ -81,9 +79,4 @@
 
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="CommitTextOnlyPackages">
-    <Exec WorkingDirectory="$(VmrDir)" Command="git add packages/text-only" />
-    <Exec WorkingDirectory="$(VmrDir)" Command="git commit -m '[Initialization] Initialized text-only packages%0D%0A%0D%0A[[ commit created by automation ]]'" />
-  </Target>
-
 </Project>