diff --git a/.changeset/cold-peas-leave.md b/.changeset/cold-peas-leave.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9751840ab69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-peas-leave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': minor
+---
+
+Remove redundant quotes from `create-astro` commit message
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/git.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/git.ts
index 34c9994126ec..4957aad9efee 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/git.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/git.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async function init({ cwd }: { cwd: string }) {
 			[
 				'commit',
 				'-m',
-				'"Initial commit from Astro"',
+				'Initial commit from Astro',
 				'--author="houston[bot] <astrobot-houston@users.noreply.github.com>"',
 			],
 			{ cwd, stdio: 'ignore' },