diff --git a/docs/config/setup/modules/defaultConfig.md b/docs/config/setup/modules/defaultConfig.md
index 0f0ace33c..fdf0afde5 100644
--- a/docs/config/setup/modules/defaultConfig.md
+++ b/docs/config/setup/modules/defaultConfig.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts:279](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts#L279)
+[packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts:272](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts#L272)
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts
index 0fa897d11..b0c31c894 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/defaultConfig.ts
@@ -248,13 +248,6 @@ const config: RequiredDeep<MermaidConfig> = {
     ...defaultConfigJson.requirement,
     useWidth: undefined,
   },
-  gitGraph: {
-    ...defaultConfigJson.gitGraph,
-    // TODO: This is a temporary override for `gitGraph`, since every other
-    //       diagram does have `useMaxWidth`, but instead sets it to `true`.
-    //       Should we set this to `true` instead?
-    useMaxWidth: false,
-  },
   sankey: {
     ...defaultConfigJson.sankey,
     // this is false, unlike every other diagram (other than gitGraph)