diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index b9fb6c3..7525384 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ export const DEFAULTS: AppConfig = {
   groqApiKey: "",
   model: "whisper-large-v3",
   language: "",
-  whisperPrompt:
-    "opencode, voice, dictation, transcribe, command, terminal, commit, branch, pull, push, merge, issue, prompt",
+  whisperPrompt: "",
   endpoint: "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/audio/transcriptions",
   temperature: 0,
   autoSubmit: false,
diff --git a/tests/config.test.ts b/tests/config.test.ts
index 9455c89..ff2d291 100644
--- a/tests/config.test.ts
+++ b/tests/config.test.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,8 @@ describe("DEFAULTS", () => {
     expect(DEFAULTS.language).toBe("");
   });
 
-  it("should have non-empty whisperPrompt", () => {
-    expect(DEFAULTS.whisperPrompt.length).toBeGreaterThan(50);
-  });
-
-  it("should have whisperPrompt under 120 characters (terms only, no sentences)", () => {
-    expect(DEFAULTS.whisperPrompt.length).toBeLessThan(120);
+  it("should have empty whisperPrompt by default", () => {
+    expect(DEFAULTS.whisperPrompt).toBe("");
   });
 
   it("should have autoSubmit disabled by default", () => {