diff --git a/internal/command/arguments/taint.go b/internal/command/arguments/taint.go
index 0741e7a268..5978dc0312 100644
--- a/internal/command/arguments/taint.go
+++ b/internal/command/arguments/taint.go
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ type Taint struct {
 // the best effort interpretation of the arguments.
 func ParseTaint(args []string) (*Taint, tfdiags.Diagnostics) {
 	var diags tfdiags.Diagnostics
-	taint := &Taint{
-		StateLock: true,
-	}
+	taint := &Taint{}
 
 	cmdFlags := defaultFlagSet("taint")
 	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&taint.AllowMissing, "allow-missing", false, "allow missing")
diff --git a/internal/command/arguments/untaint.go b/internal/command/arguments/untaint.go
index d4e1a4f005..41993cfe3c 100644
--- a/internal/command/arguments/untaint.go
+++ b/internal/command/arguments/untaint.go
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ type Untaint struct {
 // the best effort interpretation of the arguments.
 func ParseUntaint(args []string) (*Untaint, tfdiags.Diagnostics) {
 	var diags tfdiags.Diagnostics
-	untaint := &Untaint{
-		StateLock: true,
-	}
+	untaint := &Untaint{}
 
 	cmdFlags := defaultFlagSet("untaint")
 	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&untaint.AllowMissing, "allow-missing", false, "allow missing")