diff --git a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator.rb b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator.rb
index b18a2b41018..99ed4729170 100644
--- a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator.rb
+++ b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ class PullRequestCreator
     require "dependabot/pull_request_creator/branch_namer"
     require "dependabot/pull_request_creator/labeler"
 
+    # Dependabot programmatically creates PRs which often include a large
+    # number of links to objects on `github.com`. GitHub hydrates these into
+    # rich links that leave a 'mention' on target Issues/Pull Requests.
+    #
+    # Due to the volume and nature of Dependabot PRs, these mentions are not
+    # useful and can overwhelm maintainers, so we use a redirection service
+    # to avoid enrichment.
+    #
+    # If you wish to disable this behaviour when using Dependabot Core directly,
+    # pass a nil value when initialising this class.
+    DEFAULT_GITHUB_REDIRECTION_SERVICE = "github-redirect.dependabot.com"
+
     class RepoNotFound < StandardError; end
 
     class RepoArchived < StandardError; end
@@ -46,7 +58,7 @@ def initialize(source:, base_commit:, dependencies:, files:, credentials:,
                    reviewers: nil, assignees: nil, milestone: nil,
                    branch_name_separator: "/", branch_name_prefix: "dependabot",
                    label_language: false, automerge_candidate: false,
-                   github_redirection_service: "github-redirect.dependabot.com",
+                   github_redirection_service: DEFAULT_GITHUB_REDIRECTION_SERVICE,
                    custom_headers: nil, require_up_to_date_base: false,
                    provider_metadata: {}, message: nil)
       @dependencies               = dependencies
diff --git a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb
index 59730e5df75..0c73092c683 100644
--- a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb
+++ b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class MessageBuilder
       def initialize(source:, dependencies:, files:, credentials:,
                      pr_message_header: nil, pr_message_footer: nil,
                      commit_message_options: {}, vulnerabilities_fixed: {},
-                     github_redirection_service: nil)
+                     github_redirection_service:)
         @dependencies               = dependencies
         @files                      = files
         @source                     = source