diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/opentofu.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/opentofu.lua
index d7ebc258..cc7a9472 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/opentofu.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/opentofu.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ vim.filetype.add({
 })
 
 return {
+  recommended = function()
+    return LazyVim.extras.wants({
+      ft = "hcl",
+      root = ".tofu",
+    })
+  end,
+
   {
     "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
     opts = function(_, opts)
@@ -21,10 +28,6 @@ return {
       },
     },
   },
-  {
-    "mason-org/mason.nvim",
-    opts = { ensure_installed = { "tofu-ls" } },
-  },
   {
     "nvimtools/none-ls.nvim",
     optional = true,