diff --git a/.github/workflows/labelpr.yaml b/.github/workflows/labelpr.yaml
index 14d6f226..5e69329b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labelpr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labelpr.yaml
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
-            const pr_welcome_msg = `Thanks for making a pull request! 😃\nOne of the maintainers will review and advise on the next steps.`;
             // https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types
             const valid_pr_types = ['feat', 'fix', 'docs', 'style', 'refactor', 'perf', 'test', 'build', 'ci', 'chore', 'revert'];
 
-            if(context.payload.pull_request.comments === 0) {
-              await github.issues.createComment({ ...context.repo, issue_number: context.payload.number, body: pr_welcome_msg});
-            }
 
             const title = context.payload.pull_request.title;
             const results = /^(\w+)(\(\w+\))?!?:/.exec(title);
@@ -32,4 +28,4 @@ jobs:
             const labels = context.payload.pull_request.labels;
             const new_labels = labels.filter(label => !valid_pr_types.includes(label.name)); // keep all labels that are not in valid_pr_types
             new_labels.push({name: pr_type});
-            await github.issues.update({ ...context.repo, issue_number: context.payload.number, labels: new_labels });
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+            await github.rest.issues.update({ ...context.repo, issue_number: context.payload.number, labels: new_labels });
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