diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-community-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/label-community-issues.yml
index 0312d63efb..5b8c08d57c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label-community-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-community-issues.yml
@@ -12,42 +12,8 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     
     steps:
-        # Adding this step for debug purposes
-        # If this works as expected, we can simplify this workflow
-        # and replace it with the `check-membership` step
-      - name: Check organization membership (test)
-        run: echo "${{ github.event.issue.author_association == 'MEMBER' }}"
-      - name: Check organization membership
-        id: check-membership
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.ORG_MEMBER_READ_TOKEN }}
-          result-encoding: string
-          script: |
-            const issueAuthor = '${{ github.event.issue.user.login }}';
-            const orgName = 'elastic';
-            
-            try {
-              await github.rest.orgs.getMembershipForUser({
-                org: orgName,
-                username: issueAuthor
-              });
-              
-              console.log(`${issueAuthor} is a member of ${orgName} organization`);
-              return 'member';
-              
-            } catch (error) {
-              if (error.status === 404) {
-                console.log(`${issueAuthor} is not a member of ${orgName} organization`);
-                return 'non-member';
-              } else {
-                console.log('Error checking organization membership:', error);
-                return 'error';
-              }
-            }
-
       - name: Add community label
-        if: steps.check-membership.outputs.result == 'non-member'
+        if: ${{ github.event.issue.author_association != 'MEMBER' }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}