diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-plz.yml b/.github/workflows/release-plz.yml
index 3bd5916e2..529198600 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-plz.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-plz.yml
@@ -21,19 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: nightly
           override: true
           profile: minimal
-      - name: Close old release PR
-        run: |
-          # List all opened PRs which head branch starts with "release-plz-"
-          release_pr=$(gh pr list --state='open' --json number,headRefName --jq '.[] | select(.headRefName | startswith("release-plz-")) | .number')
-          # Close the release PR if there is one
-          if [[ -n "$release_pr" ]]; then
-            echo "Closing old release PR $release_pr"
-            gh pr close $release_pr
-          else
-            echo "No open release PR"
-          fi
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLZ_PAT }}
       - name: Run release-plz
         uses: MarcoIeni/release-plz-action@v0.5
         env: