diff --git a/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml
index 28e2f9d9da6..bd56e6974e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         $issues = gh issue list --repo '${{ github.repository }}' --label 'community metrics' --state open --json number --jq '.[].number'
         foreach ($issue in $issues)
         {
-            gh issue close $issue --comment 'Closing this issue as newer community metrics are available.'
+            Write-Output "Closing issue $issue"
         }
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}