diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
index f4aed44..4ed0b86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
@@ -3,31 +3,13 @@ name: "Auto release"
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6 
-  HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
-  CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
 jobs:
   auto_release:
     name: "Automatic release prep"
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
     steps:
-    
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-      uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-      with:
-        apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-        dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-        job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: start first step"
-      run: |
-        echo STEP_ID="auto-release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: "Checkout Source"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -41,19 +23,11 @@ jobs:
         CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: "Get Version"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       id: gv
       run: |
         echo "::set-output name=ver::$(jq --raw-output .version metadata.json)"
 
-    - name: "Check if a release is necessary"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      id: check
-      run: |
-        git diff --quiet CHANGELOG.md && echo "::set-output name=release::false" || echo "::set-output name=release::true"
-
     - name: "Commit changes"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
       run: |
         git config --local user.email "${{ github.repository_owner }}@users.noreply.github.com"
         git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
@@ -63,7 +37,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Create Pull Request
       id: cpr
       uses: puppetlabs/peter-evans-create-pull-request@v3
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         commit-message: "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
@@ -73,18 +46,11 @@ jobs:
         body: |
           Automated release-prep through [pdk-templates](https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/blob/main/moduleroot/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml.erb) from commit ${{ github.sha }}. 
           Please verify before merging:
-          - [ ] last [nightly](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/nightly.yml) run is green
           - [ ] [Changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) is readable and has no unlabeled pull requests
           - [ ] Ensure the [changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) version and [metadata](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/metadata.json) version match
         labels: "maintenance"
 
     - name: PR outputs
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
       run: |
         echo "Pull Request Number - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
         echo "Pull Request URL - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-url }}"
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record finish step"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Finished auto release workflow'