diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yaml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yaml
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-name: Dependabot auto-merge
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - 'main'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read # for actions/checkout to fetch code
-
-jobs:
-  dependabot:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'weaveworks/weave-gitops'
-    steps:
-      - name: Dependabot metadata
-        id: metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@dbb049abf0d677abbd7f7eee0375145b417fdd34 # v2.2.0
-        with:
-          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --rebase "$PR_URL"