diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e796590..00000000
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-## Purpose
-
-<!-- Describe the intention of the changes being proposed. What problem does it solve or functionality does it add? -->
-
-
-## Does this introduce a breaking change?
-
-When developers merge from main and run the server, azd up, or azd deploy, will this produce an error?
-If you're not sure, try it out on an old environment.
-
-```
-[ ] Yes
-[ ] No
-```
-
-## Type of change
-
-```
-[ ] Bugfix
-[ ] Feature
-[ ] Code style update (formatting, local variables)
-[ ] Refactoring (no functional changes, no api changes)
-[ ] Documentation content changes
-[ ] Other... Please describe:
-```
-
-## Code quality checklist
-
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/rag-postgres-openai-python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#submit-pr) for more details.
-
-- [ ] The current tests all pass (`python -m pytest`).
-- [ ] I added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
-- [ ] I ran `python -m pytest --cov` to verify 100% coverage of added lines
-- [ ] I ran `python -m mypy` to check for type errors
-- [ ] I either used the pre-commit hooks or ran `ruff` manually on my code.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/evaluate.yaml b/.github/workflows/evaluate.yaml
index fdac800b..80971b0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/evaluate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/evaluate.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   evaluate:
     if: |
-      contains('["OWNER", "CONTRIBUTOR", "COLLABORATOR", "MEMBER"]', github.event.comment.author_association) &&
       github.event.issue.pull_request &&
       github.event.comment.body == '/evaluate'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest