diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
index 5b5932023f..6373796287 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ jobs:
               'closed-issues.yml',
               'depsreview.yml',
               'label-actions.yml',
-              'lock-after-close.yml',
               'lock.yml',
               'sonarcloud.yml',
               'stale.yml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/closed-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/closed-issues.yml
index 5dcbb2958b..e5a86090b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/closed-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/closed-issues.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ jobs:
 
             Thank you for your contributions.
           repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+    - uses: OSDKDev/lock-issues@v1.1
+      with:
+        repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock-after-close.yml b/.github/workflows/lock-after-close.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43294fb579..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lock-after-close.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-name: "Issues - Lock closed issues"
-
-on: 
-  issues:
-    types: [closed]
-
-jobs:
-  lock:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: OSDKDev/lock-issues@v1.1
-      with:
-        repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
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