diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/onboard.go b/internal/bootstrap/onboard.go
index 0c5f02f..02d1123 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/onboard.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/onboard.go
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ type onboardingRepoManager interface {
 	EnsureProtectedBranch(string, string) error
 	PublishDeliveryBranch(string, string, string, string, func(string) error) (bool, error)
 	EnsurePullRequest(string, string, string, string) error
-	HasOpenPullRequest(string, string) (bool, error)
-	MergePullRequest(string, string) error
 	PublishRepositoryPullRequest(string, string, string, string, func(string) error) (bool, error)
 	EnsureWebhook(string, string, string) error
 	TriggerWebhookTest(string, string, string) error
@@ -80,13 +78,6 @@ func OnboardApp(cfg config.Config, sourceDir string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	if open, err := sourceManager.HasOpenPullRequest(repository, deliveryBranch); err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if open {
-		if err := sourceManager.MergePullRequest(repository, deliveryBranch); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 
 	registrationBranch := "maidn/register-" + resolved.Delivery.AppName
 	clusterManager := newOnboardingRepoManager(resolved.Git.BaseURL, resolved.Git.Token, resolved.Git.Owner, resolved.Git.Username, "", "", resolved.Flux.Branch, "")
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/onboard_test.go b/internal/bootstrap/onboard_test.go
index d3dd84c..d51ce62 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/onboard_test.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/onboard_test.go
@@ -311,12 +311,14 @@ func TestOnboardAppUsesCanonicalSourceAndExecutionClusterManagers(t *testing.T)
 		"remote https://git.example.test/Maidn/maidn-e2e-web.git:production",
 		"protect Maidn/maidn-e2e-web:production",
 		"delivery https://git.example.test/Maidn/maidn-e2e-web.git:maidn/delivery-web-ui",
-		"open-pr Maidn/maidn-e2e-web:maidn/delivery-web-ui",
 	} {
 		if !strings.Contains(sourceCalls, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("source manager calls = %q, missing %q", sourceCalls, want)
 		}
 	}
+	if strings.Contains(sourceCalls, "merge-pr") {
+		t.Fatalf("source delivery PR was merged without review: %q", sourceCalls)
+	}
 	if got := strings.Join(clusterManager.calls, "\n"); got != "register test-org-2/cluster:maidn/register-web-ui" {
 		t.Fatalf("cluster manager calls = %q", got)
 	}