diff --git a/action.cjs b/action.cjs
index de036b1a..62b785ad 100644
--- a/action.cjs
+++ b/action.cjs
@@ -51,15 +51,18 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, inputs, actionPath, core }) => {
     const commentsBefore = await commentsNumber({ context, github })
     await cleanupComments({ context, github })
 
-    const { default: addLabel } = await import(`${actionPath}/src/steps/addLabel.js`)
-
     // unverified-commits steps
     const { default: unverifiedCommits } = await import(`${actionPath}/src/steps/unverifiedCommits.js`)
 
     // add unverified-commits label step
     const unverifiedCommitsSteps = await unverifiedCommits({ context, github })
     if (unverifiedCommitsSteps === '"UNVERIFIED-CHANGED"') {
-      await addLabel({ context, github, label: 'unverified-commits' })
+      await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+        owner: context.repo.owner,
+        repo: context.repo.repo,
+        issue_number: context.issue.number,
+        labels: ['unverified-commits']
+      })
     }
 
     // run-reviewdog-pr step
@@ -93,7 +96,12 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, inputs, actionPath, core }) => {
 
     if (shouldTrigger) {
       // add label step
-      await addLabel({ context, github, label: 'needs-security-review' })
+      await github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+        owner: context.repo.owner,
+        repo: context.repo.repo,
+        issue_number: context.issue.number,
+        labels: ['needs-security-review']
+      })
       // add assignees step
       await github.rest.issues.addAssignees({
         owner: context.repo.owner,
diff --git a/src/steps/addLabel.js b/src/steps/addLabel.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7521df04..00000000
--- a/src/steps/addLabel.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-export default async function addLabel ({
-  github,
-  context,
-  label
-}) {
-  return github.rest.issues.addLabels({
-    owner: context.repo.owner,
-    repo: context.repo.repo,
-    issue_number: context.issue.number,
-    labels: [label]
-  })
-}