diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/prepare-new-issue.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/prepare-new-issue.sh
index d588989984..9254b4f874 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/prepare-new-issue.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/prepare-new-issue.sh
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ for AREA in ${BODY_AREAS}; do
     continue
   fi
 
-  if [[ -n "${LABELS}" ]]; then
-      LABELS+=","
-  fi
-    LABELS+="${AREA}"
+  LABELS+=",${AREA}"
 done
 
 if [[ -v BODY_AREAS[@] ]]; then