diff --git a/pkgs/merge-after-ci/merge-after-ci.py b/pkgs/merge-after-ci/merge-after-ci.py
index 759cca5aa..1de06c7ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/merge-after-ci/merge-after-ci.py
+++ b/pkgs/merge-after-ci/merge-after-ci.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ subprocess.run(
         "origin",
         "main",
         "--assignees",
-        "clan-bot",
-        *([*args.reviewers] if args.reviewers else []),
+        ",".join(["clan-bot", *args.reviewers]),
+        *(["--labels", "needs-review"] if not args.no_review else []),
         *args.args,
     ]
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/tea-create-pr/script.sh b/pkgs/tea-create-pr/script.sh
index a22ae5dd4..8216c027e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tea-create-pr/script.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tea-create-pr/script.sh
@@ -30,5 +30,4 @@ tea pr create \
   --description "$rest" \
   --head "$tempRemoteBranch" \
   --base "$targetBranch" \
-  --labels "needs-review" \
   "$@"