diff --git a/.github/workflows/manifest.yml b/.github/workflows/manifest.yml
index 563dd25f012..bacd0ba768b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manifest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manifest.yml
@@ -53,10 +53,3 @@ jobs:
           verbosity-level: '1'
           labels: 'manifest'
           dnm-labels: 'DNM (manifest)'
-
-      - name: Check for label
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.*.labels.*.name, 'DNM (manifest)') }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Pull request is labeled as 'DNM (manifest)'."
-          echo "This workflow fails so that the pull request cannot be merged."
-          exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_metadata_check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_metadata_check.yml
index 199c76dde1b..3564c6352c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_metadata_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_metadata_check.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check for label
         if: ${{ contains(github.event.*.labels.*.name, 'DNM') ||
+                contains(github.event.*.labels.*.name, 'DNM (manifest)') ||
                 contains(github.event.*.labels.*.name, 'TSC') ||
                 contains(github.event.*.labels.*.name, 'Architecture Review') ||
                 contains(github.event.*.labels.*.name, 'dev-review') }}