diff --git a/.github/config.yml b/.github/config.yml
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-# Comment to be posted on PRs from first-time contributors in your repository
-newPRWelcomeComment: |
-  Thank you for opening this pull request! 🙌
-
-  These tips will help get your PR across the finish line:
-
-  - Most of the repos have a PR template; if not, fill it out to the best of your knowledge.
-  - Sign off your commits (Reference: [DCO Guide](https://github.com/src-d/guide/blob/master/developer-community/fix-DCO.md)).
-
-# Comment to be posted to on pull requests merged by a first time user
-firstPRMergeComment: >
-  Congrats on merging your first pull request! 🎉
-
-# Comment to be posted on first-time issues
-newIssueWelcomeComment: >
-  Thank you for opening your first issue here! 🛠
diff --git a/boilerplate/flyte/welcome_bot/Readme.rst b/boilerplate/flyte/welcome_bot/Readme.rst
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-Config File -- Welcome Bot
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Provides a ``config.yml`` file.
-
-**To Enable:**
-
-Add ``flyte/config.yml`` to your ``boilerplate/update.cfg`` file.
diff --git a/boilerplate/flyte/welcome_bot/config.yml b/boilerplate/flyte/welcome_bot/config.yml
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index 04e92f6e6..000000000
--- a/boilerplate/flyte/welcome_bot/config.yml
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Comment to be posted on PRs from first-time contributors in your repository
-newPRWelcomeComment: |
-  Thank you for opening this pull request! 🙌
-
-  These tips will help get your PR across the finish line:
-
-  - Most of the repos have a PR template; if not, fill it out to the best of your knowledge.
-  - Sign off your commits (Reference: [DCO Guide](https://github.com/src-d/guide/blob/master/developer-community/fix-DCO.md)).
-
-# Comment to be posted to on pull requests merged by a first time user
-firstPRMergeComment: >
-  Congrats on merging your first pull request! 🎉
-
-# Comment to be posted on first-time issues
-newIssueWelcomeComment: >
-  Thank you for opening your first issue here! 🛠
diff --git a/boilerplate/flyte/welcome_bot/update.sh b/boilerplate/flyte/welcome_bot/update.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# WARNING: THIS FILE IS MANAGED IN THE 'BOILERPLATE' REPO AND COPIED TO OTHER REPOSITORIES.
-# ONLY EDIT THIS FILE FROM WITHIN THE 'FLYTEORG/BOILERPLATE' REPOSITORY:
-#
-# TO OPT OUT OF UPDATES, SEE https://github.com/flyteorg/boilerplate/blob/master/Readme.rst
-
-set -e
-
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
-
-# Clone the config.yml file
-echo "     - copying ${DIR}/config.yml to the root directory."
-cp "${DIR}"/config.yml "${DIR}"/../../../.github/config.yml
diff --git a/boilerplate/update.cfg b/boilerplate/update.cfg
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--- a/boilerplate/update.cfg
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-flyte/welcome_bot
diff --git a/boilerplate/update.sh b/boilerplate/update.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# WARNING: THIS FILE IS MANAGED IN THE 'BOILERPLATE' REPO AND COPIED TO OTHER REPOSITORIES.
-# ONLY EDIT THIS FILE FROM WITHIN THE 'FLYTEORG/BOILERPLATE' REPOSITORY:
-#
-# TO OPT OUT OF UPDATES, SEE https://github.com/flyteorg/boilerplate/blob/master/Readme.rst
-
-set -e
-
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
-
-OUT="$(mktemp -d)"
-trap 'rm -fr $OUT' EXIT
-
-git clone https://github.com/flyteorg/boilerplate.git "${OUT}"
-
-echo "Updating the update.sh script."
-cp "${OUT}/boilerplate/update.sh" "${DIR}/update.sh"
-
-CONFIG_FILE="${DIR}/update.cfg"
-README="https://github.com/flyteorg/boilerplate/blob/master/Readme.rst"
-
-if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
-  echo "$CONFIG_FILE not found."
-  echo "This file is required in order to select which features to include."
-  echo "See $README for more details."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$REPOSITORY" ]; then
-  echo "$REPOSITORY is required to run this script"
-  echo "See $README for more details."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-while read -r directory junk; do
-  # Skip comment lines (which can have leading whitespace)
-  if [[ "$directory" == '#'* ]]; then
-    continue
-  fi
-  # Skip blank or whitespace-only lines
-  if [[ "$directory" == "" ]]; then
-    continue
-  fi
-  # Lines like
-  #    valid/path  other_junk
-  # are not acceptable, unless `other_junk` is a comment
-  if [[ "$junk" != "" ]] && [[ "$junk" != '#'* ]]; then
-    echo "Invalid config! Only one directory is allowed per line. Found '$junk'"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  dir_path="${OUT}/boilerplate/${directory}"
-  # Make sure the directory exists
-  if ! [[ -d "$dir_path" ]]; then
-    echo "Invalid boilerplate directory: '$directory'"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  echo "***********************************************************************************"
-  echo "$directory is configured in update.cfg."
-  echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo "syncing files from source."
-  rm -rf "${DIR:?}/${directory}"
-  mkdir -p "$(dirname "${DIR}"/"${directory}")"
-  cp -r "$dir_path" "${DIR}/${directory}"
-  if [ -f "${DIR}/${directory}/update.sh" ]; then
-    echo "executing ${DIR}/${directory}/update.sh"
-    "${DIR}/${directory}/update.sh"
-  fi
-  echo "***********************************************************************************"
-  echo ""
-done < "$CONFIG_FILE"