diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
index 7b48a62749..7513a28639 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ body:
       description: |
         Paste the link to an example repo if possible, and exact instructions to reproduce the issue.
 
-        > **What happens if you skip this step?** Someone will read your bug report, and maybe will be able to help you, but it's unlikely that it will get much attention from the team. Eventually, the issue will likely get closed in favor of issues that have reproducible demos.
+        > **What happens if you skip this step?** Someone will read your bug report, and maybe will be able to help you, but if we fail to reproduce the issue, we might not be able to fix it.
 
         Please remember that:
 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
index 7c09cc37bf..9d2ee6cbfe 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-blank_issues_enabled: false
+blank_issues_enabled: true
 contact_links:
-  - name: 🚀 Feature request
-    url: https://pact.canny.io
-    about: The Canny board to send us feature requests, vote and measure the interest of users. Useful to submit a feature request when you have an idea but no concrete API design proposal.
   - name: ❓ Simple question - Slack chat
     url: https://slack.pact.io
     about: If you have a simple question, or want to discuss a feature request, join our Slack chat.
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.yml
index 2cfa45f032..ef515c2d72 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: 💅 Feature design / RFC
+name: 💡 Feature design / RFC
 description: Submit a detailed feature request with a concrete proposal
 labels: [feature, triage]
 body:
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ body:
     validations:
       required: true
 
-  - type: input
-    attributes:
-      label: Has this been requested on Canny?
-      description: Please post the [Canny](https://pact.canny.io) link, it is helpful to see how much interest there is for this feature.
-
   - type: textarea
     attributes:
       label: Motivation