diff --git a/.github/workflows/debug.yml b/.github/workflows/debug.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d18e2d52b1..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/debug.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: DEBUG checkout new branch
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version_number:
-        description: "Version number of the Parabol image to process"
-        required: true
-
-jobs:
-  make-branch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: "write"
-      id-token: "write"
-      pull-requests: "write"
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Create release branch
-        run: |
-          git config user.name github-actions
-          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git checkout -b "release/${{ github.event.inputs.version_number }}"
-          git push --set-upstream origin release/vX.Y.Z
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml
index ed371df169c..fb7cb442f64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-to-staging.yml
@@ -98,10 +98,14 @@ jobs:
           CHANGES=$(perl -0777ne 'print "$1\n" and exit if m/\n##\s[^\n]*\n+(.*?\n)##?\s|$/gs;' CHANGELOG.md)
           echo -e "${BACKLINK}\n\n${TEMPLATE}\n\n\n${CHANGES}" > BODY
           export BODY=$(cat BODY)
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git checkout -b "release/v${{ env.ACTION_VERSION }}"
+          git push --set-upstream origin "release/v${{ env.ACTION_VERSION }}"
           gh pr create \
             --assignee ${{ github.actor }} \
             --base production \
-            --head v${{ env.ACTION_VERSION }} \
+            --head release/v${{ env.ACTION_VERSION }} \
             --title "chore(release): Test v${{ env.ACTION_VERSION }}" \
             --body "$BODY"
       - name: Poll Staging Release