diff --git a/.github/workflows/approve-contributor.yml b/.github/workflows/approve-contributor.yml
index ab041be9..794efad6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/approve-contributor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/approve-contributor.yml
@@ -96,10 +96,19 @@ jobs:
             }
 
             function stringifyApprovedUsers(entries) {
-              return `${entries
+              const normalizedEntries = [...entries];
+
+              while (normalizedEntries.length > 0) {
+                const lastEntry = normalizedEntries[normalizedEntries.length - 1];
+                if (lastEntry.type !== 'other' || lastEntry.line.trim() !== '') {
+                  break;
+                }
+                normalizedEntries.pop();
+              }
+
+              return `${normalizedEntries
                 .map((entry) => (entry.type === 'user' ? `${entry.username} ${entry.capability}` : entry.line))
-                .join('\n')
-                .replace(/\n+$/g, '')}\n`;
+                .join('\n')}\n`;
             }
 
             const content = fs.readFileSync(APPROVED_FILE, 'utf8');
@@ -168,14 +177,3 @@ jobs:
               body,
             });
 
-      - name: Close issue after PR approval
-        if: (steps.update.outputs.status == 'added' || steps.update.outputs.status == 'updated') && steps.update.outputs.capability == 'pr'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            await github.rest.issues.update({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              issue_number: context.issue.number,
-              state: 'closed',
-            });