diff --git a/.expeditor/config.yml b/.expeditor/config.yml
index 6d5a32bc6..ad3beaf4b 100644
--- a/.expeditor/config.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/config.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ merge_actions:
         - "Meta: Exclude From Changelog"
         - "Expeditor: Exclude From Changelog"
         - "Expeditor: Skip All"
+  - bash:.expeditor/update_readme_download_urls.sh:
+      only_if: built_in:bump_version
   - built_in:trigger_omnibus_release_build:
       ignore_labels:
         - "Omnibus: Skip Build"
diff --git a/.expeditor/update_readme_download_urls.sh b/.expeditor/update_readme_download_urls.sh
index f4c5d369d..595eb0c91 100755
--- a/.expeditor/update_readme_download_urls.sh
+++ b/.expeditor/update_readme_download_urls.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # After the release build expeditor will update the readme to include new
-# package urls. Note if the build fails these links wont work. Also, they won't
-# work during the build because we will have updated the readme before the
-# artifacts are ready.
+# package urls.
 
 set -evx
 
diff --git a/.expeditor/update_version.sh b/.expeditor/update_version.sh
index bb649be33..50ac49d3d 100755
--- a/.expeditor/update_version.sh
+++ b/.expeditor/update_version.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,3 @@ sed -i -r "s/VERSION = \".*\"/VERSION = \"$(cat VERSION)\"/"  components/chef-wo
 # Ensure our Gemfile.lock reflects the new version
 cd components/chef-workstation
 bundle update chef-workstation
-cd ../..
-
-# run readme update script.
-# TODO: Remove this when expeditor issue requiring mixlib install definition
-# is fixed. This check prevents us changing our config file.
-bash .expeditor/update_readme_download_urls.sh