diff --git a/lib/workers/branch/index.js b/lib/workers/branch/index.js
index ff8e28625e2c5ce97b9f26d338adb4c0c39bab73..5c6dab7ec58ee6be481f91debe092e6494ddb425 100644
--- a/lib/workers/branch/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/branch/index.js
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ async function processBranch(branchConfig) {
         });
         await platform.ensureComment(pr.number, topic, content);
       } else {
-        await platform.ensureCommentRemoval(pr.number, topic);
+        if (config.updatedLockFiles && config.updatedLockFiles.length) {
+          await platform.ensureCommentRemoval(pr.number, topic);
+        }
         const prAutomerged = await prWorker.checkAutoMerge(pr, config);
         if (prAutomerged) {
           return 'automerged';