diff --git a/server/events/vcs/github_client.go b/server/events/vcs/github_client.go
index 6837115bc2..c40b2fc13c 100644
--- a/server/events/vcs/github_client.go
+++ b/server/events/vcs/github_client.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-github/v31/github"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/core/config"
-	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/command"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/models"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/vcs/common"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/logging"
@@ -313,48 +312,7 @@ func (g *GithubClient) PullIsMergeable(repo models.Repo, pull models.PullRequest
 	//           status checks. Merging is allowed (yellow box).
 	// has_hooks: GitHub Enterprise only, if a repo has custom pre-receive
 	//            hooks. Merging is allowed (green box).
-	// blocked: Blocked by a failing/missing required status check.
 	// See: https://github.com/octokit/octokit.net/issues/1763
-	if state == "blocked" {
-		var allStatuses []*github.RepoStatus
-		nextPage := 0
-		for {
-			g.logger.Debug("GET /repos/%v/%v/commits/%d/status", repo.Owner, repo.Name, pull.HeadBranch)
-			combinedStatus, resp, err := g.client.Repositories.GetCombinedStatus(g.ctx, repo.Owner, repo.Name, pull.HeadBranch, &github.ListOptions{
-				Page: nextPage,
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				return false, errors.Wrap(err, "fetching PR statuses")
-			}
-			allStatuses = append(allStatuses, combinedStatus.Statuses...)
-			if resp.NextPage == 0 {
-				break
-			}
-			nextPage = resp.NextPage
-		}
-		g.logger.Debug("GET /repos/%v/%v/branches/%d/protection/required_status_checks", repo.Owner, repo.Name, pull.BaseBranch)
-		requiredChecks, _, err := g.client.Repositories.GetRequiredStatusChecks(g.ctx, repo.Owner, repo.Name, pull.BaseBranch)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, errors.Wrap(err, "fetching PR required checks")
-		}
-		for _, status := range allStatuses {
-			for _, requiredCheck := range requiredChecks.Contexts {
-				// Ignore any commit statuses with 'atlantis/apply' as prefix
-				if strings.HasPrefix(status.GetContext(), fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", vcsstatusname, command.Apply.String())) {
-					continue
-				}
-				if status.GetContext() == requiredCheck {
-					if status.GetState() == "failure" || status.GetState() == "pending" {
-						g.logger.Debug("Failed check %v", requiredCheck)
-						return false, nil
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		g.logger.Debug("Blocked only by atlantis/apply")
-		return true, nil
-
-	}
 	if state != "clean" && state != "unstable" && state != "has_hooks" {
 		return false, nil
 	}
diff --git a/server/events/vcs/github_client_test.go b/server/events/vcs/github_client_test.go
index c2b7b7e816..407d8e0860 100644
--- a/server/events/vcs/github_client_test.go
+++ b/server/events/vcs/github_client_test.go
@@ -477,77 +477,45 @@ func TestGithubClient_PullIsApproved(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGithubClient_PullIsMergeable(t *testing.T) {
 	vcsStatusName := "atlantis-test"
 	cases := []struct {
-		state               string
-		requiredCheckName   string
-		requiredCheckStatus string
-		expMergeable        bool
+		state        string
+		expMergeable bool
 	}{
 		{
 			"dirty",
-			"",
-			"",
 			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"unknown",
-			"",
-			"",
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"blocked",
 			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"behind",
-			"",
-			"",
 			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"random",
-			"",
-			"",
 			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"unstable",
-			"",
-			"",
 			true,
 		},
 		{
 			"has_hooks",
-			"",
-			"",
 			true,
 		},
 		{
 			"clean",
-			"",
-			"",
 			true,
 		},
 		{
-			"",
-			"",
 			"",
 			false,
 		},
-		{
-			"blocked",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s/apply", vcsStatusName),
-			"failure",
-			true,
-		},
-		{
-			"blocked",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s/apply", vcsStatusName),
-			"pending",
-			true,
-		},
-		{
-			"blocked",
-			"required_check",
-			"failure",
-			false,
-		},
 	}
 
 	// Use a real GitHub json response and edit the mergeable_state field.
@@ -562,17 +530,6 @@ func TestGithubClient_PullIsMergeable(t *testing.T) {
 				fmt.Sprintf(`"mergeable_state": "%s"`, c.state),
 				1,
 			)
-			responseStatus, _ := json.Marshal(map[string][]map[string]string{
-				"statuses": {{
-					"context": c.requiredCheckName,
-					"state":   c.requiredCheckStatus,
-				}},
-			})
-			responseRequiredChecks, _ := json.Marshal(map[string][]string{
-				"contexts": {
-					c.requiredCheckName,
-				},
-			})
 
 			testServer := httptest.NewTLSServer(
 				http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -580,12 +537,6 @@ func TestGithubClient_PullIsMergeable(t *testing.T) {
 					case "/api/v3/repos/owner/repo/pulls/1":
 						w.Write([]byte(response)) // nolint: errcheck
 						return
-					case "/api/v3/repos/owner/repo/commits/headBranch/status":
-						w.Write(responseStatus) // nolint: errcheck
-						return
-					case "/api/v3/repos/owner/repo/branches/baseBranch/protection/required_status_checks":
-						w.Write(responseRequiredChecks) // nolint: errcheck
-						return
 					default:
 						t.Errorf("got unexpected request at %q", r.RequestURI)
 						http.Error(w, "not found", http.StatusNotFound)
@@ -610,8 +561,6 @@ func TestGithubClient_PullIsMergeable(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}, models.PullRequest{
 				Num:        1,
-				HeadBranch: "headBranch",
-				BaseBranch: "baseBranch",
 			}, vcsStatusName)
 			Ok(t, err)
 			Equals(t, c.expMergeable, actMergeable)