diff --git a/.github/workflows/production-heartbeat.yml b/.github/workflows/production-heartbeat.yml
index f2785b089..6390a34dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/production-heartbeat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/production-heartbeat.yml
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
         shell: bash
         env:
-          # If we're here because steps failed or were skipped, then that's a critical problem. Otherwise it's a normal one.
-          # We can't use the `failure()` or `cancelled()` convenience methods outside of the `if` condition, hence the
-          # `contains()` calls.
-          IS_CRITICAL: ${{ contains(join(steps.*.outcome), 'failure') || contains(join(steps.*.outcome), 'skipped') }}
           # Build the status strings for each step as environment variables to save space later. Null retry_count values
           # will be replaced with `n/a` to maintain readability in the alert.
           CLI_INSTALL_STATUS: ${{ steps.sf_install.outcome }} after ${{ steps.sf_install.outputs.retry_count || 'n/a' }} retries
@@ -120,13 +116,8 @@ jobs:
           RUN_LINK: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
         run: |
           # GHA env-vars don't have robust conditional logic, so we'll use this if-else branch to define some bash env-vars.
-          if [[ ${{ env.IS_CRITICAL }} == true ]]; then
-            ALERT_SEV="critical"
-            ALERT_SUMMARY="Production heartbeat script failed on ${{ runner.os }}"
-          else
-            ALERT_SEV="info"
-            ALERT_SUMMARY="Production heartbeat script succeeded with retries on ${{ runner.os }}"
-          fi
+          ALERT_SEV="critical"
+          ALERT_SUMMARY="Production heartbeat script failed on ${{ runner.os }}"
           # Define a helper function to create our POST request's data, to sidestep issues with nested quotations.
           generate_post_data() {
           # This is known as a HereDoc, and it lets us declare multi-line input ending when the specified limit string,