diff --git a/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh b/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh
index 852906ec3df40b..6f629fdbe156d2 100755
--- a/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh
+++ b/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ commit_queue_failed() {
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
   cqurl="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${OWNER}/${REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}"
-  jq -n --arg content "<details><summary>Commit Queue failed</summary><pre>$(cat output)</pre><a href='$cqurl'>$cqurl</a></details>" '{body: $content}' > output.json
-  cat output.json
+  body="<details><summary>Commit Queue failed</summary><pre>$(cat output)</pre><a href='$cqurl'>$cqurl</a></details>"
+  echo "$body"
 
-  gh pr comment $pr --body-file output.json
+  gh pr comment $pr --body "$body"
 
-  rm output output.json
+  rm output
 }
 
 # TODO(mmarchini): should this be set with whoever added the label for each PR?