diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 364c3b99b985a..2b73508da0d34 100755
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 // 'python3 jenkins/generate.py'
 // Note: This timestamp is here to ensure that updates to the Jenkinsfile are
 // always rebased on main before merging:
-// Generated at 2022-08-30T15:23:03.836398
+// Generated at 2022-08-30T15:26:50.100067
 
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.Utils
 // NOTE: these lines are scanned by docker/dev_common.sh. Please update the regex as needed. -->
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def check_pr(pr_number) {
     variable: 'GITHUB_TOKEN',
     )]) {
     sh (
-      script: "python3 tests/scripts/check_pr.py --pr ${pr_number}",
+      script: "python3 ci/scripts/check_pr.py --pr ${pr_number}",
       label: 'Check PR title and body',
     )
   }
diff --git a/ci/jenkins/Prepare.groovy.j2 b/ci/jenkins/Prepare.groovy.j2
index 7dbbb291fdf42..6d0c0ec9c4b69 100644
--- a/ci/jenkins/Prepare.groovy.j2
+++ b/ci/jenkins/Prepare.groovy.j2
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def check_pr(pr_number) {
     variable: 'GITHUB_TOKEN',
     )]) {
     sh (
-      script: "python3 tests/scripts/check_pr.py --pr ${pr_number}",
+      script: "python3 ci/scripts/check_pr.py --pr ${pr_number}",
       label: 'Check PR title and body',
     )
   }
diff --git a/tests/scripts/check_pr.py b/ci/scripts/check_pr.py
similarity index 83%
rename from tests/scripts/check_pr.py
rename to ci/scripts/check_pr.py
index 94a9180c83b43..00b0246edd0c8 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/check_pr.py
+++ b/ci/scripts/check_pr.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 GITHUB_USERNAME_REGEX = re.compile(r"(@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)", flags=re.MULTILINE)
 OK = object()
+FAIL = object()
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -42,48 +43,44 @@ class Check:
 
 def non_empty(s: str):
     if len(s) == 0:
-        return False
+        return FAIL
     return OK
 
 
 def usernames(s: str):
     m = GITHUB_USERNAME_REGEX.findall(s)
-    if m and len(m) > 0:
-        return m
-    return OK
+    return m if m else OK
 
 
 def tags(s: str):
     items = tags_from_title(s)
     if len(items) == 0:
-        return False
+        return FAIL
     return OK
 
 
 def trailing_period(s: str):
     if s.endswith("."):
-        return False
+        return FAIL
     return OK
 
 
 title_checks = [
     Check(check=non_empty, error_fn=lambda d: "PR must have a title but title was empty"),
     Check(check=trailing_period, error_fn=lambda d: "PR must not end in a tailing '.'"),
-    Check(
-        check=usernames,
-        error_fn=lambda d: f"PR title must not tag anyone but found these usernames: {d}",
-    ),
-    Check(
-        check=tags,
-        error_fn=lambda d: f"PR title must have a topic tag like [the_topic] (e.g. [tir], [relay], etc.) but found none",
-    ),
+    # TODO(driazati): enable this check once https://github.com/apache/tvm/issues/12637 is done
+    # Check(
+    #     check=usernames,
+    #     error_fn=lambda d: f"PR title must not tag anyone but found these usernames: {d}",
+    # ),
 ]
 body_checks = [
     Check(check=non_empty, error_fn=lambda d: "PR must have a body but body was empty"),
-    Check(
-        check=usernames,
-        error_fn=lambda d: f"PR body must not tag anyone but found these usernames: {d}",
-    ),
+    # TODO(driazati): enable this check once https://github.com/apache/tvm/issues/12637 is done
+    # Check(
+    #     check=usernames,
+    #     error_fn=lambda d: f"PR body must not tag anyone but found these usernames: {d}",
+    # ),
 ]
 
 
@@ -139,6 +136,9 @@ def run_checks(checks: List[Check], s: str, name: str) -> bool:
         body = pr["body"]
         title = pr["title"]
 
+    body = body.strip()
+    title = title.strip()
+
     title_passed = run_checks(checks=title_checks, s=title, name="PR title")
     print("")
     body_passed = run_checks(checks=body_checks, s=body, name="PR body")
@@ -147,5 +147,7 @@ def run_checks(checks: List[Check], s: str, name: str) -> bool:
         print("All checks passed!")
         exit(0)
     else:
-        print("Some checks failed, please review the logs above")
+        print(
+            "Some checks failed, please review the logs above and edit your PR on GitHub accordingly"
+        )
         exit(1)