diff --git a/conf.yaml b/conf.yaml
index 6d6fe30..8562642 100644
--- a/conf.yaml
+++ b/conf.yaml
@@ -186,15 +186,12 @@ repository:
                 - plus__ge: 1
                 - has_tag__not: 'popularity/low'
             actions:
-                -
-                    action: assign_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/low'
                  -
                     action: remove_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/medium
+                    action_value: 'popularity/.*'
                 -
-                    action: remove_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/significant'
+                    action: assign_tag
+                    action_value: 'popularity/low'
         -
             name: hotness - medium
             conditions:
@@ -202,15 +199,12 @@ repository:
                 - plus__ge: 4
                 - has_tag__not: 'popularity/medium'
             actions:
-                -
-                    action: assign_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/medium'
                 -
                     action: remove_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/low
+                    action_value: 'popularity/.*'
                 -
-                    action: remove_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/significant'
+                    action: assign_tag
+                    action_value: 'popularity/medium'
         -
             name: hotness - spicy
             conditions:
@@ -218,12 +212,9 @@ repository:
                 - plus__ge: 10
                 - has_tag__not: 'popularity/significant'
             actions:
-                -
-                    action: assign_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/significant'
                 -
                     action: remove_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/low
+                    action_value: 'popularity/.*'
                 -
-                    action: remove_tag
-                    action_value: 'popularity/medium
+                    action: assign_tag
+                    action_value: 'popularity/significant'
diff --git a/process.py b/process.py
index b8ed07e..77b2e00 100644
--- a/process.py
+++ b/process.py
@@ -256,10 +256,12 @@ def execute_assign_tag(self, pr, action):
         self.issue.add_to_labels(tag_name)
 
     def execute_remove_tag(self, pr, action):
-        """remove a tag from PR
+        """remove a tag from PR if it matches the regex
         """
-        tag_name = action['action_value']
-        self.issue.remove_from_labels(tag_name)
+        m = re.compile(action['action_value'])
+        for label in self.issue.get_labels():
+            if m.match(label.name):
+                self.issue.remove_from_labels(label.name)
 
 
 class MergerBot(object):