diff --git a/lib/actions/open.js b/lib/actions/open.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 27662cd..0000000
--- a/lib/actions/open.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const updateIssue = require('./update-issue');
-
-module.exports = function (context) {
-  return updateIssue(context, {state: 'open'});
-};
diff --git a/lib/actions/unlabel.js b/lib/actions/unlabel.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d4df621..0000000
--- a/lib/actions/unlabel.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = (context, ...labels) => {
-  // FIXME: check that it has the label first, or handle expected error:
-  // {"message":"Label does not exist","documentation_url":"https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/labels/#remove-a-label-from-an-issue"}
-  return Promise.all(labels.map(label => {
-    return context.github.issues.removeLabel(
-      context.payload.toIssue({name: label})
-    );
-  }));
-};
diff --git a/lib/plugins/issues.js b/lib/plugins/issues.js
index 73d335b..3f2cbeb 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/issues.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/issues.js
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ let IssuePlugin = (superclass) => class extends superclass {
     return this;
   }
 
+  open(){
+    this._setCommentData({open: true})
+    return this;
+  }
+
   close(){
     this._setCommentData({close: true})
     return this;
@@ -117,6 +122,11 @@ class IssueEvaluator extends base.Evaluator {
       );
     }
 
+    if (workflow.issueActions.open !== undefined) {
+      promises.push(
+        context.github.issues.edit(context.payload.toIssue({state: "open"}))
+      );
+    }
 
     if (workflow.issueActions.close !== undefined) {
       promises.push(
diff --git a/test/plugins/issues.js b/test/plugins/issues.js
index 12e6f80..3541cde 100644
--- a/test/plugins/issues.js
+++ b/test/plugins/issues.js
@@ -24,7 +24,18 @@ describe('issues plugin', () => {
     w = new workflow.Workflow();
     evaluator = new issues.Evaluator;
   })
-  describe('closing', () => {
+  describe('state', () => {
+    it('opens an issue', () => {
+      w.open()
+
+      Promise.all(evaluator.evaluate(w, context));
+      expect(github.issues.edit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        owner: 'bkeepers-inc',
+        repo: 'test',
+        number: 6,
+        state: 'open',
+      });
+    });
     it('closes an issue', () => {
       w.close()