diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Contributions are always welcome, no matter how large or small.
  - Check out [`/doc`](https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/doc) for information about Babel's internals
  - Check out [the Babel Plugin Handbook](https://github.com/thejameskyle/babel-handbook/blob/master/translations/en/plugin-handbook.md#babel-plugin-handbook) - core plugins are written the same way as any other plugin!
  - Check out [AST Explorer](http://astexplorer.net/#/scUfOmVOG5) to learn more about ASTs or make your own plugin in the browser
-- When you feel ready to jump into the Babel source code, a good place to start is to look for issues tagged with [help-wanted](https://github.com/babel/babel/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) and/or [good first issue](https://github.com/babel/babel/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22).
+- When you feel ready to jump into the Babel source code, a good place to start is to look for issues tagged with [help wanted](https://github.com/babel/babel/labels/help%20wanted) and/or [good first issue](https://github.com/babel/babel/labels/good%20first%20issue).
 - Follow along with what we are working on by joining our Slack, following our announcements on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/babeljs), and reading (or participating!) in our [meeting notes](https://github.com/babel/notes).
 - Check out our [website](http://babeljs.io/) and the [repo](https://github.com/babel/website)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ For docs/website issues please visit the [babel/website](https://github.com/babe
 Check out our [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started with setting up the repo.
 
 - If you have already joined Slack, join our [#development](https://babeljs.slack.com/messages/development) channel and say hi!
-- Check out the issues with the [good first issue](https://github.com/babel/babel/labels/good%20first%20issue) and [help-wanted](https://github.com/babel/babel/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) label.
+- Check out the issues with the [good first issue](https://github.com/babel/babel/labels/good%20first%20issue) and [help wanted](https://github.com/babel/babel/labels/help%20wanted) label.
 - Our discussions/notes/roadmap: [babel/notes](https://github.com/babel/notes)
 - Our progress on TC39 proposals: [babel/proposals](https://github.com/babel/proposals)