diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 853a62be2..e441608be 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ func (a *Agent) prep(w *queue.Work) (*yaml.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	transform.Clone(conf, w.Repo.Kind)
-	transform.Labels(conf)
 	transform.Environ(conf, envs)
 	transform.DefaultFilter(conf)
 	if w.BuildLast != nil {
diff --git a/yaml/transform/labels.go b/yaml/transform/labels.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ba85e979e..000000000
--- a/yaml/transform/labels.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package transform
-
-import (
-	"github.com/drone/drone/yaml"
-)
-
-// Labels transforms the steps in the Yaml pipeline to include a Labels if it doens't exist
-func Labels(c *yaml.Config) error {
-	var images []*yaml.Container
-	images = append(images, c.Pipeline...)
-	images = append(images, c.Services...)
-
-	for _, p := range images {
-		if p.Labels == nil {
-			p.Labels = map[string]string{}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}