diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/_labels.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/_labels.yaml
index 85fc7bb76a71e..68b50ad7a5765 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/_labels.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/_labels.yaml
@@ -1290,10 +1290,3 @@ repos:
         name: allow-automatic-merge
         target: prs
         addedBy: label
-  ViaQ/vector:
-    labels:
-      - color: ffaa00
-        description: Denotes a PR that should be squashed by tide when it merges.
-        name: tide/merge-method-squash
-        target: prs
-        addedBy: humans