diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 2325702da6..7cd4c3c9c4 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from awx.main.constants import CLOUD_PROVIDERS
 from awx.main.models import * # noqa
 from awx.main.models import UnifiedJob
-from awx.main.models.label import Label
 from awx.main.queue import FifoQueue
 from awx.main.conf import tower_settings
 from awx.main.task_engine import TaskSerializer, TASK_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL
@@ -123,13 +122,6 @@ def run_administrative_checks(self):
                   tower_admin_emails,
                   fail_silently=True)
 
-@task(bind=True)
-def run_label_cleanup(self):
-    qs = Label.get_orphaned_labels()
-    labels_count = qs.count()
-    qs.delete()
-    return labels_count
-
 @task(bind=True)
 def cleanup_authtokens(self):
     AuthToken.objects.filter(expires__lt=now()).delete()
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/settings/test_defaults.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/settings/test_defaults.py
index f59ddfb60b..d1c80fce3e 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/settings/test_defaults.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/settings/test_defaults.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from datetime import timedelta
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("job_name,function_path", [
-    ('label_cleanup', 'awx.main.tasks.run_label_cleanup'),
     ('admin_checks', 'awx.main.tasks.run_administrative_checks'),
     ('tower_scheduler', 'awx.main.tasks.tower_periodic_scheduler'),
 ])
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
index ce88f019ce..fb491a015b 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from awx.main.models import (
 )
 
 from awx.main.tasks import (
-    run_label_cleanup,
     send_notifications,
     run_administrative_checks,
 )
@@ -21,16 +20,6 @@ def apply_patches(_patches):
     yield
     [p.stop() for p in _patches]
 
-def test_run_label_cleanup(mocker):
-    qs = mocker.Mock(**{'count.return_value': 3, 'delete.return_value': None})
-    mock_label = mocker.patch('awx.main.models.label.Label.get_orphaned_labels',return_value=qs)
-
-    ret = run_label_cleanup()
-
-    mock_label.assert_called_with()
-    qs.delete.assert_called_with()
-    assert 3 == ret
-
 def test_send_notifications_not_list():
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         send_notifications(None)
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index a4110e8286..701cd802e7 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -345,10 +345,6 @@ CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE = {
         'task': 'awx.main.tasks.run_administrative_checks',
         'schedule': timedelta(days=30)
     },
-    'label_cleanup': {
-        'task': 'awx.main.tasks.run_label_cleanup',
-        'schedule': timedelta(days=7)
-    },
     'authtoken_cleanup': {
         'task': 'awx.main.tasks.cleanup_authtokens',
         'schedule': timedelta(days=30)