diff --git a/packages/components/src/menu-item/index.js b/packages/components/src/menu-item/index.js
index fa8dd6a85d24..860430b4ecb6 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/menu-item/index.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/menu-item/index.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import IconButton from '../icon-button';
  */
 export function MenuItem( {
 	children,
-	label = children,
 	info,
 	className,
 	icon,
@@ -38,9 +37,6 @@ export function MenuItem( {
 		'has-icon': icon,
 	} );
 
-	// Avoid using label if it is passed as non-string children.
-	label = isString( label ) ? label : undefined;
-
 	if ( info ) {
 		const infoId = 'edit-post-feature-toggle__info-' + instanceId;
 
@@ -77,7 +73,6 @@ export function MenuItem( {
 	return createElement(
 		tagName,
 		{
-			'aria-label': label,
 			// Make sure aria-checked matches spec https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#aria-checked
 			'aria-checked': ( role === 'menuitemcheckbox' || role === 'menuitemradio' ) ? isSelected : undefined,
 			role,
diff --git a/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap b/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
index 74eea47847f4..9ec9378f631a 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
+++ b/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 exports[`MenuItem should match snapshot when all props provided 1`] = `
 <IconButton
   aria-checked={true}
-  aria-label="My item"
   className="components-menu-item__button my-class has-icon"
   icon="wordpress"
   onClick={[Function]}
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ exports[`MenuItem should match snapshot when all props provided 1`] = `
 exports[`MenuItem should match snapshot when info is provided 1`] = `
 <Button
   aria-describedby="edit-post-feature-toggle__info-1"
-  aria-label="My item"
   className="components-menu-item__button"
   role="menuitem"
 >
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ exports[`MenuItem should match snapshot when info is provided 1`] = `
 
 exports[`MenuItem should match snapshot when isSelected and role are optionally provided 1`] = `
 <IconButton
-  aria-label="My item"
   className="components-menu-item__button my-class has-icon"
   icon="wordpress"
   onClick={[Function]}
@@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ exports[`MenuItem should match snapshot when isSelected and role are optionally
 
 exports[`MenuItem should match snapshot when only label provided 1`] = `
 <Button
-  aria-label="My item"
   className="components-menu-item__button"
   role="menuitem"
 >
diff --git a/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/index.js b/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/index.js
index f79f2da61be7..c5508e55629a 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/menu-item/test/index.js
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ describe( 'MenuItem', () => {
 			</MenuItem>
 		);
 
-		expect( wrapper.prop( 'aria-label' ) ).not.toBeUndefined();
 		expect( wrapper ).toMatchSnapshot();
 	} );
 
diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/components/header/plugin-more-menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap b/packages/edit-post/src/components/header/plugin-more-menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
index 692b032d744f..6e395b2e7eba 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/components/header/plugin-more-menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/components/header/plugin-more-menu-item/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ exports[`PluginMoreMenuItem renders menu item as button properly 1`] = `
     role="menu"
   >
     <button
-      aria-label="My plugin button menu item"
       className="components-button components-icon-button components-menu-item__button has-icon has-text"
       onClick={[Function]}
       role="menuitem"