diff --git a/.github/workflows/getLabels.js b/.github/workflows/getLabels.js
index 2f8a21bae6fa..99060e7205eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/getLabels.js
+++ b/.github/workflows/getLabels.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * To run this file:
  * * npm install @octokit/rest
  * * node .github/workflows/getLabels.js
+ *
+ * This script assumes the maximum number of labels to be 100.
  */
 
 const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
@@ -10,8 +12,14 @@ github.rest.issues
     .listLabelsForRepo({
         owner: 'microsoft',
         repo: 'vscode-python',
+        per_page: 100,
     })
     .then((result) => {
         const labels = result.data.map((label) => label.name);
-        console.log(JSON.stringify(labels));
+        console.log(
+            '\nNumber of labels found:',
+            labels.length,
+            ", verify that it's the same as number of labels listed in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/labels\n",
+        );
+        console.log(JSON.stringify(labels), '\n');
     });
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yml
index 2e45c213d960..b10983dd0706 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-labels.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   # To update the list of labels, see `getLabels.js`.
-  REPO_LABELS: '["area-data science","area-debugging","area-diagnostics","area-editor-*","area-environments","area-formatting","area-intellisense","area-internal","area-linting","area-terminal","area-testing","author-verification-requested","bug","community ask","debt","dependencies","documentation","experimenting","feature-request","good first issue","help wanted","important","info-needed","invalid-testplan-item","investigating","iteration-candidate","iteration-plan","iteration-plan-draft","javascript","linux"]'
+  REPO_LABELS: '["area-data science","area-debugging","area-diagnostics","area-editor-*","area-environments","area-formatting","area-intellisense","area-internal","area-linting","area-terminal","area-testing","author-verification-requested","bug","community ask","debt","dependencies","documentation","experimenting","feature-request","good first issue","help wanted","important","info-needed","invalid-testplan-item","investigating","iteration-candidate","iteration-plan","iteration-plan-draft","javascript","linux","macos","meta","needs community feedback","needs PR","needs proposal","needs spike","no-changelog","on-testplan","partner ask","regression","release-plan","reports-wanted","skip package*.json","skip tests","tensorboard","testplan-item","triage-needed","verification-found","verification-needed","verification-steps-needed","verified","windows"]'
   TRIAGERS: '["karrtikr","karthiknadig","paulacamargo25","eleanorjboyd"]'
 
 permissions:
@@ -57,3 +57,13 @@ jobs:
             } else {
               console.log('This issue already has a "needs __", "iteration-plan", "release-plan", or the "testplan-item" label, do not add the "triage-needed" label.')
             }
+            const knownLabels = ${{ env.REPO_LABELS }}
+            for( const label of labels) {
+              if (!knownLabels.includes(label)) {
+                await github.rest.issues.deleteLabel({
+                  owner: context.repo.owner,
+                  repo: context.repo.repo,
+                  name: label,
+                })
+              }
+            }