diff --git a/assets/prometheus-operator-user-workload/deployment.yaml b/assets/prometheus-operator-user-workload/deployment.yaml
index d291e78b50..aa2f2f3b81 100644
--- a/assets/prometheus-operator-user-workload/deployment.yaml
+++ b/assets/prometheus-operator-user-workload/deployment.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ spec:
         - --config-reloader-cpu-request=1m
         - --config-reloader-memory-request=10Mi
         - --web.listen-address=127.0.0.1:8080
-        - --labels=app.kubernetes.io/part-of=openshift-monitoring
         image: quay.io/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator:v0.67.1
         name: prometheus-operator
         ports: []
diff --git a/assets/prometheus-operator/deployment.yaml b/assets/prometheus-operator/deployment.yaml
index 5d20ddda33..7931450492 100644
--- a/assets/prometheus-operator/deployment.yaml
+++ b/assets/prometheus-operator/deployment.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ spec:
         - --config-reloader-cpu-request=1m
         - --config-reloader-memory-request=10Mi
         - --web.listen-address=127.0.0.1:8080
-        - --labels=app.kubernetes.io/part-of=openshift-monitoring
         image: quay.io/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator:v0.67.1
         name: prometheus-operator
         ports: []
diff --git a/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator-user-workload.libsonnet b/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator-user-workload.libsonnet
index 0264a31a93..60d785079b 100644
--- a/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator-user-workload.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator-user-workload.libsonnet
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ local tlsVolumeName = 'prometheus-operator-user-workload-tls';
 local operator = import 'github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-operator.libsonnet';
 local generateSecret = import '../utils/generate-secret.libsonnet';
 local rbac = import '../utils/rbac.libsonnet';
-local labelsAsString = (import '../utils/add-labels.libsonnet').labelsAsString;
 
 function(params)
   local po = operator(params);
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ function(params)
                         '--config-reloader-cpu-request=1m',
                         '--config-reloader-memory-request=10Mi',
                         '--web.listen-address=127.0.0.1:8080',
-                        '--labels=' + labelsAsString(params.commonLabels),
                       ],
                       ports: [],
                       resources: {
diff --git a/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator.libsonnet b/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator.libsonnet
index 1bb3b14006..ac95e3c685 100644
--- a/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/components/prometheus-operator.libsonnet
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ local operator = import 'github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus/jsonnet/
 local conversionWebhook = import 'github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/jsonnet/prometheus-operator/conversion.libsonnet';
 local generateSecret = import '../utils/generate-secret.libsonnet';
 local rbac = import '../utils/rbac.libsonnet';
-local labelsAsString = (import '../utils/add-labels.libsonnet').labelsAsString;
 
 function(params)
   local po = operator(params);
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ function(params)
                         '--config-reloader-cpu-request=1m',
                         '--config-reloader-memory-request=10Mi',
                         '--web.listen-address=127.0.0.1:8080',
-                        '--labels=' + labelsAsString(params.commonLabels),
                       ],
                       ports: [],
                       resources: {
diff --git a/jsonnet/utils/add-labels.libsonnet b/jsonnet/utils/add-labels.libsonnet
index bacad509a3..7bef8dda1d 100644
--- a/jsonnet/utils/add-labels.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/utils/add-labels.libsonnet
@@ -12,8 +12,4 @@
     [k]: o[k] + if o[k].kind != 'ConfigMapList' then { metadata+: { labels+: labels { 'app.kubernetes.io/managed-by': managedBy(o[k]) } } } else {}
     for k in std.objectFields(o)
   },
-
-  labelsAsString(o)::
-    local parts = [k + '=' + o[k] for k in std.objectFields(o)];
-    std.join(',', parts),
 }