diff --git a/label_sync/labels.yaml b/label_sync/labels.yaml
index c861a2dfce6fa..3e5ac394890d3 100644
--- a/label_sync/labels.yaml
+++ b/label_sync/labels.yaml
@@ -1711,12 +1711,6 @@ repos:
         target: both
         prowPlugin: label
         addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to UX
-        name: area/ux
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
       - color: 0052cc
         description: Issues or PRs related to releasing
         name: area/release
@@ -1735,68 +1729,18 @@ repos:
         target: both
         prowPlugin: label
         addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to control-plane lifecycle management
-        name: area/control-plane
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
       - color: 0052cc
         description: Issues or PRs related to machine lifecycle management
         name: area/machine
         target: both
         prowPlugin: label
         addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to health
-        name: area/health
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to bootstrap providers
-        name: area/bootstrap
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to docker provider
-        name: area/provider/docker
-        target: both
-        addedBy: label
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to operator
-        name: area/operator
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to cluster topology
-        name: area/topology
       - color: c7def8
         description: Categorizes issue or PR as related to design.
         name: kind/design
         target: both
         prowPlugin: label
         addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to the hosting of release artifacts
-        name: area/artifacts
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to Cluster API code organization
-        name: area/code-organization
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
-      - color: 0052cc
-        description: Issues or PRs related to Cluster API and Kubernetes conformance tests
-        name: area/conformance
-        target: both
-        prowPlugin: label
-        addedBy: anyone
       - color: 0052cc
         description: Issues or PRs related to networking
         name: area/networking