diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b5d55100d9b..00000000000
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-Automation:
-  - .github/*
-  - .github/**/*
-
-CI:
-  - ci/*
-  - ci/**/*
-
-dependencies:
-  - requirements.txt
-  - ci/requirements/*
-
-topic-arrays:
-  - xarray/core/duck_array_ops.py
-
-topic-backends:
-  - xarray/backends/*
-  - xarray/backends/**/*
-
-topic-cftime:
-  - xarray/coding/*time*
-
-topic-CF conventions:
-  - xarray/conventions.py
-
-topic-combine:
-  - xarray/core/combine.py
-
-topic-dask:
-  - xarray/core/dask*
-  - xarray/core/parallel.py
-
-topic-DataTree:
-  - xarray/core/datatree*
-
-# topic-documentation:
-#  - ['doc/*', '!doc/whats-new.rst']
-#  - doc/**/*
-
-topic-faq:
-  - doc/howdoi.rst
-
-topic-groupby:
-  - xarray/core/groupby.py
-
-topic-html-repr:
-  - xarray/core/formatting_html.py
-
-topic-hypothesis:
-  - xarray/properties/*
-  - xarray/testing/strategies/*
-
-topic-indexing:
-  - xarray/core/indexes.py
-  - xarray/core/indexing.py
-
-topic-NamedArray:
-  - xarray/namedarray/*
-
-topic-performance:
-  - asv_bench/benchmarks/*
-  - asv_bench/benchmarks/**/*
-
-topic-plotting:
-  - xarray/plot/*
-  - xarray/plot/**/*
-
-topic-rolling:
-  - xarray/core/rolling.py
-  - xarray/core/rolling_exp.py
-
-topic-testing:
-  - conftest.py
-  - xarray/testing.py
-  - xarray/testing/*
-
-topic-typing:
-  - xarray/core/types.py
-
-topic-zarr:
-  - xarray/backends/zarr.py
-
-io:
-  - xarray/backends/*
-  - xarray/backends/**/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 08f39e36762..1a8ef9b19a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   benchmark:
-    if: ${{ contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmark') && github.event_name == 'pull_request' || contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'topic-performance') && github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+    if: ${{ contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmark') && github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     name: Linux
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-all.yml b/.github/workflows/label-all.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d09c42e734..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/label-all.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-name: "Issue and PR Labeler"
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened]
-  issues:
-    types: [opened, reopened]
-jobs:
-  label-all-on-open:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: andymckay/labeler@1.0.4
-        with:
-          add-labels: "needs triage"
-          ignore-if-labeled: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/label-prs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ec39e68a3ff..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/label-prs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-name: "PR Labeler"
-on:
-- pull_request_target
-
-jobs:
-  label:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/labeler@main
-      with:
-        repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-        sync-labels: false