diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 3425e68dac1c6..e7397728298ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
         configuration-path: .github/labeler.yml
-        sync-labels: "" # This is a workaround for issue 18671
+        sync-labels: false
 
     - name: Set or remove labels based on systemd development workflow
       uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea