diff --git a/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go b/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go
index a6a71ff9b..5c8d7a1c6 100644
--- a/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go
+++ b/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ func BuildMongoDBReplicaSetStatefulSetModificationFunction(mdb MongoDBStatefulSe
 		statefulset.WithName(mdb.GetName()),
 		statefulset.WithNamespace(mdb.GetNamespace()),
 		statefulset.WithServiceName(mdb.ServiceName()),
-		statefulset.WithLabels(labels),
 		statefulset.WithMatchLabels(labels),
 		statefulset.WithReplicas(scale.ReplicasThisReconciliation(scaler)),
 		statefulset.WithUpdateStrategyType(mdb.GetUpdateStrategyType()),