diff --git a/normalize_repos/README.md b/normalize_repos/README.md
index a8bea87..d66b251 100644
--- a/normalize_repos/README.md
+++ b/normalize_repos/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This script ensures that all active repositories in the creativecommons GitHub
 organization are consistent in the following ways:
-* They have all the labels defined in `labels.py` present.
+* They have all the labels defined in `labels.json` present.
 * They have standard branch protections set up (with some exceptions).
 
 This script will only update color and description of existing labels or create
diff --git a/normalize_repos/labels.json b/normalize_repos/labels.json
index d5aa1c9..fe81fbd 100644
--- a/normalize_repos/labels.json
+++ b/normalize_repos/labels.json
@@ -158,20 +158,6 @@
       "color": "000000",
       "description": "Aaargh!",
       "emoji": "\uD83E\uDD2F"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "Hacktoberfest",
-      "color": "883255",
-      "description": "Ideal for Hacktoberfest participation",
-      "emoji": "\uD83C\uDF83",
-      "has_emoji_name":  false
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "invalid",
-      "color": "LIGHTER",
-      "description": "Spam PRs for Hacktoberfest",
-      "emoji": "⛔️",
-      "has_emoji_name":  false
     }
   ]
 }