diff --git a/deployments/charts/backend-operator/templates/backend-test-runner-config.yaml b/deployments/charts/backend-operator/templates/backend-test-runner-config.yaml
index 43f6a2a9..79e35725 100644
--- a/deployments/charts/backend-operator/templates/backend-test-runner-config.yaml
+++ b/deployments/charts/backend-operator/templates/backend-test-runner-config.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ data:
     metadata:
       name: "{{ "{{" }} resource_name {{ "}}" }}"
       labels:
-        {{ .Values.global.nodeConditionPrefix }}{{ .Values.backendTestRunner.labels.component }}: backend-test
+        {{ .Values.global.nodeConditionPrefix }}component: backend-test
         {{ .Values.global.nodeConditionPrefix }}backend: "{{ "{{" }} backend_name {{ "}}" }}"
         {{ .Values.global.nodeConditionPrefix }}test: "{{ "{{" }} test_name {{ "}}" }}"
         {{- range $key, $value := .Values.backendTestRunner.labels }}
diff --git a/deployments/charts/backend-operator/values.yaml b/deployments/charts/backend-operator/values.yaml
index 8096f9b5..b5c07081 100644
--- a/deployments/charts/backend-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deployments/charts/backend-operator/values.yaml
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ backendTestRunner:
   ## Labels to apply to all created resources
   ##
   labels:
-    component: "backend-test"
     managed-by: "backend-operator"
 
   ## Annotations to apply to CronJob resources