diff --git a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/data-deletion-trigger-cronjob.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/data-deletion-trigger-cronjob.yml.j2
index c6a2c97bbea..eb77d04b08f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/data-deletion-trigger-cronjob.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/schulcloud-server-core/templates/data-deletion-trigger-cronjob.yml.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ NAMESPACE }}
   labels:
     app: data-deletion-trigger
-    cronjob: data-deletion-trigger
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: schulcloud-verbund
     app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ SCHULCLOUD_SERVER_IMAGE_TAG }}
     app.kubernetes.io/name: data-deletion-trigger