diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Labels/LabelsController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Labels/LabelsController.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 7608a40021..0000000000
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Labels/LabelsController.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-EditorRealTimeController = require "../Editor/EditorRealTimeController"
-LabelsHandler = require './LabelsHandler'
-logger = require 'logger-sharelatex'
-
-
-module.exports = LabelsController =
-
-	getAllLabels: (req, res, next) ->
-		project_id = req.params.project_id
-		logger.log {project_id}, "getting all labels for project"
-		LabelsHandler.getAllLabelsForProject project_id, (err, projectLabels) ->
-			if err?
-				logger.err {project_id, err}, "[LabelsController] error getting all labels from project"
-				return next(err)
-			res.json {projectId: project_id, projectLabels: projectLabels}
-
-	broadcastLabelsForDoc: (req, res, next) ->
-		project_id = req.params.project_id
-		doc_id = req.params.doc_id
-		logger.log {project_id, doc_id}, "getting labels for doc"
-		LabelsHandler.getLabelsForDoc project_id, doc_id, (err, docLabels) ->
-			if err?
-				logger.err {project_id, doc_id, err}, "[LabelsController] error getting labels from doc"
-				return next(err)
-			EditorRealTimeController.emitToRoom project_id, 'broadcastDocLabels', {
-				docId: doc_id, labels: docLabels
-			}
-			res.sendStatus(200)
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Labels/LabelsHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Labels/LabelsHandler.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d4cc013d5..0000000000
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Labels/LabelsHandler.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-ProjectEntityHandler = require "../Project/ProjectEntityHandler"
-DocumentUpdaterHandler = require('../DocumentUpdater/DocumentUpdaterHandler')
-
-
-module.exports = LabelsHandler =
-
-	labelCaptureRegex: () ->
-		/\\label\{([^\}\n\\]{0,80})\}/g
-
-	getAllLabelsForProject: (projectId, callback=(err, projectLabels)->) ->
-		DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongo projectId, (err) ->
-			if err?
-				return callback(err)
-			ProjectEntityHandler.getAllDocs projectId, (err, docs) ->
-				if err?
-					return callback(err)
-				projectLabels = LabelsHandler.extractLabelsFromProjectDocs docs
-				callback(null, projectLabels)
-
-	getLabelsForDoc: (projectId, docId, callback=(err, docLabels)->) ->
-		DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushDocToMongo projectId, docId, (err) ->
-			if err?
-				return callback(err)
-			ProjectEntityHandler.getDoc projectId, docId, (err, lines) ->
-				if err?
-					return callback(err)
-				docLabels = LabelsHandler.extractLabelsFromDoc lines
-				callback(null, docLabels)
-
-	extractLabelsFromDoc: (lines) ->
-		docLabels = []
-		for line in lines
-			re = LabelsHandler.labelCaptureRegex()
-			while (labelMatch = re.exec(line))
-				if labelMatch[1]
-					docLabels.push(labelMatch[1])
-		return docLabels
-
-	extractLabelsFromProjectDocs: (projectDocs) ->
-		projectLabels = {}  # docId => List[Label]
-		for _path, doc of projectDocs
-			projectLabels[doc._id] = LabelsHandler.extractLabelsFromDoc(doc.lines)
-		return projectLabels
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index 3e3aa1af7a..f8ec65ac53 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ SudoModeMiddlewear = require('./Features/SudoMode/SudoModeMiddlewear')
 AnalyticsRouter = require('./Features/Analytics/AnalyticsRouter')
 AnnouncementsController = require("./Features/Announcements/AnnouncementsController")
 MetaController = require('./Features/Metadata/MetaController')
-LabelsController = require('./Features/Labels/LabelsController')
 TokenAccessController = require('./Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController')
 Features = require('./infrastructure/Features')
 
@@ -206,8 +205,6 @@ module.exports = class Router
 		webRouter.get '/project/:project_id/metadata', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, AuthenticationController.requireLogin(), MetaController.getMetadata
 		webRouter.post '/project/:project_id/doc/:doc_id/metadata', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, AuthenticationController.requireLogin(), MetaController.broadcastMetadataForDoc
 
-		webRouter.get '/project/:project_id/labels', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, AuthenticationController.requireLogin(), LabelsController.getAllLabels
-		webRouter.post '/project/:project_id/doc/:doc_id/labels', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, AuthenticationController.requireLogin(), LabelsController.broadcastLabelsForDoc
 
 		webRouter.get    '/tag', AuthenticationController.requireLogin(), TagsController.getAllTags
 		webRouter.post   '/tag', AuthenticationController.requireLogin(), TagsController.createTag
@@ -360,4 +357,3 @@ module.exports = class Router
 			TokenAccessController.readAndWriteToken
 
 		webRouter.get '*', ErrorController.notFound
-
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.coffee
index 55eb2cb179..6908b25bce 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor.coffee
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ define [
 	"ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/cursor-position/CursorPositionManager"
 	"ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/track-changes/TrackChangesManager"
 	"ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/metadata/MetadataManager"
-	"ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/labels/LabelsManager"
-	"ide/labels/services/labels"
 	"ide/metadata/services/metadata"
 	"ide/graphics/services/graphics"
 	"ide/preamble/services/preamble"
     "ide/files/services/files"
-], (App, Ace, SearchBox, ModeList, UndoManager, AutoCompleteManager, SpellCheckManager, HighlightsManager, CursorPositionManager, TrackChangesManager, MetadataManager, LabelsManager) ->
+], (App, Ace, SearchBox, ModeList, UndoManager, AutoCompleteManager, SpellCheckManager, HighlightsManager, CursorPositionManager, TrackChangesManager, MetadataManager) ->
 	EditSession = ace.require('ace/edit_session').EditSession
 	ModeList = ace.require('ace/ext/modelist')
 
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ define [
 			url = ace.config._moduleUrl(args...) + "?fingerprint=#{window.aceFingerprint}"
 			return url
 
-	App.directive "aceEditor", ($timeout, $compile, $rootScope, event_tracking, localStorage, $cacheFactory, labels, metadata, graphics, preamble, files, $http, $q) ->
+	App.directive "aceEditor", ($timeout, $compile, $rootScope, event_tracking, localStorage, $cacheFactory, metadata, graphics, preamble, files, $http, $q) ->
 		monkeyPatchSearch($rootScope, $compile)
 
 		return  {
@@ -105,9 +103,8 @@ define [
 				highlightsManager     = new HighlightsManager(scope, editor, element)
 				cursorPositionManager = new CursorPositionManager(scope, editor, element, localStorage)
 				trackChangesManager   = new TrackChangesManager(scope, editor, element)
-				labelsManager = new LabelsManager(scope, editor, element, labels)
 				metadataManager = new MetadataManager(scope, editor, element, metadata)
-				autoCompleteManager = new AutoCompleteManager(scope, editor, element, metadataManager, labelsManager, graphics, preamble, files)
+				autoCompleteManager = new AutoCompleteManager(scope, editor, element, metadataManager, graphics, preamble, files)
 
 
 				# Prevert Ctrl|Cmd-S from triggering save dialog
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
index 542b8ae69f..15a8b51b82 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ define [
 	aceSnippetManager = ace.require('ace/snippets').snippetManager
 
 	class AutoCompleteManager
-		constructor: (@$scope, @editor, @element, @metadataManager, @labelsManager, @graphics, @preamble, @files) ->
+		constructor: (@$scope, @editor, @element, @metadataManager, @graphics, @preamble, @files) ->
 
 			@monkeyPatchAutocomplete()
 
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/labels/LabelsManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/labels/LabelsManager.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index a5d2c10625..0000000000
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/labels/LabelsManager.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-define [
-	"ace/ace"
-], () ->
-	Range = ace.require("ace/range").Range
-
-	getLastCommandFragment = (lineUpToCursor) ->
-		if m = lineUpToCursor.match(/(\\[^\\]+)$/)
-			return m[1]
-		else
-			return null
-
-	class LabelsManager
-		constructor: (@$scope, @editor, @element, @Labels) ->
-			@debouncer = {}  # DocId => Timeout
-
-			onChange = (change) =>
-				if change.remote
-					return
-				if change.action not in ['remove', 'insert']
-					return
-				cursorPosition = @editor.getCursorPosition()
-				end = change.end
-				range = new Range(end.row, 0, end.row, end.column)
-				lineUpToCursor = @editor.getSession().getTextRange(range)
-				commandFragment = getLastCommandFragment(lineUpToCursor)
-				linesContainLabel = _.any(change.lines, (line) -> line.match(/\\label\{[^\}\n\\]{0,80}\}/))
-				lastCommandFragmentIsLabel = commandFragment?.slice(0,7) == '\\label{'
-				if linesContainLabel or lastCommandFragmentIsLabel
-					@scheduleLoadCurrentDocLabelsFromServer()
-
-			@editor.on "changeSession", (e) =>
-				e.oldSession.off "change", onChange
-				e.session.on "change", onChange
-
-		loadCurrentDocLabelsFromServer: () ->
-			currentDocId = @$scope.docId
-			@Labels.loadDocLabelsFromServer(currentDocId)
-
-		loadDocLabelsFromServer: (docId) ->
-			@Labels.loadDocLabelsFromServer(docId)
-
-		scheduleLoadCurrentDocLabelsFromServer: () ->
-			# De-bounce loading labels with a timeout
-			currentDocId = @$scope.docId
-			existingTimeout = @debouncer[currentDocId]
-			if existingTimeout?
-				clearTimeout(existingTimeout)
-				delete @debouncer[currentDocId]
-			@debouncer[currentDocId] = setTimeout(
-				() =>
-					@loadDocLabelsFromServer(currentDocId)
-					delete @debouncer[currentDocId]
-				, 1000
-				, this
-			)
-
-		getAllLabels: () ->
-			@Labels.getAllLabels()
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/LabelsManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/LabelsManager.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index d5e7e2892e..0000000000
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/LabelsManager.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-define [], () ->
-
-	class LabelsManager
-
-		constructor: (@ide, @$scope, @labels) ->
-
-			@ide.socket.on 'broadcastDocLabels', (data) =>
-				@labels.onBroadcastDocLabels(data)
-			@$scope.$on 'entity:deleted', @labels.onEntityDeleted
-			@$scope.$on 'file:upload:complete', @labels.fileUploadComplete
-
-		loadProjectLabelsFromServer: () ->
-			@labels.loadProjectLabelsFromServer()
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/services/labels.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/services/labels.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 313d48175f..0000000000
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/services/labels.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-define [
-	"base"
-], (App) ->
-
-	App.factory 'labels', ($http, ide) ->
-
-		state = {documents: {}}
-
-		labels = {
-			state: state
-		}
-
-		labels.onBroadcastDocLabels = (data) ->
-			if data.docId and data.labels
-				state.documents[data.docId] = data.labels
-
-		labels.onEntityDeleted = (e, entity) ->
-			if entity.type == 'doc'
-				delete state.documents[entity.id]
-
-		labels.onFileUploadComplete = (e, upload) ->
-			if upload.entity_type == 'doc'
-				labels.loadDocLabelsFromServer(upload.entity_id)
-
-		labels.getAllLabels = () ->
-			_.flatten(labels for docId, labels of state.documents)
-
-		labels.loadProjectLabelsFromServer = () ->
-			$http
-				.get("/project/#{window.project_id}/labels")
-				.then (response) ->
-					{ data } = response
-					if data.projectLabels
-						for docId, docLabels of data.projectLabels
-							state.documents[docId] = docLabels
-
-		labels.loadDocLabelsFromServer = (docId) ->
-			$http
-				.post(
-					"/project/#{window.project_id}/doc/#{docId}/labels",
-					{_csrf: window.csrfToken}
-				)
-
-		return labels