diff --git a/src/domain/__tests__/labels.ts b/src/domain/__tests__/labels.ts
index ebc899e7..00d634ef 100644
--- a/src/domain/__tests__/labels.ts
+++ b/src/domain/__tests__/labels.ts
@@ -66,9 +66,4 @@ describe('extract app name', () => {
 
     appNameTest(['k8s:app.kubernetes.io/name=EXPECTED_NAME'], 'EXPECTED_NAME');
   });
-
-  test('random label without explicit appName', () => {
-    appNameTest(['k8s:random-app=random-name'], 'random-name');
-    appNameTest(['k8s:random-name=random-app'], 'random-app');
-  });
 });
diff --git a/src/domain/labels.ts b/src/domain/labels.ts
index 0468c731..b4947533 100644
--- a/src/domain/labels.ts
+++ b/src/domain/labels.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export class Labels {
   ];
 
   public static readonly appNameNormalizedKeys = new Set([
-    'component',
     'app',
     'name',
     'functionname',