diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift
index a7fe46e3b..97ccfa07a 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalLinkedItem.swift
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ struct InternalLinkedItem {
     linkedItem.contentReader = contentReader
     linkedItem.originalHtml = originalHtml
 
+    // Remove existing labels in case a label had been deleted
+    if let existingLabels = linkedItem.labels {
+      linkedItem.removeFromLabels(existingLabels)
+    }
+    
     for label in labels {
       linkedItem.addToLabels(label.asManagedObject(inContext: context))
     }