diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml
index 1970c6726c..8a67021d3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pr.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,5 @@ jobs:
       run:
         git fetch origin '${{ github.base_ref }}:${{ github.base_ref }}'
     - name: Run checks
-      env:    # enforce deactivation of label check in pr_check
-        TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST:
-        CI_PULL_NR:
       run: |
         ./dist/tools/${{ matrix.check }}/check.sh "${{ github.base_ref }}"
diff --git a/dist/tools/pr_check/check.sh b/dist/tools/pr_check/check.sh
index 12eb2ada8a..ef4f631bf1 100755
--- a/dist/tools/pr_check/check.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/pr_check/check.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 cd $RIOTBASE
 
 : "${RIOTTOOLS:=${RIOTBASE}/dist/tools}"
-. "${RIOTTOOLS}"/pr_check/check_labels.sh
 
 EXIT_CODE=0
 
@@ -45,16 +44,4 @@ if [ -n "${SQUASH_COMMITS}" ]; then
     EXIT_CODE=1
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" -o -n "$CI_PULL_NR" ]; then
-    if check_gh_label "CI: needs squashing"; then
-        echo -e "${CERROR}Pull request needs squashing according to its labels set on GitHub${CRESET}"
-        EXIT_CODE=1
-    fi
-
-    if check_gh_label "State: waiting for other PR"; then
-        echo -e "${CERROR}Pull request is waiting for another pull request according to its labels set on GitHub${CRESET}"
-        EXIT_CODE=1
-    fi
-fi
-
 exit ${EXIT_CODE}
diff --git a/dist/tools/pr_check/check_labels.sh b/dist/tools/pr_check/check_labels.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6034a6ef65..0000000000
--- a/dist/tools/pr_check/check_labels.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
-#
-# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
-# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
-# directory for more details.
-#
-
-# The following script part has been moved here from:
-# ./dist/tools/pr_check/check.sh
-
-GITHUB_API_HOST="https://api.github.com"
-GITHUB_REPO="RIOT-OS/RIOT"
-
-if which wget &> /dev/null; then
-    GET="wget -O -"
-elif which curl &> /dev/null; then
-    GET="curl"
-else
-    echo "Script needs wget or curl" >&2
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" ]; then
-    LABELS_JSON=$(${GET} "${GITHUB_API_HOST}/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/issues/${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}/labels" 2> /dev/null)
-elif [ -n "$CI_PULL_LABELS" ]; then
-    LABELS_JSON="$CI_PULL_LABELS"
-fi
-
-check_gh_label() {
-    LABEL="${1}"
-
-    echo "${LABELS_JSON}" | grep -q "${LABEL}"
-    return $?
-}