diff --git a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
index 90583216f..b77036da9 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/operator_config.go
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ func (c *Controller) importConfigurationFromCRD(fromCRD *acidv1.OperatorConfigur
 
 	result.PodRoleLabel = util.Coalesce(fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodRoleLabel, "spilo-role")
 	result.PodLeaderLabelValue = util.Coalesce(fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodLeaderLabelValue, "master")
-	result.PodStandbyLeaderLabelValue = util.Coalesce(fromCRD.Kubernetes.PodStandbyLeaderLabelValue, "master")
 	result.ClusterLabels = util.CoalesceStrMap(fromCRD.Kubernetes.ClusterLabels, map[string]string{"application": "spilo"})
 	result.InheritedLabels = fromCRD.Kubernetes.InheritedLabels
 	result.InheritedAnnotations = fromCRD.Kubernetes.InheritedAnnotations
diff --git a/pkg/util/config/config.go b/pkg/util/config/config.go
index 452ce9645..09a5a9a93 100644
--- a/pkg/util/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/util/config/config.go
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ type Resources struct {
 	DeleteAnnotationNameKey       string              `name:"delete_annotation_name_key"`
 	PodRoleLabel                  string              `name:"pod_role_label" default:"spilo-role"`
 	PodLeaderLabelValue           string              `name:"pod_leader_label_value" default:"master"`
-	PodStandbyLeaderLabelValue    string              `name:"pod_standby_leader_label_value" default:"master"`
 	PodToleration                 map[string]string   `name:"toleration" default:""`
 	DefaultCPURequest             string              `name:"default_cpu_request"`
 	DefaultMemoryRequest          string              `name:"default_memory_request"`