diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_create_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_create_test.go
index 019ea97fc6..23c9ae165b 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_create_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_create_test.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestCreateLabelFromImage(c *check.C) {
 	}
 
 	name := "test_create_labels_from_image"
-	expected := map[string]string{"k2": "x", "k3": "v3", "k1": "v1"}
+	expected := map[string]string{"k2": "x", "k3": "v3"}
 	if out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(exec.Command(dockerBinary, "create", "--name", name, "-l", "k2=x", "--label", "k3=v3", imageName)); err != nil {
 		c.Fatal(out, err)
 	}
diff --git a/runconfig/merge.go b/runconfig/merge.go
index 5c30ef9735..c0eb450bdc 100644
--- a/runconfig/merge.go
+++ b/runconfig/merge.go
@@ -41,16 +41,6 @@ func Merge(userConf, imageConf *Config) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if userConf.Labels == nil {
-		userConf.Labels = map[string]string{}
-	}
-	if imageConf.Labels != nil {
-		for l := range userConf.Labels {
-			imageConf.Labels[l] = userConf.Labels[l]
-		}
-		userConf.Labels = imageConf.Labels
-	}
-
 	if userConf.Entrypoint.Len() == 0 {
 		if userConf.Cmd.Len() == 0 {
 			userConf.Cmd = imageConf.Cmd