diff --git a/tasks/config.yml b/tasks/config.yml
index 8a5d1d2..d6cd9af 100644
--- a/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/tasks/config.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     replicas: '{{ item.value.replicas | default(1) }}'
     limits: '{{ item.value.limits | default({}) }}'
     env: '{{ item.value.env | default({}) }}'
-    container_labels: '{{ item.value.labels | default({}) }}'
+    labels: '{{ item.value.labels | default(omit) }}'
+    container_labels: '{{ item.value.container_labels | default(omit) }}'
     init: '{{ item.value.init | default(omit) }}'
     state: '{{ item.value.state | default("present") }}'
   loop: '{{ swarm_services | dict2items }}'