diff --git a/polkadot/scripts/github/check_labels.sh b/polkadot/scripts/github/check_labels.sh
index 880253cfa1..0d3a7ea79f 100755
--- a/polkadot/scripts/github/check_labels.sh
+++ b/polkadot/scripts/github/check_labels.sh
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ releasenotes_labels=(
 )
 
 priority_labels=(
-  'C1-low'
-  'C3-medium'
-  'C7-high'
-  'C9-critical'
+  'C1-low 📌'
+  'C3-medium 📣'
+  'C7-high ❗️'
+  'C9-critical ‼️'
 )
 
 echo "[+] Checking release notes (B) labels for $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH"
diff --git a/polkadot/scripts/github/generate_release_text.rb b/polkadot/scripts/github/generate_release_text.rb
index 3b2a885eed..7df6122e3e 100644
--- a/polkadot/scripts/github/generate_release_text.rb
+++ b/polkadot/scripts/github/generate_release_text.rb
@@ -66,19 +66,27 @@ runtime_changes = Changelog.changes_with_label(all_changes, 'B7-runtimenoteworth
 
 # Add the audit status for runtime changes
 runtime_changes.each do |c|
-  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D1-audited👍' }
+  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D1-audited 👍' }
     c[:pretty_title] = "✅ `audited` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
     next
   end
-  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D9-needsaudit👮' }
-    c[:pretty_title] = "❌ `AWAITING AUDIT` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
+  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D2-notlive 💤' }
+    c[:pretty_title] = "✅ `not live` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
     next
   end
-  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D5-nicetohaveaudit⚠️' }
+  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D3-trivial 🧸' }
+    c[:pretty_title] = "✅ `trivial` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
+    next
+  end
+  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D5-nicetohaveaudit ⚠️' }
     c[:pretty_title] = "⏳ `pending non-critical audit` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
     next
   end
-  c[:pretty_title] = "✅ `trivial` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
+  if c.labels.any? { |l| l[:name] == 'D9-needsaudit 👮' }
+    c[:pretty_title] = "❌ `AWAITING AUDIT` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
+    next
+  end
+  c[:pretty_title] = "⭕️ `unknown audit requirements` #{c[:pretty_title]}"
 end
 
 # The priority of users upgraded is determined by the highest-priority
diff --git a/polkadot/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh b/polkadot/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
index 520b7c1c02..89b91a4cb2 100755
--- a/polkadot/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
+++ b/polkadot/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@
 # well as directories common to all runtimes (e.g., ^runtime/common). If there
 # are no changes, check if the Substrate git SHA in Cargo.lock has been
 # changed. If so, pull the repo and verify if {spec,impl}_versions have been
-# altered since the previous Substrate version used. Also, if any of the
-# Substrate changes between the previous and current version referenced by
-# Cargo.lock were labelled with 'D2-breaksapi', label this PR the same.
+# altered since the previous Substrate version used.
 #
 # If there were changes to any runtimes or common dirs, we iterate over each
 # runtime (defined in the $runtimes() array), and check if {spec,impl}_version
-# have been changed since the last release. Also, if there have been changes to
-# the runtime since the last commit to master, label the PR with 'D2-breaksapi'
+# have been changed since the last release.
 
 set -e # fail on any error
 
@@ -115,21 +112,6 @@ spec_version or or impl_version have changed in substrate after updating Cargo.l
 please make sure versions are bumped in polkadot accordingly
 EOT
 
-  # Now check if any of the substrate changes have been tagged D2-breaksapi
-  (
-    cd "${SUBSTRATE_CLONE_DIR}"
-    substrate_changes="$(sanitised_git_logs "${SUBSTRATE_PREV_REF}" "${SUBSTRATE_NEW_REF}")"
-    echo "$substrate_changes" | while read -r line; do
-      pr_id=$(echo "$line" | sed -E 's/.*#([0-9]+)\)$/\1/')
-
-      if has_label 'paritytech/substrate' "$pr_id" 'D2-breaksapi'; then
-        boldprint "Substrate change labelled with D2-breaksapi. Labelling..."
-        github_label "D2-breaksapi"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    done
-  )
-
 fi
 
 failed_runtime_checks=()
@@ -164,13 +146,6 @@ do
   if [ "${add_spec_version}" != "${sub_spec_version}" ]
   then
 
-    if git diff --name-only "origin/master...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" \
-      | grep -E -q -e "$regex"
-    then
-      # add label breaksapi only if this pr altered the runtime sources
-      github_label "D2-breaksapi"
-    fi
-
     boldcat <<EOT
 ## RUNTIME: ${RUNTIME} ##