diff --git a/spacy/pipeline/pipe.pyx b/spacy/pipeline/pipe.pyx
index 481430a2c..49d0bea35 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline/pipe.pyx
+++ b/spacy/pipeline/pipe.pyx
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ cdef class Pipe:
 
     @property
     def labels(self) -> Optional[Tuple[str]]:
-        if "labels" in self.cfg:
-            return tuple(self.cfg["labels"])
-        else:
-            return None
+        return []
     
     @property
     def label_data(self):