diff --git a/controller/linodemachine_controller_helpers.go b/controller/linodemachine_controller_helpers.go
index 0bd8d8579..66b2d801f 100644
--- a/controller/linodemachine_controller_helpers.go
+++ b/controller/linodemachine_controller_helpers.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/linode/cluster-api-provider-linode/cloud/scope"
-	"github.com/linode/cluster-api-provider-linode/util"
 	"github.com/linode/cluster-api-provider-linode/util/reconciler"
 	"github.com/linode/linodego"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func (*LinodeMachineReconciler) newCreateConfig(ctx context.Context, machineScop
 	createConfig.Tags = append(createConfig.Tags, tags...)
 
 	if createConfig.Label == "" {
-		createConfig.Label = util.RenderObjectLabel(machineScope.LinodeMachine.UID)
+		createConfig.Label = machineScope.LinodeMachine.Name
 	}
 
 	if createConfig.Image == "" {
diff --git a/controller/linodevpc_controller_helpers.go b/controller/linodevpc_controller_helpers.go
index bb3606a93..2c168bb85 100644
--- a/controller/linodevpc_controller_helpers.go
+++ b/controller/linodevpc_controller_helpers.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (r *LinodeVPCReconciler) reconcileVPC(ctx context.Context, vpcScope *scope.
 	}
 
 	if createConfig.Label == "" {
-		createConfig.Label = util.RenderObjectLabel(vpcScope.LinodeVPC.UID)
+		createConfig.Label = vpcScope.LinodeVPC.Name
 	}
 
 	if vpcs, err := vpcScope.LinodeClient.ListVPCs(ctx, linodego.NewListOptions(1, util.CreateLinodeAPIFilter(createConfig.Label, nil))); err != nil {
diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index f7237cd25..5ca1917a7 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ _runThisTest:
 getKubeUid:
 	@kubectl get -o jsonpath='{.metadata.uid}' -n "$$NAMESPACE" "$$OBJ"
 
+getKubeLabel:
+	@kubectl get -o jsonpath='{.spec.label}' -n "$$NAMESPACE" "$$OBJ"
+
 patchKubeObj:
 	@kubectl patch --type=merge -p "$$PATCH" -n "$$NAMESPACE" "$$OBJ"
 
diff --git a/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml b/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml
index 3bba71c50..d9a05761a 100644
--- a/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml
+++ b/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
 kind: TestStep
 commands:
   - script: |-
-      URI="vpcs" FILTER="{\"label\":\"cli-$(OBJ=linodevpcs/linodevpc-sample make getKubeUid | sed 's/-//g')\"}" make callLinodeApiGet | grep 'results": 0'
+      URI="vpcs" FILTER="{\"label\":\"$(OBJ=linodevpcs/linodevpc-sample make getKubeLabel)\"}" make callLinodeApiGet | grep 'results": 0'
diff --git a/util/helpers.go b/util/helpers.go
index 25c0b2403..86f472dd2 100644
--- a/util/helpers.go
+++ b/util/helpers.go
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/linode/linodego"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 )
 
 // Pointer returns the pointer of any type
@@ -14,11 +12,6 @@ func Pointer[T any](t T) *T {
 	return &t
 }
 
-// RenderObjectLabel renders a 63 charater long unique label
-func RenderObjectLabel(i types.UID) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("cli-%s", strings.ReplaceAll(string(i), "-", ""))
-}
-
 // CreateLinodeAPIFilter converts variables to API filter string
 func CreateLinodeAPIFilter(label string, tags []string) string {
 	filter := map[string]string{}