diff --git a/src/internal/kopia/snapshot_manager.go b/src/internal/kopia/snapshot_manager.go
index d4d47f37d..f15c8ae99 100644
--- a/src/internal/kopia/snapshot_manager.go
+++ b/src/internal/kopia/snapshot_manager.go
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ const (
 	// (permalinks)
 	// [1] https://github.com/kopia/kopia/blob/05e729a7858a6e86cb48ba29fb53cb6045efce2b/cli/command_snapshot_create.go#L169
 	userTagPrefix = "tag:"
-
-	// Tag key applied to checkpoints (but not completed snapshots) in kopia.
-	checkpointTagKey = "checkpoint"
 )
 
 type Reason struct {
diff --git a/src/internal/kopia/wrapper.go b/src/internal/kopia/wrapper.go
index a27b9a590..feab0e687 100644
--- a/src/internal/kopia/wrapper.go
+++ b/src/internal/kopia/wrapper.go
@@ -192,12 +192,7 @@ func (w Wrapper) makeSnapshotWithRoot(
 		snapIDs,
 	)
 
-	checkpointTagK, checkpointTagV := makeTagKV(checkpointTagKey)
-
 	tags := map[string]string{}
-	checkpointTags := map[string]string{
-		checkpointTagK: checkpointTagV,
-	}
 
 	for k, v := range addlTags {
 		mk, mv := makeTagKV(k)
@@ -207,7 +202,6 @@ func (w Wrapper) makeSnapshotWithRoot(
 		}
 
 		tags[mk] = v
-		checkpointTags[mk] = v
 	}
 
 	err := repo.WriteSession(
@@ -246,7 +240,7 @@ func (w Wrapper) makeSnapshotWithRoot(
 			u := snapshotfs.NewUploader(rw)
 			progress.UploadProgress = u.Progress
 			u.Progress = progress
-			u.CheckpointLabels = checkpointTags
+			u.CheckpointLabels = tags
 
 			man, err = u.Upload(innerCtx, root, policyTree, si, prevSnaps...)
 			if err != nil {