diff --git a/lib/utils/display.js b/lib/utils/display.js
index 4e0ba81ca956e..67c745f310415 100644
--- a/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ const LEVEL_OPTIONS = {
   },
   error: {
     index: 1,
-    label: 'ERR!',
   },
   warn: {
     index: 2,
-    label: 'WARN',
   },
   notice: {
     index: 3,
@@ -55,11 +53,9 @@ const LEVEL_OPTIONS = {
   },
   verbose: {
     index: 6,
-    label: 'verb',
   },
   silly: {
     index: 7,
-    label: 'sill',
   },
 }
 
@@ -338,7 +334,7 @@ class Display {
       const title = args.shift()
       const prefix = [
         this.#logColors.heading(this.#heading),
-        this.#logColors[level](levelOpts.label ?? level),
+        this.#logColors[level](level),
         title ? this.#logColors.title(title) : null,
       ]
       this.#stderrWrite({ prefix }, ...args)
diff --git a/smoke-tests/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs b/smoke-tests/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs
index c90e376dee20e..c889c830e845a 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs
+++ b/smoke-tests/tap-snapshots/test/index.js.test.cjs
@@ -43,31 +43,31 @@ npm {NPM}
 `
 
 exports[`test/index.js TAP basic npm ci > should throw mismatch deps in lock file error 1`] = `
-npm ERR! code EUSAGE
-npm ERR!
-npm ERR! \`npm ci\` can only install packages when your package.json and package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json are in sync. Please update your lock file with \`npm install\` before continuing.
-npm ERR!
-npm ERR! Invalid: lock file's abbrev@1.0.4 does not satisfy abbrev@1.1.1
-npm ERR!
-npm ERR! Clean install a project
-npm ERR!
-npm ERR! Usage:
-npm ERR! npm ci
-npm ERR!
-npm ERR! Options:
-npm ERR! [--install-strategy <hoisted|nested|shallow|linked>] [--legacy-bundling]
-npm ERR! [--global-style] [--omit <dev|optional|peer> [--omit <dev|optional|peer> ...]]
-npm ERR! [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> ...]]
-npm ERR! [--strict-peer-deps] [--foreground-scripts] [--ignore-scripts] [--no-audit]
-npm ERR! [--no-bin-links] [--no-fund] [--dry-run]
-npm ERR! [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> ...]]
-npm ERR! [-ws|--workspaces] [--include-workspace-root] [--install-links]
-npm ERR!
-npm ERR! aliases: clean-install, ic, install-clean, isntall-clean
-npm ERR!
-npm ERR! Run "npm help ci" for more info
-
-npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: {NPM}/{TESTDIR}/cache/_logs/{LOG}
+npm error code EUSAGE
+npm error
+npm error \`npm ci\` can only install packages when your package.json and package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json are in sync. Please update your lock file with \`npm install\` before continuing.
+npm error
+npm error Invalid: lock file's abbrev@1.0.4 does not satisfy abbrev@1.1.1
+npm error
+npm error Clean install a project
+npm error
+npm error Usage:
+npm error npm ci
+npm error
+npm error Options:
+npm error [--install-strategy <hoisted|nested|shallow|linked>] [--legacy-bundling]
+npm error [--global-style] [--omit <dev|optional|peer> [--omit <dev|optional|peer> ...]]
+npm error [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> ...]]
+npm error [--strict-peer-deps] [--foreground-scripts] [--ignore-scripts] [--no-audit]
+npm error [--no-bin-links] [--no-fund] [--dry-run]
+npm error [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> ...]]
+npm error [-ws|--workspaces] [--include-workspace-root] [--install-links]
+npm error
+npm error aliases: clean-install, ic, install-clean, isntall-clean
+npm error
+npm error Run "npm help ci" for more info
+
+npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: {NPM}/{TESTDIR}/cache/_logs/{LOG}
 `
 
 exports[`test/index.js TAP basic npm diff > should have expected diff output 1`] = `
diff --git a/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js b/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js
index c29928130088c..346944d7405b0 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 const { log: { LEVELS } } = require('proc-log')
 const { stripVTControlCharacters: stripAnsi } = require('util')
 
-const labels = new Map([
-  ['error', 'ERR!'],
-  ['warn', 'WARN'],
-  ['verbose', 'verb'],
-  ['silly', 'sill'],
-].reduce((acc, v) => acc.concat([v, v.slice(0).reverse()]), []))
-const logPrefix = new RegExp(`^npm (${LEVELS.map(l => labels.get(l) ?? l).join('|')})\\s`)
+const logPrefix = new RegExp(`^npm (${LEVELS.join('|')})\\s`)
 const isLog = (str) => logPrefix.test(stripAnsi(str))
 
 // We only strip trailing newlines since some output will
@@ -63,15 +57,15 @@ module.exports = () => {
         // Split on spaces for the heading and level/label. We know that
         // none of those have spaces but could be colorized so there's no
         // other good way to get each of those including control chars
-        const [rawHeading, rawLabel] = str.split(' ')
-        const rawPrefix = `${rawHeading} ${rawLabel} `
+        const [rawHeading, rawLevel] = str.split(' ')
+        const rawPrefix = `${rawHeading} ${rawLevel} `
         // If message is colorized we can just replaceAll with the string since
         // it will be unique due to control chars. Otherwise we create a regex
         // that will only match the beginning of each line.
         const prefix = stripAnsi(str) !== str ? rawPrefix : new RegExp(`^${rawPrefix}`, 'gm')
 
         // The level needs color stripped always because we use it to filter logs
-        const level = labels.get(stripAnsi(rawLabel)) ?? stripAnsi(rawLabel)
+        const level = stripAnsi(rawLevel)
 
         logs.push(str.replaceAll(prefix, `${level} `))
         levelLogs.push({ level, message: str.replaceAll(prefix, '') })