diff --git a/.github/workflows/labels.yml b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
index 79237c844589..3e520139bc28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ jobs:
   update:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
+    env:
+      # TODO: Remove after 2026-03-04, when Node 24 becomes the default.
+      # https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/
+      FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/ci/github-script/labels.js b/ci/github-script/labels.js
index 801380aad54f..faf7693c0f04 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/labels.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/labels.js
@@ -72,20 +72,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
           exclude_pull_requests: true,
           head_sha: pull_request.head.sha,
         })
-      ).data.workflow_runs[0] ??
-      // TODO: Remove this after 2025-09-17, at which point all eval.yml artifacts will have expired.
-      (
-        await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRuns({
-          ...context.repo,
-          // In older PRs, we need eval.yml instead of pr.yml.
-          workflow_id: 'eval.yml',
-          event: 'pull_request_target',
-          status: 'success',
-          exclude_pull_requests: true,
-          head_sha: pull_request.head.sha,
-        })
-      ).data.workflow_runs[0] ??
-      {}
+      ).data.workflow_runs[0] ?? {}
 
     // Newer PRs might not have run Eval to completion, yet.
     // Older PRs might not have an eval.yml workflow, yet.
@@ -159,20 +146,10 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
         await readFile(`${pull_number}/changed-paths.json`, 'utf-8'),
       ).labels
 
-      Object.assign(
-        prLabels,
-        // Ignore `evalLabels` if it's an array.
-        // This can happen for older eval runs, before we switched to objects.
-        // The old eval labels would have been set by the eval run,
-        // so now they'll be present in `before`.
-        // TODO: Simplify once old eval results have expired (~2025-10)
-        Array.isArray(evalLabels) ? undefined : evalLabels,
-        {
-          '12.approved-by: package-maintainer': Array.from(maintainers).some(
-            (m) => approvals.has(m),
-          ),
-        },
-      )
+      Object.assign(prLabels, evalLabels, {
+        '12.approved-by: package-maintainer':
+          maintainers.intersection(approvals).size > 0,
+      })
     }
 
     return prLabels
@@ -372,7 +349,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
             `updated:>=${cutoff.toISOString()}`,
           ].join(' AND '),
           per_page: 100,
-          // TODO: Remove in 2025-10, when it becomes the default.
+          // TODO: Remove after 2025-11-04, when it becomes the default.
           advanced_search: true,
         },
       )