diff --git a/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.commands.ts b/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.commands.ts
index 95d0c282bf..1ebbb569b8 100644
--- a/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.commands.ts
+++ b/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.commands.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export function commands(list?: t.LabelListState) {
       return api;
     },
     remove(index) {
+      if (index === undefined || index < 0) return api;
       dispatch({ type: 'List:Remove', payload: { index, tx: slug() } });
       return api;
     },
diff --git a/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.t.ts b/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.t.ts
index 3e9568ac69..18d80af488 100644
--- a/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.t.ts
+++ b/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Model/List.t.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export type LabelListEvents<D extends O = O> = t.Lifecycle & {
 export type LabelListDispatch = {
   select(item: Index | Id, focus?: boolean): LabelListDispatch;
   redraw(item?: Index | Id): LabelListDispatch;
-  remove(index: Index): LabelListDispatch;
+  remove(index?: Index): LabelListDispatch;
   focus(focus?: boolean): LabelListDispatch;
   blur(): LabelListDispatch;
 };
diff --git a/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Stateful/-dev/-SPEC.tsx b/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Stateful/-dev/-SPEC.tsx
index 3a1dea3a90..c7f507aa14 100644
--- a/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Stateful/-dev/-SPEC.tsx
+++ b/code/system.ui/react.common/src/ui/LabelItem.Stateful/-dev/-SPEC.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export default Dev.describe(name, (e) => {
     init: {
       list(dev: t.DevCtxState<T>) {
         const list = TestState.list;
-        list.events().cmd.remove$.subscribe((e) => {
+        const events = list.events();
+        events.cmd.remove$.subscribe((e) => {
           local.total = TestState.array.remove(e.index).length;
         });
       },