diff --git a/cmd/karma/main.go b/cmd/karma/main.go
index 02fe8b4e3..7a82a80a9 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/main.go
+++ b/cmd/karma/main.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prymitive/karma/internal/transform"
 	"github.com/prymitive/karma/internal/uri"
 	"github.com/prymitive/karma/ui"
-	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	sentryhttp "github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/http"
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/cmd/karma/views.go b/cmd/karma/views.go
index 6e115898b..8dddd0d7a 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/views.go
+++ b/cmd/karma/views.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func alerts(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				ag.LatestStartsAt = ag.FindLatestStartsAt()
 				ag.Hash = ag.ContentFingerprint()
 				apiAG := models.APIAlertGroup{AlertGroup: *ag, TotalAlerts: len(ag.Alerts)}
-				apiAG.DedupSharedMaps()
+				apiAG.DedupSharedMaps([]string{gridLabel})
 				resp.TotalAlerts += len(ag.Alerts)
 
 				alertLimit, found := request.GroupLimits[ag.ID]
diff --git a/internal/models/api.go b/internal/models/api.go
index 1feff94f9..8ea07e939 100644
--- a/internal/models/api.go
+++ b/internal/models/api.go
@@ -146,10 +146,23 @@ func (ag *APIAlertGroup) dedupLabels() {
 
 }
 
-func (ag *APIAlertGroup) removeGroupingLabels() {
+func (ag *APIAlertGroup) removeGroupingLabels(dropNames []string) {
+	newGroupLabels := map[string]string{}
+	for name, val := range ag.Labels {
+		if slices.StringInSlice(dropNames, name) {
+			continue
+		}
+		newGroupLabels[name] = val
+	}
+	ag.Labels = newGroupLabels
+
 	for i, alert := range ag.Alerts {
 		newAlertLabels := map[string]string{}
 		for name, val := range alert.Labels {
+			if slices.StringInSlice(dropNames, name) {
+				// skip all labels from the drop list
+				continue
+			}
 			if _, found := ag.Labels[name]; found {
 				// skip all labels that are used for grouping
 				continue
@@ -341,10 +354,10 @@ func (ag *APIAlertGroup) populateAllLabels() {
 
 // DedupSharedMaps will find all labels and annotations shared by all alerts
 // in this group and moved them to Shared namespace
-func (ag *APIAlertGroup) DedupSharedMaps() {
+func (ag *APIAlertGroup) DedupSharedMaps(ignoredLabels []string) {
 	ag.populateAllLabels()
 	// remove all labels that are used for grouping
-	ag.removeGroupingLabels()
+	ag.removeGroupingLabels(ignoredLabels)
 	// don't dedup if we only have a single alert in this group
 	if len(ag.Alerts) > 1 {
 		ag.dedupLabels()
diff --git a/internal/models/api_test.go b/internal/models/api_test.go
index 34310c116..8230dccc2 100644
--- a/internal/models/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/models/api_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestDedupSharedMaps(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	ag.DedupSharedMaps()
+	ag.DedupSharedMaps(nil)
 
 	agJSON, _ := json.MarshalIndent(ag, "", "  ")
 	abide.AssertReader(t, "SharedMaps", bytes.NewReader(agJSON))
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestDedupSharedMapsSingleGroup(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	ag.DedupSharedMaps()
+	ag.DedupSharedMaps(nil)
 	if len(ag.Shared.Annotations) > 0 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected empty shared annotations, got %v", ag.Shared.Annotations)
 	}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func TestDedupSharedMapsWithSingleAlert(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	ag.DedupSharedMaps()
+	ag.DedupSharedMaps(nil)
 	if len(ag.Shared.Annotations) > 0 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected empty shared annotations, got %v", ag.Shared.Annotations)
 	}
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestDedupWithBadSource(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	ag.DedupSharedMaps()
+	ag.DedupSharedMaps(nil)
 	if len(ag.Shared.Sources) > 0 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected empty sources list, got %v", ag.Shared.Sources)
 	}