From 021a20f06f41212fd8c55680a8cc3bf0924e1b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Waskom <mwaskom@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:23:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Don't pass label when creating color cycle scout (#3116)

* Don't pass label when creating color cycle scout

* Update release notes
---
 doc/whatsnew/v0.12.2.rst    | 4 +++-
 seaborn/utils.py            | 3 +++
 tests/test_distributions.py | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/v0.12.2.rst b/doc/whatsnew/v0.12.2.rst
index dc29ab7402..6bf7ee0814 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/v0.12.2.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/v0.12.2.rst
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 v0.12.2 (Unreleased)
 --------------------
 
-- Added the :class:`objects.KDE` stat (:pr:`3111`).
+- |Feature| Added the :class:`objects.KDE` stat (:pr:`3111`).
+
+- |Fix| Fixed a regression in v0.12.0 where manually-added labels could have duplicate legend entries (:pr:`3116`).
diff --git a/seaborn/utils.py b/seaborn/utils.py
index a4887b2c42..f1628130d8 100644
--- a/seaborn/utils.py
+++ b/seaborn/utils.py
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ def _default_color(method, hue, color, kws):
         #      warnings.warn(msg)
         return None
 
+    kws = kws.copy()
+    kws.pop("label", None)
+
     if color is not None:
         return color
 
diff --git a/tests/test_distributions.py b/tests/test_distributions.py
index c4d62fa340..f881969b67 100644
--- a/tests/test_distributions.py
+++ b/tests/test_distributions.py
@@ -1816,6 +1816,13 @@ def test_step_line_kwargs(self, flat_series):
         assert line.get_linewidth() == lw
         assert line.get_linestyle() == ls
 
+    def test_label(self, flat_series):
+
+        ax = histplot(flat_series, label="a label")
+        handles, labels = ax.get_legend_handles_labels()
+        assert len(handles) == 1
+        assert labels == ["a label"]
+
 
 class TestHistPlotBivariate: