diff --git a/lib/elements/fn.js b/lib/elements/fn.js
index 54ebe7e..6c5c1a5 100644
--- a/lib/elements/fn.js
+++ b/lib/elements/fn.js
@@ -31,12 +31,22 @@ const getElementToInsertAfter = maybeBadAncestor => (maybeBadAncestor.nextElemen
  */
 export default function (htmlParentNode, xmlnode) {
   if (xmlnode.closest('tex-math')) xmlnode.remove();
-  const div = this.createNode('div', '', { role: 'doc-footnote', 'aria-label': `Footnote ${xmlnode.querySelector('label').textContent}` });
+  const label = xmlnode.querySelector('label');
+  const div = this.createNode('div', '', { role: 'doc-footnote', 'aria-label': `Footnote ${label.textContent}` });
   // NOTE AmerMathSoc/texml-to-html#336 analyzed where fn occurs in publications; might need revisions
   // Essentially, we can assume fn occurs inside elements (that turn into) p, h1, and span (from formula markup)
   // Since a span ancestor can be inside p (e.g., from inline-formula) we check for the others first.
   const maybeBadAncestor = htmlParentNode.closest('p, h1') || htmlParentNode.closest('span');
   maybeBadAncestor ? getElementToInsertAfter(maybeBadAncestor).insertAdjacentElement('afterend', div) : htmlParentNode.appendChild(div);
   mapAttributes(div, xmlnode);
+  // label
+  const span = this.createNode('span', '<sup></sup>', {
+    'data-ams-doc': 'label'
+  });
+  div.appendChild(span);
+  const superscript = span.firstElementChild;
+  this.passThrough(superscript, label);
+  label.remove(); //NOTE: prevent duplicate processing later on
+
   this.passThrough(div, xmlnode);
 };
diff --git a/lib/elements/label.js b/lib/elements/label.js
index f9d7ce3..3ee907a 100644
--- a/lib/elements/label.js
+++ b/lib/elements/label.js
@@ -22,17 +22,6 @@ import getParentLevel from '../helpers/getParentLevel.js';
  * @param {Element} xmlnode 
  */
 export default function (htmlParentNode, xmlnode) {
-  // simple cases
-  // CASE fn
-  if (xmlnode.parentNode.tagName === 'fn') {
-    const span = this.createNode('span', '<sup></sup>', {
-      'data-ams-doc': 'label'
-    });
-    htmlParentNode.appendChild(span);
-    const superscript = span.firstElementChild;
-    this.passThrough(superscript, xmlnode);
-    return;
-  }
   // CASE label followed by a title -- we skip (and pull in the label later on when processing title)
   if (xmlnode.nextElementSibling?.tagName === 'title') return;
   // CASE empty label