diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 4ecaf7486e..13228f5779 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -257,17 +257,20 @@ function addTags(topicData, req, res) {
 	addOGImageTags(res, topicData, postAtIndex);
 
 	res.locals.linkTags = [
-		{
-			rel: 'alternate',
-			type: 'application/rss+xml',
-			href: topicData.rssFeedUrl,
-		},
 		{
 			rel: 'canonical',
 			href: nconf.get('url') + '/topic/' + topicData.slug,
 		},
 	];
 
+	if (!topicData['feeds:disableRSS']) {
+		res.locals.linkTags.push({
+			rel: 'alternate',
+			type: 'application/rss+xml',
+			href: topicData.rssFeedUrl,
+		});
+	}
+
 	if (topicData.category) {
 		res.locals.linkTags.push({
 			rel: 'up',