diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index fd4e6ebc2e..d3cd6140e7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ topicsController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 					rel: 'alternate',
 					type: 'application/rss+xml',
 					href: nconf.get('url') + '/topic/' + tid + '.rss'
-				},
-				{
-					rel: 'canonical',
-					href: nconf.get('url') + '/topic/' + topicData.slug + (currentPage > 1 ? '?page=' + currentPage : '')
 				}
 			];