diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index ac8868e445..71c1f03ae4 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ topicsController.get = async function getTopic(req, res, callback) {
 	topicData.pagination = pagination.create(currentPage, pageCount, req.query);
 	topicData.pagination.rel.forEach(function (rel) {
 		rel.href = nconf.get('url') + '/topic/' + topicData.slug + rel.href;
-		res.locals.linkTags = res.locals.linkTags || [];
 		res.locals.linkTags.push(rel);
 	});