diff --git a/server/googleActions.js b/server/googleActions.js
index 4ccf7a1dd..8a11a73ac 100644
--- a/server/googleActions.js
+++ b/server/googleActions.js
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 				text    : file.data,
 
 				description : obj.data.description,
-				tags        : obj.data.properties.tags ? obj.data.properties.tags : '',
 				systems     : obj.data.properties.systems ? obj.data.properties.systems.split(',') : [],
 				authors     : [],
 				published   : obj.data.properties.published ? obj.data.properties.published == 'true' : false,
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index ec8e438fa..484ca8bb5 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -234,10 +234,6 @@ const updateBrew = async (req, res)=>{
 	if(req.account) {
 		brew.authors = _.uniq(_.concat(brew.authors, req.account.username));
 	}
-	// we need the tag type change in both getBrew and here to handle the case where we don't have a stub on which to perform the modification
-	if(typeof brew.tags === 'string') {
-		brew.tags = [];
-	}
 
 	// define a function to catch our save errors
 	const saveError = (err)=>{