diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
index 68b3394a4..91c3467f4 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class ListingController(RedditController):
                                show_sidebar = self.show_sidebar, 
                                nav_menus = self.menus, 
                                title = self.title(),
-                               description = c.site.description,
                                infotext = self.infotext,
                                **self.render_params).render()
         return res
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index 584b6c693..ae539b9c8 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -78,12 +78,9 @@ class Reddit(Wrapped):
 
     def __init__(self, space_compress = True, nav_menus = None, loginbox = True,
                  infotext = '', content = None, title = '', robots = None, 
-                 canonical = None, description = None, show_sidebar = True,
-                 **context):
+                 show_sidebar = True, **context):
         Wrapped.__init__(self, **context)
         self.title          = title
-        self.description    = description
-        self.canonical      = canonical
         self.robots         = robots
         self.infotext       = infotext
         self.loginbox       = True
@@ -435,9 +432,7 @@ class LinkInfoPage(Reddit):
         self.link = self.link_listing.things[0]
 
         link_title = ((self.link.title) if hasattr(self.link, 'title') else '')
-        canonical = "%s%s" % (add_sr(self.link.permalink), "?sort=top")
         if comment:
-            canonical = "%s%s" % (add_sr(comment.make_permalink_slow()), "?sort=top")
             if comment._deleted and not c.user_is_admin:
                 author = _("[deleted]")
             else:
@@ -448,7 +443,7 @@ class LinkInfoPage(Reddit):
         else:
             params = {'title':_force_unicode(link_title), 'site' : c.site.name}
             title = strings.link_info_title % params
-        Reddit.__init__(self, title = title, canonical=canonical, *a, **kw)
+        Reddit.__init__(self, title = title, *a, **kw)
 
     def build_toolbars(self):
         base_path = "/%s/%s/" % (self.link._id36, title_to_url(self.link.title))
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/base.html b/r2/r2/templates/base.html
index 6db2fd37f..360fedcdf 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/base.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/base.html
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     
     <meta name="keywords" content="${self.keywords()}" />
     <meta name="title" content="${self.Title()}" />
-    ${self.Description()}
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
     ${self.robots()}
     
@@ -74,9 +73,6 @@
 ${title}
 </%def>
 
-<%def name="Description()">
-</%def>
-
 <%def name="keywords()">
 reddit, reddit.com, vote, comment, submit
 </%def>
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html b/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
index aec026652..018d6b836 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@
   %endif
 </%def>
 
-<%def name="Description()">
-  %if thing.description:
-    <meta name="description" content="${thing.description}" />
-  %endif
-</%def>
-
 <%def name="stylesheet()">
   <% from r2.lib.template_helpers import static, get_domain %>
 
@@ -79,9 +73,6 @@
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS"
           href="${add_sr(join_urls(request.path,'.rss'))}" />
   %endif
-  %if thing.canonical:
-    <link rel="canonical" href="${thing.canonical}" />
-  %endif
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="javascript()">