diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index 2a71e8243..bf296fda3 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -847,7 +847,8 @@ class LinkInfoPage(Reddit):
         else:
             self.duplicates = duplicates
 
-        Reddit.__init__(self, title = title, short_description=short_description, *a, **kw)
+        robots = "noindex,nofollow" if link._deleted or link._spam else None
+        Reddit.__init__(self, title = title, short_description=short_description, robots=robots, *a, **kw)
 
     def build_toolbars(self):
         base_path = "/%s/%s/" % (self.link._id36, title_to_url(self.link.title))