diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
index e774743a2..71412eea8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def make_note_data(
       "context" => context,
       "attachment" => attachments,
       "actor" => actor,
-      "tag" => tags |> Enum.map(fn {_, tag} -> tag end)
+      "tag" => tags |> Enum.map(fn {_, tag} -> tag end) |> Enum.uniq()
     }
 
     if inReplyTo do
diff --git a/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs b/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b597e6e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.UtilsTest do
+  use Pleroma.DataCase
+  alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
+
+  import Pleroma.Factory
+
+  test "it de-duplicates tags" do
+    user = insert(:user)
+    {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{"status" => "#2hu #2HU"})
+
+    assert activity.data["object"]["tag"] == ["2hu"]
+  end
+end