diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index e06fa76b4..455efd782 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -1595,17 +1595,10 @@ func (p *Page) prepareData(s *Site) error {
 	case KindTaxonomyTerm:
 		plural := p.sections[0]
 		singular := s.taxonomiesPluralSingular[plural]
-		terms := s.Taxonomies[plural]
-
-		for _, tax := range terms {
-			pages = append(pages, tax.Pages()...)
-		}
-
-		pages = pages.ByWeight()
 
 		p.Data["Singular"] = singular
 		p.Data["Plural"] = plural
-		p.Data["Terms"] = terms
+		p.Data["Terms"] = s.Taxonomies[plural]
 		// keep the following just for legacy reasons
 		p.Data["OrderedIndex"] = p.Data["Terms"]
 		p.Data["Index"] = p.Data["Terms"]
diff --git a/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go b/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go
index 919c3a558..f23693403 100644
--- a/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go
@@ -124,15 +124,6 @@ others:
 	th.assertFileContent("public/others/index.html", "Terms List", "Others")
 
 	s := h.Sites[0]
-	cat1 := s.getPage(KindTaxonomy, "categories", "cat1")
-	require.NotNil(t, cat1)
-	require.Len(t, cat1.Pages, 2)
-
-	cat := s.getPage(KindTaxonomyTerm, "categories")
-	require.NotNil(t, cat)
-	require.Len(t, cat.Pages, 3)
-	require.Len(t, cat.Data["Pages"], 3)
-	require.Equal(t, "t1/c1", cat.Pages[0].Title)
 
 	// Issue #3070 preserveTaxonomyNames
 	if preserveTaxonomyNames {