diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go
index e917d9f51..5772c7478 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"html/template"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"text/template"
 
 	//"github.com/fortytw2/leaktest"
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ func doTestMultiSitesBuild(t *testing.T, configTemplate, configSuffix string) {
 	require.Equal(t, "Home", enSite.Menus["main"].ByName()[0].Name)
 	require.Equal(t, "Heim", nnSite.Menus["main"].ByName()[0].Name)
 
+	// Issue #1302
+	require.Equal(t, template.URL(""), enSite.RegularPages[0].RSSLink)
+
 	// Issue #3108
 	next := enSite.RegularPages[0].Next
 	require.NotNil(t, next)
diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 455efd782..68e839f9a 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ type Page struct {
 
 	Sitemap Sitemap
 
-	RSSLink template.HTML
+	RSSLink template.URL
 
 	URLPath
 	permalink    *url.URL
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ func (p *Page) Hugo() *HugoInfo {
 	return hugoInfo
 }
 
-func (p *Page) RSSlink() template.HTML {
+func (p *Page) RSSlink() template.URL {
 	// TODO(bep) we cannot have two of these
 	// Remove in Hugo 0.20
 	helpers.Deprecated(".Page", "Use RSSlink", "RSSLink", true)
diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index 917080c10..e5b30a38d 100644
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -2087,7 +2087,9 @@ func (s *Site) newHomePage() *Page {
 func (s *Site) setPageURLs(p *Page, in string) {
 	p.URLPath.URL = s.PathSpec.URLizeAndPrep(in)
 	p.URLPath.Permalink = s.Info.permalink(p.URLPath.URL)
-	p.RSSLink = template.HTML(s.Info.permalink(in + ".xml"))
+	if p.Kind != KindPage && p.Kind != KindTaxonomyTerm {
+		p.RSSLink = template.URL(s.Info.permalink(in + ".xml"))
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *Site) newTaxonomyPage(plural, key string) *Page {
diff --git a/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go b/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go
index f23693403..3c6dc2707 100644
--- a/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/taxonomy_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package hugolib
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ others:
 
 	s := h.Sites[0]
 
+	// Issue #1302
+	term := s.getPage(KindTaxonomyTerm, "others")
+	require.Equal(t, template.URL(""), term.RSSLink)
+
 	// Issue #3070 preserveTaxonomyNames
 	if preserveTaxonomyNames {
 		helloWorld := s.getPage(KindTaxonomy, "others", "Hello Hugo world")