diff --git a/includes/liquid-tags/link-with-short-title.html b/includes/liquid-tags/link-with-short-title.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d4faae5b2..0000000000
--- a/includes/liquid-tags/link-with-short-title.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<a class="link-title Bump-link--hover no-underline" href="{{ fullPath }}">{{ title }}</a>
diff --git a/lib/liquid-tags/README.md b/lib/liquid-tags/README.md
index c3ba12a272..acd7a95751 100644
--- a/lib/liquid-tags/README.md
+++ b/lib/liquid-tags/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ Note that link tags will only render links that are available in the current pag
 | `{% homepage_link_with_intro /href %}` | The linked page's title and intro, with homepage-specific styling.
 | `{% link_in_list /href %}` | The linked page's title in a list item.
 | `{% topic_link_in_list /href %}` | The linked map topic's title in a list item (used in category TOCs).
-| `{% link_with_short_title /href %}` | The linked page's title, where the title is pulled from the page's `shortTitle` frontmatter.
 | `{% indented_data_reference site.data.foo.bar spaces=NUMBER %}` | The data reference with the specified number of spaces prepended to each line.
 
 ## Creating tags
diff --git a/lib/liquid-tags/homepage-link-with-intro.js b/lib/liquid-tags/homepage-link-with-intro.js
index a9f74d76f3..72d4354605 100644
--- a/lib/liquid-tags/homepage-link-with-intro.js
+++ b/lib/liquid-tags/homepage-link-with-intro.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 const Link = require('./link')
 
 // For details, see class method in lib/liquid-tags/link.js
-module.exports = class HomepageLinkWithIntro extends Link {
-  async render (context) {
-    return super.parseTemplate(context)
-  }
-}
+module.exports = class HomepageLinkWithIntro extends Link {}
diff --git a/lib/liquid-tags/link-in-list.js b/lib/liquid-tags/link-in-list.js
index df2242f295..db77370e89 100644
--- a/lib/liquid-tags/link-in-list.js
+++ b/lib/liquid-tags/link-in-list.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 const Link = require('./link')
 
 // For details, see class method in lib/liquid-tags/link.js
-module.exports = class LinkInList extends Link {
-  async render (context) {
-    return super.parseTemplate(context)
-  }
-}
+module.exports = class LinkInList extends Link {}
diff --git a/lib/liquid-tags/link-with-intro.js b/lib/liquid-tags/link-with-intro.js
index f4fcce5ec2..f6e50e5ff7 100644
--- a/lib/liquid-tags/link-with-intro.js
+++ b/lib/liquid-tags/link-with-intro.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 const Link = require('./link')
 
 // For details, see class method in lib/liquid-tags/link.js
-module.exports = class LinkWithIntro extends Link {
-  async render (context) {
-    return super.parseTemplate(context)
-  }
-}
+module.exports = class LinkWithIntro extends Link {}
diff --git a/lib/liquid-tags/link-with-short-title.js b/lib/liquid-tags/link-with-short-title.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fde4cf0a49..0000000000
--- a/lib/liquid-tags/link-with-short-title.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-const Link = require('./link')
-
-// For details, see class method in lib/liquid-tags/link.js
-module.exports = class LinkWithShortTitle extends Link {
-  async render (context) {
-    return super.parseTemplate(context, { shortTitle: true })
-  }
-}
diff --git a/lib/liquid-tags/link.js b/lib/liquid-tags/link.js
index b583b006ec..19a716d5eb 100644
--- a/lib/liquid-tags/link.js
+++ b/lib/liquid-tags/link.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = class Link extends LiquidTag {
     super(template, tagName, href.trim())
   }
 
-  async parseTemplate (context, opts = { shortTitle: false }) {
+  async parseTemplate (context) {
     const template = await this.getTemplate()
 
     const ctx = context.environments[0]
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ module.exports = class Link extends LiquidTag {
     }
 
     // find and render the props
-    const title = opts.shortTitle
-      ? await page.renderProp('shortTitle', ctx, { textOnly: true, encodeEntities: true })
-      : await page.renderProp('title', ctx, { textOnly: true, encodeEntities: true })
+    const title = await page.renderProp('title', ctx, { textOnly: true, encodeEntities: true })
 
     // we want markdown in intros to be parsed, so we do not pass textOnly here
     const intro = await page.renderProp('intro', ctx, { unwrap: true })
diff --git a/lib/liquid-tags/topic-link-in-list.js b/lib/liquid-tags/topic-link-in-list.js
index 28f350e776..19820f61df 100644
--- a/lib/liquid-tags/topic-link-in-list.js
+++ b/lib/liquid-tags/topic-link-in-list.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 const Link = require('./link')
 
 // For details, see class method in lib/liquid-tags/link.js
-module.exports = class TopicLinkInList extends Link {
-  async render (context) {
-    return super.parseTemplate(context)
-  }
-}
+module.exports = class TopicLinkInList extends Link {}
diff --git a/lib/render-content/index.js b/lib/render-content/index.js
index ec964e4c9d..20122bc1eb 100644
--- a/lib/render-content/index.js
+++ b/lib/render-content/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ renderContent.liquid.registerTag('link_with_intro', require('../liquid-tags/link
 renderContent.liquid.registerTag('homepage_link_with_intro', require('../liquid-tags/homepage-link-with-intro'))
 renderContent.liquid.registerTag('link_in_list', require('../liquid-tags/link-in-list'))
 renderContent.liquid.registerTag('topic_link_in_list', require('../liquid-tags/topic-link-in-list'))
-renderContent.liquid.registerTag('link_with_short_title', require('../liquid-tags/link-with-short-title'))
 renderContent.liquid.registerTag('indented_data_reference', require('../liquid-tags/indented-data-reference'))
 renderContent.liquid.registerTag('data', require('../liquid-tags/data'))
 renderContent.liquid.registerTag('octicon', require('../liquid-tags/octicon'))
diff --git a/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js b/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js
index 643bcccee5..6899d9f1f9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js
+++ b/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ describe('liquid helper tags', () => {
     expect(output).toBe(expected)
   })
 
-  test('link_with_short_title tag', async () => {
-    const template = '{% link_with_short_title /contributing-and-collaborating-using-github-desktop %}'
-    const expected = '<a class="link-title Bump-link--hover no-underline" href="/en/desktop/contributing-and-collaborating-using-github-desktop">Contributing and collaborating</a>'
-    const output = await liquid.parseAndRender(template, context)
-    expect(output).toBe(expected)
-  })
-
   describe('indented_data_reference tag', () => {
     test('without any number of spaces specified', async () => {
       const template = '{% indented_data_reference site.data.reusables.example %}'