diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
index 2f51f9e39..39c8f7e39 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
@@ -323,14 +323,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     Map.put(object, "tag", tag ++ tags)
   end
 
-  def fix_tag(%{"tag" => %{"type" => "Hashtag", "name" => hashtag} = tag} = object) do
-    combined = [tag, String.slice(hashtag, 1..-1)]
-
-    Map.put(object, "tag", combined)
+  def fix_tag(%{"tag" => %{} = tag} = object) do
+    object
+    |> Map.put("tag", [tag])
+    |> fix_tag
   end
 
-  def fix_tag(%{"tag" => %{} = tag} = object), do: Map.put(object, "tag", [tag])
-
   def fix_tag(object), do: object
 
   # content map usually only has one language so this will do for now.