diff --git a/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts b/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts
index d1ea0efcf7..7ddf04d8a7 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/layout/doc-viewer/doc-viewer.component.ts
@@ -169,10 +169,8 @@ export class DocViewerComponent implements DoCheck, OnDestroy {
    */
   private setNoIndex(val: boolean) {
     if (val) {
-      this.metaService.addTag({ name: 'googlebot', content: 'noindex' });
       this.metaService.addTag({ name: 'robots', content: 'noindex' });
     } else {
-      this.metaService.removeTag('name="googlebot"');
       this.metaService.removeTag('name="robots"');
     }
   }
diff --git a/aio/src/index.html b/aio/src/index.html
index 4350c2aa19..ac46c11ec9 100644
--- a/aio/src/index.html
+++ b/aio/src/index.html
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
   <script>
     // Dynamically, pre-emptively, add `noindex`, which will be removed when the doc is ready and valid
-    var tag = document.createElement('meta'); tag.name = 'googlebot'; tag.content = 'noindex';
-    document.head.appendChild(tag);
     tag = document.createElement('meta'); tag.name = 'robots'; tag.content = 'noindex';
     document.head.appendChild(tag);
   </script>