diff --git a/components/com_tags/router.php b/components/com_tags/router.php
index d2a4e4ff589dc..d6d0a9d800d1f 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/router.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/router.php
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ public function parse(&$segments)
 		{
 			$vars['view'] = $segments[0];
 			$vars['id']   = $this->fixSegment($segments[$count - 1]);
+			unset($segments[0]);
+			unset($segments[$count - 1]);
 
 			return $vars;
 		}