diff --git a/src/Wallabag/ApiBundle/Controller/WallabagRestController.php b/src/Wallabag/ApiBundle/Controller/WallabagRestController.php
index c5df1e034..459c41729 100644
--- a/src/Wallabag/ApiBundle/Controller/WallabagRestController.php
+++ b/src/Wallabag/ApiBundle/Controller/WallabagRestController.php
@@ -337,10 +337,6 @@ class WallabagRestController extends FOSRestController
             ->getRepository('WallabagCoreBundle:Entry')
             ->removeTag($this->getUser()->getId(), $tag);
 
-        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
-        $em->remove($tag);
-        $em->flush();
-
         $json = $this->get('serializer')->serialize($tag, 'json');
 
         return $this->renderJsonResponse($json);
diff --git a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Tests/Helper/RuleBasedTaggerTest.php b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Tests/Helper/RuleBasedTaggerTest.php
index cddc8b086..dee17d657 100644
--- a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Tests/Helper/RuleBasedTaggerTest.php
+++ b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Tests/Helper/RuleBasedTaggerTest.php
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class RuleBasedTaggerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $user = $this->getUser([$taggingRule]);
         $entry = new Entry($user);
         $tag = new Tag();
-        $tag->setLabel('foo');
 
         $this->rulerz
             ->expects($this->once())
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ class RuleBasedTaggerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($entry->getTags()->isEmpty());
 
         $tags = $entry->getTags();
-        $this->assertSame($tag->getLabel(), $tags[0]->getLabel());
+        $this->assertSame($tag, $tags[0]);
     }
 
     public function testSameTagWithDifferentfMatchingRules()