diff --git a/app/site/components/com_users/controllers/profile.php b/app/site/components/com_users/controllers/profile.php
index 9c590dd31e..7a01d8b293 100644
--- a/app/site/components/com_users/controllers/profile.php
+++ b/app/site/components/com_users/controllers/profile.php
@@ -199,14 +199,6 @@ public function save()
 	protected function postSaveHook(JModelLegacy $model, $validData = array())
 	{
 		$item = $model->getData();
-		$tags = $validData['tags'];
-
-		if ($tags)
-		{
-			$item->tags = new JHelperTags;
-			$item->tags->getTagIds($item->id, 'com_users.user');
-			$item->metadata['tags'] = $item->tags;
-		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/app/site/components/com_users/models/profile.php b/app/site/components/com_users/models/profile.php
index 05cc651735..01c0543808 100644
--- a/app/site/components/com_users/models/profile.php
+++ b/app/site/components/com_users/models/profile.php
@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ public function save($data)
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$user->tags = new JHelperTags;
-		$user->tags->getTagIds($user->id, 'com_users.user');
-
 		return $user->id;
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/tmpl/default_custom.php b/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/tmpl/default_custom.php
index 3f1f112313..716177d784 100644
--- a/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/tmpl/default_custom.php
+++ b/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/tmpl/default_custom.php
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 	$fields = $this->form->getFieldset($group);
 	if (count($fields)):
 ?>
-<?php //if ($this->params->get('show_tags')) : ?>
-		<?php //$this->tagLayout = new JLayoutFile('joomla.content.tags'); ?>
-		<?php //echo $this->tagLayout->render($this->tags); ?>
-	<?php // endif; ?>
 
 <fieldset id="users-profile-custom" class="users-profile-custom-<?php echo $group; ?>">
 	<?php if (isset($fieldset->label)): // If the fieldset has a label set, display it as the legend. ?>
diff --git a/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/view.html.php b/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/view.html.php
index 684bce641c..2742a6fc1a 100644
--- a/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/view.html.php
+++ b/app/site/components/com_users/views/profile/view.html.php
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$this->data->tags = new JHelperTags;
-		$this->data->tags->getItemTags('com_users.user.', $this->data->id);
-
 		// Check for layout override
 		$active = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu()->getActive();