diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index d8fb300..5f173f4 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1380,6 +1380,7 @@ function renderPage()
     {
         if (!tokenOk($_POST['token'])) die('Wrong token.'); // Go away!
         $tags = trim(preg_replace('/\s\s+/',' ', $_POST['lf_tags'])); // Remove multiple spaces.
+        $tags = implode(' ', array_unique(explode(' ', $tags))); // Remove duplicates.
         $linkdate=$_POST['lf_linkdate'];
         $url = trim($_POST['lf_url']);
         if (!startsWith($url,'http:') && !startsWith($url,'https:') && !startsWith($url,'ftp:') && !startsWith($url,'magnet:') && !startsWith($url,'?') && !startsWith($url,'javascript:'))
diff --git a/tpl/editlink.html b/tpl/editlink.html
index a32748a..3733ca2 100644
--- a/tpl/editlink.html
+++ b/tpl/editlink.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 {if="($GLOBALS['config']['OPEN_SHAARLI'] || isLoggedIn())"}
 <script>
     $ = Awesomplete.$;
-    new Awesomplete($('input[data-multiple]'), {
+    awesomplete = new Awesomplete($('input[data-multiple]'), {
         filter: function(text, input) {
             return Awesomplete.FILTER_CONTAINS(text, input.match(/[^ ]*$/)[0]);
         },
@@ -52,6 +52,28 @@
         },
         minChars: 1
     });
+
+    /**
+     * Remove already selected items from autocompletion list.
+     * HTML list is never updated, so removing a tag will add it back to awesomplete.
+     *
+     * FIXME: This a workaround waiting for awesomplete to handle this.
+     *  https://github.com/LeaVerou/awesomplete/issues/16749
+     */
+    var input = document.querySelector('#lf_tags');
+    input.addEventListener('input', function()
+    {
+        proposedTags = input.getAttribute('data-list').replace(/,/g, '').split(' ');
+        reg = /(\w+) /g;
+        while((match = reg.exec(input.value)) !== null) {
+            id = proposedTags.indexOf(match[1]);
+            if(id != -1 ) {
+                proposedTags.splice(id, 1);
+            }
+        }
+
+        awesomplete.list = proposedTags;
+    });
 </script>
 {/if}
 </body>