diff --git a/app/views/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation.raw.html.erb b/app/views/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation.raw.html.erb
index 560457a2c..776c55fbf 100644
--- a/app/views/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation.raw.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation.raw.html.erb
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 >
   <ul class="pub-c-pagination__list" data-module="track-click">
     <% if local_assigns.include?(:previous_page) %>
-      <%# hoisted up to the <head> by slimmer %>
-      <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
-
       <li class="pub-c-pagination__item pub-c-pagination__item--previous">
         <a href="<%= previous_page[:url] %>"
           class="pub-c-pagination__link"
diff --git a/test/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation_test.rb b/test/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation_test.rb
index 2d15ddb61..4ae467140 100644
--- a/test/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation_test.rb
+++ b/test/govuk_component/previous_and_next_navigation_test.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def component_name
       label: "1 of 3"
     })
 
-    assert_select "meta[name='robots'][content='noindex']"
     assert_select ".pub-c-pagination[role='navigation']"
     assert_select ".pub-c-pagination__link-title", text: "Previous page"
     assert_select ".pub-c-pagination__link-label", text: "1 of 3"
