diff --git a/lbry/lbry/schema/tags.py b/lbry/lbry/schema/tags.py
index 4b31e4282..ce6ee1875 100644
--- a/lbry/lbry/schema/tags.py
+++ b/lbry/lbry/schema/tags.py
@@ -10,9 +10,4 @@ def normalize_tag(tag: str):
 
 
 def clean_tags(tags: List[str]):
-    clean = []
-    for idx, tag in enumerate(tags):
-        norm_tag = normalize_tag(tag)
-        if norm_tag and norm_tag not in clean[:idx]:
-            clean.append(norm_tag)
-    return clean
+    return [tag for tag in set(normalize_tag(tag) for tag in tags) if tag]