diff --git a/pkg/linking/linking.go b/pkg/linking/linking.go
index 45012c82d..682c9fe47 100644
--- a/pkg/linking/linking.go
+++ b/pkg/linking/linking.go
@@ -423,6 +423,24 @@ func (l *Linker) GenerateDefaultCard(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL, sentryDSN
 	})
 }
 
+// isLinkPreviewMeta reports whether a <meta> is one the cards own: the page
+// description and every og: / twitter: tag.
+func isLinkPreviewMeta(node *html.Node) bool {
+	for _, attr := range node.Attr {
+		switch attr.Key {
+		case "property":
+			if strings.HasPrefix(attr.Val, "og:") || strings.HasPrefix(attr.Val, "twitter:") {
+				return true
+			}
+		case "name":
+			if attr.Val == "description" || strings.HasPrefix(attr.Val, "twitter:") {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (l *Linker) GenerateHTML(ctx context.Context, pc *PageConfig) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	root, err := html.Parse(bytes.NewReader(l.BaseHTML))
@@ -452,17 +470,20 @@ func (l *Linker) GenerateHTML(ctx context.Context, pc *PageConfig) ([]byte, erro
 		return nil, errors.New("head not found")
 	}
 
-	// Title tag (handled separately as it's not a meta tag)
-
-	var oldTitle *html.Node
+	// The template ships its own title, description and link-preview tags
+	// (the first-party brand, for a static host). Every card replaces them,
+	// and crawlers honour the first tag they meet, so the template's go.
+	var stale []*html.Node
 	for node := range head.ChildNodes() {
-		if node.Type == html.ElementNode && node.Data == "title" {
-			oldTitle = node
-			break
+		if node.Type != html.ElementNode {
+			continue
+		}
+		if node.Data == "title" || (node.Data == "meta" && isLinkPreviewMeta(node)) {
+			stale = append(stale, node)
 		}
 	}
-	if oldTitle != nil {
-		head.RemoveChild(oldTitle)
+	for _, node := range stale {
+		head.RemoveChild(node)
 	}
 
 	title := &html.Node{
diff --git a/pkg/linking/linking_test.go b/pkg/linking/linking_test.go
index 99edb6583..97d081c25 100644
--- a/pkg/linking/linking_test.go
+++ b/pkg/linking/linking_test.go
@@ -146,3 +146,31 @@ func TestGenerateDefaultCardAtMe(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotContains(t, linkStr, "at:canonical", "front page has no canonical record")
 	require.NotContains(t, linkStr, "at:author", "front page has no single author")
 }
+
+// The app template ships first-party link-preview tags; a card must replace
+// them rather than append after them, since crawlers take the first tag.
+func TestGenerateHTMLReplacesTemplatePreviewTags(t *testing.T) {
+	base := []byte(`<!doctype html><html><head>
+<title>Streamplace</title>
+<meta name="description" content="The video layer for everything." />
+<meta property="og:site_name" content="Streamplace" />
+<meta property="og:title" content="Streamplace — the video layer for everything" />
+<meta property="og:image" content="/linkbanner.png" />
+<meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
+<meta name="twitter:title" content="Streamplace — the video layer for everything" />
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
+</head><body></body></html>`)
+	linker, err := NewLinker(context.Background(), base, nil, &config.CLI{BroadcasterHost: "example.com"})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	u, err := url.Parse("https://example.com/")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	out, err := linker.GenerateDefaultCard(context.Background(), u, "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	page := string(out)
+	require.NotContains(t, page, "video layer for everything")
+	require.NotContains(t, page, `content="/linkbanner.png"`)
+	require.NotContains(t, page, "og:image:width")
+	require.Contains(t, page, `name="viewport"`)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, strings.Count(page, `property="og:title"`))
+	require.Equal(t, 1, strings.Count(page, "<title>"))
+}