heimrichhannot · koertho · May 13, 2026 · May 13, 2026 · May 13, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Removed: json-ld backport
 - Removed: @WebPage schema integration, because it is provided by Contao core
 - Removed: @BreadcrumbList schema integration, because it is provided by Contao core
+- Removed: canonical links backport
 
 ## [1.14.2] - 2025-12-17
 - Fixed: Relative image paths had to be absolute

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ This bundle enhances the handling of html `<head>` section tags. It provides ser
 - Sets important meta tags like og:title, og:description, og:url and twitter:card out of the box
 - Allow setting open graph and twitter fallback image on root page
 - Allow setting twitter author per root page
-- Backport canonical url option from contao 4.13 for contao 4.9+
 
 ## Usage
 

diff --git a/contao/languages/de/tl_page.php b/contao/languages/de/tl_page.php
@@ -31,13 +31,3 @@
 $lang['head_legend'] = 'Head-Bundle';
 $lang['head_twitter_legend'] = 'Head-Bundle - Twitter';
 $lang['schema_legend'] = 'Strukturierte Daten (Schema.org)';
-
-// if (version_compare(VERSION, '4.13', '<')) {
-//     $lang['canonical_legend'] = 'Kanonische URL';
-//     $lang['enableCanonical'][0] = 'rel=&quot;canonical&quot; aktivieren';
-//     $lang['enableCanonical'][1] = 'Der Website rel=&quot;canonical&quot;-Tags hinzufügen.';
-//     $lang['canonicalLink'][0] = 'Individuelle URL';
-//     $lang['canonicalLink'][1] = 'Hier können Sie eine individuelle kanonische URL wie z. B. https://example.com/ setzen.';
-//     $lang['canonicalKeepParams'][0] = 'Query-Parameter';
-//     $lang['canonicalKeepParams'][1] = 'Standardmäßig entfernt Contao die Query-Parameter in der kanonischen URL. Hier können Sie eine kommagetrennte Liste von Query-Parametern hinzufügen, die erhalten bleiben sollen. Verwenden Sie &quot;*&quot; als Platzhalter.';
-// }
diff --git a/contao/languages/en/tl_page.php b/contao/languages/en/tl_page.php
@@ -31,13 +31,3 @@
 $lang['head_legend'] = 'Head-Bundle';
 $lang['head_twitter_legend'] = 'Head-Bundle - Twitter';
 $lang['schema_legend'] = 'Structured data (Schema.org)';
-
-// if (version_compare(VERSION, '4.13', '<')) {
-//     $lang['canonical_legend'] = 'Canonical URL';
-//     $lang['enableCanonical'][0] = 'Enable rel="canonical"';
-//     $lang['enableCanonical'][1] = 'Add rel=&quot;canonical&quot; tags to the website.';
-//     $lang['canonicalLink'][0] = 'Custom URL';
-//     $lang['canonicalLink'][1] = 'Here you can set a custom canonical URL like https://example.com/.';
-//     $lang['canonicalKeepParams'][0] = 'Query parameters';
-//     $lang['canonicalKeepParams'][1] = 'By default, Contao strips the query parameters in the canonical URL. Here you can add a comma-separated list of query parameters to preserve. Use &quot;*&quot; as a wildcard.';
-// }
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/HeimrichHannotHeadBundleExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/HeimrichHannotHeadBundleExtension.php
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 namespace HeimrichHannot\HeadBundle\DependencyInjection;
 
-use Contao\CoreBundle\EventListener\DataContainer\DisableCanonicalFieldsListener;
-use HeimrichHannot\HeadBundle\EventListener\CanonicalListener;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\FileLocator;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Extension\Extension;
@@ -25,10 +23,6 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container): void
 
         $loader = new YamlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(__DIR__ . '/../../config'));
         $loader->load('services.yaml');
-
-        if (class_exists(DisableCanonicalFieldsListener::class)) {
-            $container->removeDefinition(CanonicalListener::class);
-        }
     }
 
     public function getAlias(): string

diff --git a/src/EventListener/CanonicalListener.php b/src/EventListener/CanonicalListener.php