diff --git a/springfield/base/templates/includes/canonical-url.html b/springfield/base/templates/includes/canonical-url.html
index b190eefd4..0c3eb4a0e 100644
--- a/springfield/base/templates/includes/canonical-url.html
+++ b/springfield/base/templates/includes/canonical-url.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
{% if CANONICAL_LANG != LANG or do_not_index or (page is defined and page.noindex) %}
{% endif %}
- {% if is_homepage %}{% endif %}
+
{% if available_languages -%}
{%- for code, label in available_languages|dictsort -%}
{#- Skip alias locales that don't have their own content -#}
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
{%- set loop_canonical_path = canonical_path -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if code == 'en-US' -%}
-
{% elif code == 'es-ES' -%}
diff --git a/springfield/cms/templates/cms/base-flare26.html b/springfield/cms/templates/cms/base-flare26.html
index 5644c76f4..542105952 100644
--- a/springfield/cms/templates/cms/base-flare26.html
+++ b/springfield/cms/templates/cms/base-flare26.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+
+
diff --git a/springfield/cms/tests/test_locale_fallback_rendering.py b/springfield/cms/tests/test_locale_fallback_rendering.py
index 58212d4bc..1a88c712d 100644
--- a/springfield/cms/tests/test_locale_fallback_rendering.py
+++ b/springfield/cms/tests/test_locale_fallback_rendering.py
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ def test_non_cms_page_hreflang_alternates(client):
# Canonical should be self-referencing (en-US).
assert f'rel="canonical" href="{settings.CANONICAL_URL}/en-US{page_path}"' in html
assert '' not in html
- # en-US should emit both hreflang="en" and hreflang="en-US".
- assert f'hreflang="en" href="{settings.CANONICAL_URL}/en-US{page_path}"' in html
+ # en-US should emit hreflang="en-US" only (duplicate bare hreflang="en" was removed for SEO clarity).
+ assert f'hreflang="en" href="{settings.CANONICAL_URL}/en-US{page_path}"' not in html
assert f'hreflang="en-US" href="{settings.CANONICAL_URL}/en-US{page_path}"' in html
# Locales in active_locales should appear.
assert f'hreflang="fr" href="{settings.CANONICAL_URL}/fr{page_path}"' in html