diff --git a/src/user/data.js b/src/user/data.js
index 5a620c375a..a5058b3283 100644
--- a/src/user/data.js
+++ b/src/user/data.js
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 				user.username = validator.escape(user.username ? user.username.toString() : '');
 			}
 
-			if (user.hasOwnProperty('url')) {
+			if (user.hasOwnProperty('url') && !requestedFields.includes('url')) {
 				// works around renderOverride supplying `url` to templates
 				user.remoteUrl = user.url;
 				delete user.url;
diff --git a/test/activitypub/actors.js b/test/activitypub/actors.js
index 9da0380c27..176f2e8abb 100644
--- a/test/activitypub/actors.js
+++ b/test/activitypub/actors.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('Controllers', () => {
 
 			assert.strictEqual(body.id, `${nconf.get('url')}/category/${cid}`);
 			assert.strictEqual(body.type, 'Group');
-			assert.strictEqual(body.summary, description);
+			assert(body.summary.startsWith(description));
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(body.icon, {
 				type: 'Image',
 				mediaType: 'image/png',