diff --git a/src/topics/tags.js b/src/topics/tags.js
index 0e144321b0..64cf407042 100644
--- a/src/topics/tags.js
+++ b/src/topics/tags.js
@@ -289,15 +289,13 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	};
 
 	Topics.getTopicTags = async function (tid) {
-		const tags = await db.getSetMembers(`topic:${tid}:tags`);
-		return tags.sort();
+		return await db.getSetMembers(`topic:${tid}:tags`);
 	};
 
 	Topics.getTopicsTags = async function (tids) {
-		const keys = tids.map(tid => `topic:${tid}:tags`);
-		const tags = await db.getSetsMembers(keys);
-		tags.forEach(tags => tags.sort());
-		return tags;
+		return await db.getSetsMembers(
+			tids.map(tid => `topic:${tid}:tags`)
+		);
 	};
 
 	Topics.getTopicTagsObjects = async function (tid) {
@@ -316,7 +314,6 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 		topicTags.forEach((tags, index) => {
 			if (Array.isArray(tags)) {
 				topicTags[index] = tags.map(tag => tagDataMap[tag]);
-				topicTags[index].sort((tag1, tag2) => tag2.value - tag1.value);
 			}
 		});
 
diff --git a/test/topics.js b/test/topics.js
index 634a59f550..ea3dde84b9 100644
--- a/test/topics.js
+++ b/test/topics.js
@@ -2031,19 +2031,19 @@ describe('Topic\'s', () => {
 
 			let tags = await topics.getTopicTags(tid);
 			let categoryTags = await topics.getCategoryTags(cid, 0, -1);
-			assert.deepStrictEqual(tags, ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4']);
+			assert.deepStrictEqual(tags.sort(), ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4']);
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(categoryTags.sort(), ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4']);
 
 			await topics.addTags(['tag7', 'tag6', 'tag5'], [tid]);
 			tags = await topics.getTopicTags(tid);
 			categoryTags = await topics.getCategoryTags(cid, 0, -1);
-			assert.deepStrictEqual(tags, ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6', 'tag7']);
+			assert.deepStrictEqual(tags.sort(), ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6', 'tag7']);
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(categoryTags.sort(), ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3', 'tag4', 'tag5', 'tag6', 'tag7']);
 
 			await topics.removeTags(['tag1', 'tag3', 'tag5', 'tag7'], [tid]);
 			tags = await topics.getTopicTags(tid);
 			categoryTags = await topics.getCategoryTags(cid, 0, -1);
-			assert.deepStrictEqual(tags, ['tag2', 'tag4', 'tag6']);
+			assert.deepStrictEqual(tags.sort(), ['tag2', 'tag4', 'tag6']);
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(categoryTags.sort(), ['tag2', 'tag4', 'tag6']);
 		});