diff --git a/app/controllers/stories/articles_search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories/articles_search_controller.rb
index b40b193fc..45fc15bec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories/articles_search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories/articles_search_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Stories
 
     def index
       @query = I18n.t("stories_controller.searching")
-      @article_index = true
+
       @current_ordering = current_search_results_ordering
       set_surrogate_key_header "articles-page-with-query"
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/stories/tagged_articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories/tagged_articles_controller.rb
index d0c6bcc42..8b7cef9d3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories/tagged_articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories/tagged_articles_controller.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module Stories
       end
 
       @page = (params[:page] || 1).to_i
-      @article_index = true
+
       @moderators = User.with_role(:tag_moderator, @tag).select(:username, :profile_image, :id)
 
       set_number_of_articles(tag: @tag)
diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index d823fb867..d973d0ca3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @page = (params[:page] || 1).to_i
-    @article_index = true
 
     return handle_user_or_organization_or_podcast_or_page_index if params[:username]
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
     assign_hero_html
     assign_podcasts
     get_latest_campaign_articles if Campaign.current.show_in_sidebar?
-    @article_index = true
+
     set_surrogate_key_header "main_app_home_page"
     set_cache_control_headers(600,
                               stale_while_revalidate: 30,