diff --git a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
index d89705f23..d75045f07 100644
--- a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
@@ -30,16 +30,11 @@ class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
                   @articles.where(featured: true).includes(:user)
                 end
 
-    unless @articles&.any?
-      not_found
-    end
+    not_found unless @articles&.any?
 
     set_surrogate_key_header "feed"
     set_cache_control_headers(10.minutes.to_i, stale_while_revalidate: 30, stale_if_error: 1.day.to_i)
 
-    @allowed_tags = FEED_ALLOWED_TAGS
-    @allowed_attributes = FEED_ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES
-
     render layout: false, locals: {
       articles: @articles,
       user: @user,