diff --git a/doc/api/container_registry.md b/doc/api/container_registry.md
index e04f34cf4f49ad40f4668641a33cb5c569333882..3ba249099c223c85a72f5d556698f4f553bc802a 100644
--- a/doc/api/container_registry.md
+++ b/doc/api/container_registry.md
@@ -156,14 +156,6 @@ Example response:
     "location": "gitlab.example.com:5000/group/project",
     "created_at": "2019-01-10T13:38:57.391Z",
     "cleanup_policy_started_at": "2020-08-17T03:12:35.489Z",
-    "tags_count": 1,
-    "tags": [
-      {
-        "name": "0.0.1",
-        "path": "group/project:0.0.1",
-        "location": "gitlab.example.com:5000/group/project:0.0.1"
-      }
-    ]
   },
   {
     "id": 2,
@@ -173,24 +165,6 @@ Example response:
     "location": "gitlab.example.com:5000/group/other_project",
     "created_at": "2019-01-10T13:39:08.229Z",
     "cleanup_policy_started_at": "2020-01-10T15:40:57.391Z",
-    "tags_count": 3,
-    "tags": [
-      {
-        "name": "0.0.1",
-        "path": "group/other_project:0.0.1",
-        "location": "gitlab.example.com:5000/group/other_project:0.0.1"
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "0.0.2",
-        "path": "group/other_project:0.0.2",
-        "location": "gitlab.example.com:5000/group/other_project:0.0.2"
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "latest",
-        "path": "group/other_project:latest",
-        "location": "gitlab.example.com:5000/group/other_project:latest"
-      }
-    ]
   }
 ]
 ```
diff --git a/lib/api/group_container_repositories.rb b/lib/api/group_container_repositories.rb
index 97681a7cbe4575145605463b21b0efd94592fc1c..62022368dabbaa7c05dd19a326f9a34848430c77 100644
--- a/lib/api/group_container_repositories.rb
+++ b/lib/api/group_container_repositories.rb
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ class GroupContainerRepositories < ::API::Base
       end
       params do
         use :pagination
-        optional :tags, type: Boolean, default: false, desc: 'Determines if tags should be included'
-        optional :tags_count, type: Boolean, default: false, desc: 'Determines if the tags count should be included'
       end
       get ':id/registry/repositories' do
         repositories = ContainerRepositoriesFinder.new(
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ class GroupContainerRepositories < ::API::Base
 
         track_package_event('list_repositories', :container, user: current_user, namespace: user_group)
 
-        present paginate(repositories), with: Entities::ContainerRegistry::Repository, tags: params[:tags], tags_count: params[:tags_count]
+        present paginate(repositories), with: Entities::ContainerRegistry::Repository, tags: false, tags_count: false
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/group_container_repositories_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/group_container_repositories_spec.rb
index aceea79777386abe667fe31705f1215b7be28016..413c37eaed937e4f1e6d5bdf413454215181d7e0 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/group_container_repositories_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/group_container_repositories_spec.rb
@@ -37,22 +37,15 @@
     let(:url) { "/groups/#{group.id}/registry/repositories" }
     let(:snowplow_gitlab_standard_context) { { user: api_user, namespace: group } }
 
-    subject { get api(url, api_user), params: params }
+    subject { get api(url, api_user) }
 
     it_behaves_like 'rejected container repository access', :guest, :forbidden
     it_behaves_like 'rejected container repository access', :anonymous, :not_found
-    it_behaves_like 'handling network errors with the container registry' do
-      let(:params) { { tags: true } }
-    end
 
     it_behaves_like 'returns repositories for allowed users', :reporter, 'group' do
       let(:object) { group }
     end
 
-    it_behaves_like 'returns tags for allowed users', :reporter, 'group' do
-      let(:object) { group }
-    end
-
     it_behaves_like 'a package tracking event', described_class.name, 'list_repositories'
 
     context 'with invalid group id' do