diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 60bb409e32..793f1ba42d 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -758,7 +758,6 @@ function network_infinite_scroll_head(App $a, &$htmlhead)
 	) {
 		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('infinite_scroll_head.tpl');
 		$htmlhead .= Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, [
-			'$pageno'     => $pager->getPage(),
 			'$reload_uri' => $pager->getBaseQueryString()
 		]);
 	}
diff --git a/view/js/main.js b/view/js/main.js
index 1fe3d162eb..35a0529a0e 100644
--- a/view/js/main.js
+++ b/view/js/main.js
@@ -859,10 +859,6 @@ function loadScrollContent() {
 
 	$("#scroll-loader").fadeIn('normal');
 
-	// the page number to load is one higher than the actual
-	// page number
-	infinite_scroll.pageno+=1;
-
 	match = $("span.received").last();
 	if (match.length > 0) {
 		received = match[0].innerHTML;
@@ -893,7 +889,7 @@ function loadScrollContent() {
 
 	// get the raw content from the next page and insert this content
 	// right before "#conversation-end"
-	$.get(infinite_scroll.reload_uri + '&mode=raw&last_received=' + received + '&last_commented=' + commented + '&last_created=' + created + '&last_uriid=' + uriid + '&page=' + infinite_scroll.pageno, function(data) {
+	$.get(infinite_scroll.reload_uri + '&mode=raw&last_received=' + received + '&last_commented=' + commented + '&last_created=' + created + '&last_uriid=' + uriid, function(data) {
 		$("#scroll-loader").hide();
 		if ($(data).length > 0) {
 			$(data).insertBefore('#conversation-end');
diff --git a/view/templates/infinite_scroll_head.tpl b/view/templates/infinite_scroll_head.tpl
index f95d8cf993..26dec53dab 100644
--- a/view/templates/infinite_scroll_head.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/infinite_scroll_head.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {{* Create an object with the data which is needed for infinite scroll.
 	For the relevant js part look at function loadContent() in main.js. *}}
 	var infinite_scroll = {
-		"pageno"    : {{$pageno}},
 		"reload_uri": "{{$reload_uri nofilter}}"
 	}
 </script>