diff --git a/_extensions/godot_descriptions.py b/_extensions/godot_descriptions.py
index 3f6f8c49210..a59cf3321b5 100644
--- a/_extensions/godot_descriptions.py
+++ b/_extensions/godot_descriptions.py
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ def generate_description(app, pagename, templatename, context, doctree):
     doctree.walkabout(generator)
 
     description = (
-        '<meta name="description" content="' + generator.create_description() + '">\n'
+        '<meta name="description" content="' + generator.create_description() + '" />\n'
     )
 
-    context["metatags"] += description
+    if not '<meta name="description"' in context["metatags"]:
+        context["metatags"] += description
 
 
 def setup(app):
diff --git a/_templates/layout.html b/_templates/layout.html
index 268c4ca381a..286d9f866a9 100644
--- a/_templates/layout.html
+++ b/_templates/layout.html
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 {% endblock -%}
 
 {% block extrahead -%}
-<meta name="doc_version" content="{{ version }}">
-<meta name="doc_is_latest" content="{{ godot_is_latest }}">
+<meta name="doc_version" content="{{ version }}" />
+<meta name="doc_is_latest" content="{{ godot_is_latest }}" />
 {% endblock -%}
 
 {% block linktags -%}
-  <meta name="theme-color" content="#3d8fcc">
+  <meta name="theme-color" content="#3d8fcc" />
   {% if godot_inject_language_links -%}
   {% for alternate_lang in godot_docs_supported_languages -%}
   {# Convert to ISO 639-1 format, e.g. zh_CN -> zh-cn -#}
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
   {% endif %}
 
   {% block body %}{% endblock %}
-</div>
 {%- if self.comments()|trim %}
   <div class="articleComments">
     {%- block comments %}{% endblock %}