diff --git a/packages/dom/src/renderDOMHead.ts b/packages/dom/src/renderDOMHead.ts
index c6455e64..ce6d6dc0 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/renderDOMHead.ts
+++ b/packages/dom/src/renderDOMHead.ts
@@ -36,19 +36,18 @@ export async function renderDOMHead<T extends Unhead<any>>(head: T, options: Ren
   if (!dom)
     return
 
-  const tags: DomRenderTagContext[] = (await head.resolveTags())
-    .map(tag => <DomRenderTagContext> {
-      tag,
-      id: HasElementTags.includes(tag.tag) ? hashTag(tag) : tag.tag,
-      shouldRender: true,
-    })
-
-  const beforeRenderCtx: DomBeforeRenderCtx = { shouldRender: true, tags }
+  const beforeRenderCtx: DomBeforeRenderCtx = { shouldRender: head.dirty, tags: [] }
   await head.hooks.callHook('dom:beforeRender', beforeRenderCtx)
   // allow integrations to block to the render
   if (!beforeRenderCtx.shouldRender)
     return
 
+  const tags = (await head.resolveTags())
+    .map(tag => <DomRenderTagContext> {
+      tag,
+      id: HasElementTags.includes(tag.tag) ? hashTag(tag) : tag.tag,
+      shouldRender: true,
+    })
   let state = head._dom as DomState
   // let's hydrate - fill the elMap for fast lookups
   if (!state) {
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/hooks.ts b/packages/schema/src/hooks.ts
index e3d3ed40..8c1e4eb7 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/hooks.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export interface DomRenderTagContext {
 }
 
 export interface DomBeforeRenderCtx extends ShouldRenderContext {
+  /**
+   * @deprecated will always be empty, prefer other hooks
+   */
   tags: DomRenderTagContext[]
 }
 export interface ShouldRenderContext { shouldRender: boolean }
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ export interface HeadHooks {
   'tags:resolve': (ctx: { tags: HeadTag[] }) => HookResult
 
   // @unhead/dom
-  'dom:beforeRender': (ctx: ShouldRenderContext & { tags: DomRenderTagContext[] }) => HookResult
+  'dom:beforeRender': (ctx: DomBeforeRenderCtx) => HookResult
   'dom:renderTag': (ctx: DomRenderTagContext, document: Document, track: any) => HookResult
   'dom:rendered': (ctx: { renders: DomRenderTagContext[] }) => HookResult