diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/ContentType.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/ContentType.cs
index 59652b27a2..f0ee6bf8f7 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/ContentType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/ContentType.cs
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic
             temporaryList.Sort((a, b) => a.SortOrder.CompareTo(b.SortOrder));
 
             // now that we aren't going to modify the list, we can set it to the class-scoped variable.
-            m_VirtualTabs = temporaryList;
+            m_VirtualTabs = temporaryList.DistinctBy(x => x.Id).ToList();
         }
 
         private void populateMasterContentTypes(PropertyType pt, int docTypeId)