diff --git a/lib/private/Comments/Manager.php b/lib/private/Comments/Manager.php
index abbe4c66c95..123e4f6988d 100644
--- a/lib/private/Comments/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/Comments/Manager.php
@@ -1269,7 +1269,6 @@ class Manager implements ICommentsManager {
 			->where($totalQuery->expr()->eq('r.parent_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($parentId)))
 			->groupBy('r.reaction')
 			->orderBy('total', 'DESC')
-			->addOrderBy('r.reaction', 'ASC')
 			->setMaxResults(20);
 
 		$jsonQuery = $this->dbConn->getQueryBuilder();