diff --git a/book/security.rst b/book/security.rst
index 3d7ef25896c..4a53c7f8890 100644
--- a/book/security.rst
+++ b/book/security.rst
@@ -1695,8 +1695,6 @@ Access Control
 Now that you have a User and Roles, you can go further than URL-pattern based
 authorization.
 
-.. _book-security-securing-controller:
-
 Access Control in Controllers
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