diff --git a/services/sitemaps/src/routes/google-news.js b/services/sitemaps/src/routes/google-news.js
index a1d85fde9..13f25210f 100644
--- a/services/sitemaps/src/routes/google-news.js
+++ b/services/sitemaps/src/routes/google-news.js
@@ -43,19 +43,17 @@ const createPublication = (name, language) => {
   return `<news:publication>${parts.join('')}</news:publication>`;
 };
 
-const createUrl = (website, url, publicationName) => {
-  const {
-    loc,
-    title,
-    published,
-    publication,
-    images,
-  } = url;
-  const name = publicationName || publication.name;
+const createUrl = (website, {
+  loc,
+  title,
+  published,
+  publication,
+  images,
+}) => {
   // News requires a publication, a published date and a title.
-  if (!name || !published || !title) return null;
+  if (!publication || !published || !title) return null;
   const parts = [
-    createPublication(name, website.language.primaryCode),
+    createPublication(publication.name, website.language.primaryCode),
     `<news:publication_date>${moment(published).toISOString()}</news:publication_date>`,
     `<news:title>${xml.encode(title)}</news:title>`,
   ];
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ const createUrl = (website, url, publicationName) => {
 
 module.exports = asyncRoute(async (req, res) => {
   const input = parseJson(req.get('x-google-news-input') || '{}');
-  const publicationName = req.get('x-google-news-publication-name');
   const variables = input ? { input } : undefined;
 
   const { apollo, websiteContext: website } = res.locals;
@@ -80,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = asyncRoute(async (req, res) => {
     .setAttr('xmlns:image', 'http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1')
     .setAttr('xmlns:xsi', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance')
     .setAttr('xsi:schemaLocation', 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9/sitemap-news.xsd')
-    .setUrls(contentSitemapNewsUrls.map(url => createUrl(website, url, publicationName)));
+    .setUrls(contentSitemapNewsUrls.map(url => createUrl(website, url)));
 
   res.end(urlset.build());
 });