diff --git a/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
index daa4c5bbb..69a963ae5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
@@ -84,17 +84,7 @@ def set_expiry
   end
 
   def set_up_navigation
-    # Setting a variant on a request is a type of Rails Dark Magic that will
-    # use a convention to automagically load an alternative partial, view or
-    # layout.  For example, if I set a variant of :taxonomy_navigation and we render
-    # a partial called _breadcrumbs.html.erb then Rails will attempt to load
-    # _breadcrumbs.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb instead. If this file doesn't exist,
-    # then it falls back to _breadcrumbs.html.erb.  See:
-    # http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/4_1_release_notes.html#action-pack-variants
     @navigation = NavigationType.new(@content_item.content_item)
-    if @navigation.should_present_taxonomy_navigation?
-      request.variant = :taxonomy_navigation
-    end
   end
 
   def with_locale
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_breadcrumbs.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb b/app/views/shared/_breadcrumbs.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 187e4a4e7..000000000
--- a/app/views/shared/_breadcrumbs.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<% if @content_item.taxon_breadcrumbs.any? %>
-  <%= render 'govuk_component/breadcrumbs',
-    breadcrumbs: @content_item.taxon_breadcrumbs,
-    collapse_on_mobile: true %>
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_breadcrumbs.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_breadcrumbs.html.erb
index eb4de2e35..e455f4dff 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_breadcrumbs.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_breadcrumbs.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-<% if @content_item.breadcrumbs.any? %>
-  <%= render 'govuk_component/breadcrumbs', breadcrumbs: @content_item.breadcrumbs %>
+<% if @navigation.should_present_taxonomy_navigation? %>
+  <% if @content_item.taxon_breadcrumbs.any? %>
+    <%= render 'govuk_component/breadcrumbs',
+      breadcrumbs: @content_item.taxon_breadcrumbs,
+      collapse_on_mobile: true %>
+  <% end %>
+<% else %>
+  <% if @content_item.breadcrumbs.any? %>
+    <%= render 'govuk_component/breadcrumbs', breadcrumbs: @content_item.breadcrumbs %>
+  <% end %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_related_items.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb b/app/views/shared/_related_items.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 014934a96..000000000
--- a/app/views/shared/_related_items.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<div class="column-third add-title-margin">
-  <% if @navigation.should_present_taxonomy_navigation? %>
-    <%=
-      render(
-        partial: 'govuk_component/taxonomy_sidebar',
-        locals: content_item.taxonomy_sidebar
-      ) %>
-  <% else %>
-    <%=
-      render(
-        partial: 'govuk_component/related_items',
-        locals: content_item.related_items
-      ) %>
-  <% end %>
-</div>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_related_items.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_related_items.html.erb
index 37cdf19df..014934a96 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_related_items.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_related_items.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 <div class="column-third add-title-margin">
-  <%= render partial: 'govuk_component/related_items', locals: content_item.related_items %>
+  <% if @navigation.should_present_taxonomy_navigation? %>
+    <%=
+      render(
+        partial: 'govuk_component/taxonomy_sidebar',
+        locals: content_item.taxonomy_sidebar
+      ) %>
+  <% else %>
+    <%=
+      render(
+        partial: 'govuk_component/related_items',
+        locals: content_item.related_items
+      ) %>
+  <% end %>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_title_and_translations.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb b/app/views/shared/_title_and_translations.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index a3190ef92..000000000
--- a/app/views/shared/_title_and_translations.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<%= render 'govuk_component/title', @content_item.title_and_context %>
-<%= render 'shared/translations', translations: @content_item.available_translations %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_title_and_translations.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_title_and_translations.html.erb
index 55fa7c969..9af0b1f99 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_title_and_translations.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_title_and_translations.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-<div class="grid-row">
-  <div class="column-two-thirds">
-    <%= render 'govuk_component/title', @content_item.title_and_context %>
+<% if @navigation.should_present_taxonomy_navigation? %>
+  <%= render 'govuk_component/title', @content_item.title_and_context %>
+  <%= render 'shared/translations', translations: @content_item.available_translations %>
+<% else %>
+  <div class="grid-row">
+    <div class="column-two-thirds">
+      <%= render 'govuk_component/title', @content_item.title_and_context %>
+    </div>
+    <%= render 'shared/translations' %>
   </div>
-  <%= render 'shared/translations' %>
-</div>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_translations.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb b/app/views/shared/_translations.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c6b256a9b..000000000
--- a/app/views/shared/_translations.html+taxonomy_navigation.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<% if @content_item.available_translations.length > 1 %>
-  <%= render 'components/translation-nav',
-      translations: @content_item.available_translations %>
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_translations.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_translations.html.erb
index 84612dba9..3ed9e57c0 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_translations.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_translations.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 <% if @content_item.available_translations.length > 1 %>
-  <div class="column-third">
+  <% if @navigation.should_present_taxonomy_navigation? %>
     <%= render 'components/translation-nav',
         translations: @content_item.available_translations %>
-  </div>
+  <% else %>
+    <div class="column-third">
+      <%= render 'components/translation-nav',
+          translations: @content_item.available_translations %>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
 <% end %>