diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index 327adc72..dd2a74fa 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ class Content(object):
         if not hasattr(self, 'status'):
             self.status = getattr(self, 'default_status', None)
 
-        if (len(self._context.get('generated_content', [])) > 0 or
-                len(self._context.get('static_content', [])) > 0):
-            self.refresh_metadata_intersite_links()
-
         signals.content_object_init.send(self)
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
index 21766359..da1a6ae2 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ class TestPage(LoggedTestCase):
         args['metadata']['custom'] = parsed
         args['context']['localsiteurl'] = 'http://notmyidea.org'
         p = Page(**args)
+        # This is called implicitly from all generators and Pelican.run() once
+        # all files are processed. Here we process just one page so it needs
+        # to be called explicitly.
+        p.refresh_metadata_intersite_links()
         self.assertEqual(p.summary, linked)
         self.assertEqual(p.custom, linked)