diff --git a/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py b/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
index 1dba3df92..19e08dea4 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
@@ -545,33 +545,34 @@ def get_collection_items(
         'href': f'{uri}?f={F_HTML}{serialized_query_params}'
     }])
 
-    if offset > 0:
-        prev = max(0, offset - limit)
-        content['links'].append(
-            {
-                'type': 'application/geo+json',
-                'rel': 'prev',
-                'title': l10n.translate('Items (prev)', request.locale),
-                'href': f'{uri}?offset={prev}{serialized_query_params}'
-            })
-
-    next_link = False
-
-    if content.get('numberMatched', -1) > (limit + offset):
-        next_link = True
-    elif len(content['features']) == limit:
-        next_link = True
-
-    if next_link:
-        next_ = offset + limit
-        next_href = f'{uri}?offset={next_}{serialized_query_params}'
-        content['links'].append(
-            {
-                'type': 'application/geo+json',
-                'rel': 'next',
-                'title': l10n.translate('Items (next)', request.locale),
-                'href': next_href
-            })
+    if 'next' not in [link['rel'] for link in content['links']]:
+        if offset > 0:
+            prev = max(0, offset - limit)
+            content['links'].append(
+                {
+                    'type': 'application/geo+json',
+                    'rel': 'prev',
+                    'title': l10n.translate('Items (prev)', request.locale),
+                    'href': f'{uri}?offset={prev}{serialized_query_params}'
+                })
+
+        next_link = False
+
+        if content.get('numberMatched', -1) > (limit + offset):
+            next_link = True
+        elif len(content['features']) == limit:
+            next_link = True
+
+        if next_link:
+            next_ = offset + limit
+            next_href = f'{uri}?offset={next_}{serialized_query_params}'
+            content['links'].append(
+                {
+                    'type': 'application/geo+json',
+                    'rel': 'next',
+                    'title': l10n.translate('Items (next)', request.locale),
+                    'href': next_href
+                })
 
     content['links'].append(
         {