diff --git a/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc b/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc
index b8a7e0c..8f53751 100644
--- a/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc
+++ b/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ function page_manager_node_view_menu_alter(&$items, $task) {
  * node view, which is node_page_view().
  */
 function page_manager_node_view_page($node) {
+  // Prep the node to be displayed so all of the regular hooks are triggered.
+  // Also save the output for later, in case it is needed.
+  $default_output = node_page_view($node);
+
   // Load my task plugin
   $task = page_manager_get_task('node_view');
 
@@ -85,32 +89,26 @@ function page_manager_node_view_page($node) {
   ctools_include('context');
   ctools_include('context-task-handler');
 
-  // We need to mimic Drupal's behavior of setting the node title here.
-  drupal_set_title($node->title);
-  $uri = entity_uri('node', $node);
-  // Set the node path as the canonical URL to prevent duplicate content.
-  drupal_add_html_head_link(array('rel' => 'canonical', 'href' => url($uri['path'], $uri['options'])), TRUE);
-  // Set the non-aliased path as a default shortlink.
-  drupal_add_html_head_link(array('rel' => 'shortlink', 'href' => url($uri['path'], array_merge($uri['options'], array('alias' => TRUE)))), TRUE);
+  // Load all contexts.
   $contexts = ctools_context_handler_get_task_contexts($task, '', array($node));
 
+  // Build the full output using the configured CTools plugin.
   $output = ctools_context_handler_render($task, '', $contexts, array($node->nid));
   if ($output != FALSE) {
     node_tag_new($node);
     return $output;
   }
 
-  $function = 'node_page_view';
+  // Try loading an override plugin.
   foreach (module_implements('page_manager_override') as $module) {
     $call = $module . '_page_manager_override';
     if (($rc = $call('node_view')) && function_exists($rc)) {
-      $function = $rc;
-      break;
+      return $rc($node);
     }
   }
 
-  // Otherwise, fall back.
-  return $function($node);
+  // Otherwise, fall back to the default output generated by node_page_view().
+  return $default_output;
 }
 
 /**