diff --git a/ctools.module b/ctools.module
index 8f1de3b..6f59568 100644
--- a/ctools.module
+++ b/ctools.module
@@ -617,20 +617,6 @@ function ctools_registry_files_alter(&$files, $indexed_modules) {
   return _ctools_registry_files_alter($files, $indexed_modules);
 }
 
-/**
- * Implements hook_entity_view().
- */
-function ctools_entity_view($entity, $type) {
-  // Track which entites have been "viewed" and have therefore had view hooks
-  // invoked for them. This info is used later by page manager to identify
-  // special cases where it needs to invoke view hooks manually.
-  $viewed_entities = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
-  list($id, $rid, $bundle) = entity_extract_ids($type, $entity);
-  if ($id !== NULL) {
-    $viewed_entities[$type][$id] = $id;
-  }
-}
-
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // CTools hook implementations.
 
diff --git a/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc b/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc
index 4808074..6b8ca6f 100644
--- a/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc
+++ b/page_manager/plugins/tasks/node_view.inc
@@ -85,43 +85,35 @@ 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) {
+    $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($uri['options'], array('alias' => TRUE)))), TRUE);
     node_tag_new($node);
-  }
-  else {
-    // Otherwise try loading an override plugin with a node_page_view()
-    // fallback.
-    $function = 'node_page_view';
-    foreach (module_implements('page_manager_override') as $module) {
-      $call = $module . '_page_manager_override';
-      if (($rc = $call('node_view')) && function_exists($rc)) {
-        $function = $rc;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    $output = $function($node);
+    return $output;
   }
 
-  // Finally, we need to test if the entity view hooks were invoked for this
-  // node already, and invoke them manually if not.
-  $viewed_entities = drupal_static('ctools_entity_view');
-  if (!isset($viewed_entities['node'][$node->nid])) {
-    node_show($node); // Quick way to invoke ALL view hooks.
+  // Otherwise try loading an override plugin with a node_page_view()
+  // fallback.
+  $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)) {
+      // Override page building callable.
+      $function = $rc;
+      break;
+    }
   }
 
-  return $output;
+  return $function($node);
 }
 
 /**