diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
index 5cd48a6aec8bc..978a84a24e43c 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity
   def distribute(status)
     crawl_links(status)
 
-    notify_about_reblog(status) if reblog_of_local_account?(status)
+    notify_about_reblog(status) if reblog_of_local_account?(status) && !reblog_by_following_group_account?(status)
     notify_about_mentions(status)
 
     # Only continue if the status is supposed to have arrived in real-time.
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity
     status.reblog? && status.reblog.account.local?
   end
 
+  def reblog_by_following_group_account?(status)
+    status.reblog? && status.account.group? && status.reblog.account.following?(status.account)
+  end
+
   def notify_about_reblog(status)
     NotifyService.new.call(status.reblog.account, status)
   end