diff --git a/resources/recipes/economist.recipe b/resources/recipes/economist.recipe
index 95b4a2ae05..17bf4c8c20 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/economist.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/economist.recipe
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     oldest_article = 7.0
     cover_url = 'http://www.economist.com/images/covers/currentcoverus_large.jpg'
-    remove_tags = [dict(name=['script', 'noscript', 'title', 'iframe', 'cf_floatingcontent']),
-            dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info']})]
+    remove_tags = [
+            dict(name=['script', 'noscript', 'title', 'iframe', 'cf_floatingcontent']),
+            dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info']}),
+            {'class': lambda x: x and 'share-links-header' in x},
+    ]
     keep_only_tags = [dict(id='ec-article-body')]
     needs_subscription = False
     no_stylesheets = True
diff --git a/resources/recipes/economist_free.recipe b/resources/recipes/economist_free.recipe
index 321c7d29ce..f4a4efd932 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/economist_free.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/economist_free.recipe
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     oldest_article = 7.0
     cover_url = 'http://www.economist.com/images/covers/currentcoverus_large.jpg'
-    remove_tags = [dict(name=['script', 'noscript', 'title', 'iframe', 'cf_floatingcontent']),
-            dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info']})]
+    remove_tags = [
+            dict(name=['script', 'noscript', 'title', 'iframe', 'cf_floatingcontent']),
+            dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info']}),
+            {'class': lambda x: x and 'share-links-header' in x},
+    ]
     keep_only_tags = [dict(id='ec-article-body')]
     no_stylesheets = True
     preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile('</html>.*', re.DOTALL),