diff --git a/gitlab/__init__.py b/gitlab/__init__.py
index aac483728..e7b09a47f 100644
--- a/gitlab/__init__.py
+++ b/gitlab/__init__.py
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ def http_list(self, path, query_data={}, as_list=None, **kwargs):
         if get_all is True:
             return list(GitlabList(self, url, query_data, **kwargs))
 
-        if 'page' in kwargs or 'per_page' in kwargs or as_list is True:
+        if 'page' in kwargs or as_list is True:
             # pagination requested, we return a list
             return list(GitlabList(self, url, query_data, get_next=False,
                                    **kwargs))