diff --git a/gluon/contrib/login_methods/saml2_auth.py b/gluon/contrib/login_methods/saml2_auth.py
index 9439443d..ea650463 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/login_methods/saml2_auth.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/login_methods/saml2_auth.py
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ def saml2_handler(session, request, config_filename = None, entityid = None):
     if not request.vars.SAMLResponse:
         req_id, req = client.create_authn_request(destination, binding=binding)
         relay_state = web2py_uuid().replace('-','')
-        session.saml_outstanding_queries = {req_id: request.url}
-	if '_next' in request.vars:
-            session.saml_outstanding_queries += '?%s' % request.vars._next
+        session.saml_outstanding_queries = {req_id: request.url}	
         session.saml_req_id = req_id
         http_args = client.apply_binding(binding, str(req), destination,
                                          relay_state=relay_state)