diff --git a/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx b/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
index c437ec982..32294f60c 100644
--- a/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ import { FormField, Form } from 'component/common/form';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import ChannelSelection from 'component/selectChannel';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
-import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_COMMENT } from 'constants/form-field';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
 
 type Props = {
-  commentingEnabled: boolean,
   uri: string,
   claim: StreamClaim,
   openModal: (id: string, { onCommentAcknowledge: () => void }) => void,
@@ -27,17 +25,7 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
-  const {
-    commentingEnabled,
-    createComment,
-    claim,
-    openModal,
-    channels,
-    parentId,
-    onDoneReplying,
-    onCancelReplying,
-    isNested,
-  } = props;
+  const { createComment, claim, openModal, channels, parentId, onDoneReplying, onCancelReplying, isNested } = props;
   const { push } = useHistory();
   const { claim_id: claimId } = claim;
   const isReply = !!parentId;
@@ -100,14 +88,6 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
 
   useEffect(() => setCharCount(commentValue.length), [commentValue]);
 
-  if (!commentingEnabled) {
-    return (
-      <I18nMessage tokens={{ sign_in_link: <Button button="link" requiresAuth label={__('log in')} /> }}>
-        Please %sign_in_link% to comment.
-      </I18nMessage>
-    );
-  }
-
   if (!hasChannels) {
     return (
       <div role="button" onClick={() => push(`/$/${PAGES.CHANNEL_NEW}`)}>
diff --git a/ui/component/commentsList/view.jsx b/ui/component/commentsList/view.jsx
index ee775931b..b97b6206d 100644
--- a/ui/component/commentsList/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/commentsList/view.jsx
@@ -15,20 +15,10 @@ type Props = {
   myChannels: ?Array<ChannelClaim>,
   isFetchingComments: boolean,
   linkedComment: any,
-  commentingEnabled: boolean,
 };
 
 function CommentList(props: Props) {
-  const {
-    fetchComments,
-    uri,
-    comments,
-    claimIsMine,
-    myChannels,
-    isFetchingComments,
-    linkedComment,
-    commentingEnabled,
-  } = props;
+  const { fetchComments, uri, comments, claimIsMine, myChannels, isFetchingComments, linkedComment } = props;
 
   const linkedCommentId = linkedComment && linkedComment.comment_id;
   const [start] = React.useState(0);
@@ -93,7 +83,7 @@ function CommentList(props: Props) {
       title={<span>{__('Comments')}</span>}
       actions={
         <>
-          {commentingEnabled && <CommentCreate uri={uri} />}
+          <CommentCreate uri={uri} />
           {!isFetchingComments && hasNoComments && <div className="main--empty">{__('Be the first to comment!')}</div>}
           <ul className="comments" ref={commentRef}>
             {isFetchingComments && (