diff --git a/actions/showstream.php b/actions/showstream.php
index 4a7d758380..a3b1794313 100644
--- a/actions/showstream.php
+++ b/actions/showstream.php
@@ -63,15 +63,6 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends ProfileAction
 
         $p = Profile::current();
 
-        // Only the user him/herself, or someone with the power to unsilence,
-        // can view the page of a silenced user.
-
-        if (($this->profile->hasRole(Profile_role::SILENCED)) && 
-            (empty($p) || (($p->id != $this->profile->id) && (!$p->hasRight(Right::SILENCEUSER))))) {
-            throw new ServerException(sprintf(_("User %s has been silenced."), $this->profile->nickname),
-                                      403);
-        }
-
         if (empty($this->tag)) {
             $stream = new ProfileNoticeStream($this->profile, $p);
         } else {