diff --git a/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb
index 70397813790e3b9877b7581f9610fb3fb0264c48..02db8f0ee93c100a2b3e78fc89ae1aa6b8f5496b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class CollectionsController < ApplicationController
   # POST /collections
   # POST /collections.json
   def create
-    authorize_create_collection!
     @collection = Collection.new(collection_params)
     @collection.owner = current_user if collection_params[:owner].blank?