diff --git a/extensions/suspend/src/Listener/SaveSuspensionToDatabase.php b/extensions/suspend/src/Listener/SaveSuspensionToDatabase.php
index 11c8da89c..6cdcb9a88 100755
--- a/extensions/suspend/src/Listener/SaveSuspensionToDatabase.php
+++ b/extensions/suspend/src/Listener/SaveSuspensionToDatabase.php
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@ use DateTime;
 use Flarum\Suspend\Event\Suspended;
 use Flarum\Suspend\Event\Unsuspended;
 use Flarum\Suspend\SuspendValidator;
-use Flarum\User\AssertPermissionTrait;
 use Flarum\User\Event\Saving;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
 
 class SaveSuspensionToDatabase
 {
-    use AssertPermissionTrait;
-
     /**
      * Validator for limited suspension.
      *
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ class SaveSuspensionToDatabase
             $user = $event->user;
             $actor = $event->actor;
 
-            $this->assertCan($actor, 'suspend', $user);
+            $actor->assertCan('suspend', $user);
 
             $user->suspended_until = $attributes['suspendedUntil']
                 ? new DateTime($attributes['suspendedUntil'])