diff --git a/mod/workshop/assess.php b/mod/workshop/assess.php
index 062f712d16a..eb26420e275 100644
--- a/mod/workshop/assess.php
+++ b/mod/workshop/assess.php
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
     }
 
     require_login($course->id, false, $cm);
-    $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_MODULE, $cm->id);
-    require_capability('mod/workshop:view', $context);
+
 
     if (!$redirect) {
         //seems not to work properly
diff --git a/mod/workshop/assessments.php b/mod/workshop/assessments.php
index 5074ee85d28..4d5dc1f5680 100644
--- a/mod/workshop/assessments.php
+++ b/mod/workshop/assessments.php
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 
     require_login($course->id, false, $cm);
     $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_MODULE, $cm->id);
-    require_capability('mod/workshop:view', $context);
 
     $navigation = "";
     if ($course->category) {
diff --git a/mod/workshop/db/access.php b/mod/workshop/db/access.php
index 7fbfaff9a23..df1855bee4c 100644
--- a/mod/workshop/db/access.php
+++ b/mod/workshop/db/access.php
@@ -6,20 +6,6 @@
  */
 $mod_workshop_capabilities = array(
 
-    'mod/workshop:view' => array(
-
-        'captype' => 'read',
-        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
-        'legacy' => array(
-            'guest' => CAP_ALLOW,
-            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
-            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
-            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
-            'coursecreator' => CAP_ALLOW,
-            'admin' => CAP_ALLOW
-        )
-    ),
-
     'mod/workshop:participate' => array(
 
         'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,
diff --git a/mod/workshop/submissions.php b/mod/workshop/submissions.php
index 75606cca725..4fec04cad89 100644
--- a/mod/workshop/submissions.php
+++ b/mod/workshop/submissions.php
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
     require_login($course->id, false, $cm);
     $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_MODULE, $cm->id);
-    require_capability('mod/workshop:view', $context);
 
     $strworkshops = get_string("modulenameplural", "workshop");
     $strworkshop  = get_string("modulename", "workshop");
diff --git a/mod/workshop/upload.php b/mod/workshop/upload.php
index 17018b1805f..8559b921352 100644
--- a/mod/workshop/upload.php
+++ b/mod/workshop/upload.php
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
     }
 
     require_login($course->id, false, $cm);
-    $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_MODULE, $cm->id);
-    require_capability('mod/workshop:view', $context);
 
     $strworkshops = get_string('modulenameplural', 'workshop');
     $strworkshop = get_string('modulename', 'workshop');
diff --git a/mod/workshop/view.php b/mod/workshop/view.php
index 3a83caaa8a1..2729c284ef4 100644
--- a/mod/workshop/view.php
+++ b/mod/workshop/view.php
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
     require_login($course->id, false, $cm);
     $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_MODULE, $cm->id);
-    require_capability('mod/workshop:view', $context);
 
     $strworkshops = get_string("modulenameplural", "workshop");
     $strworkshop  = get_string("modulename", "workshop");
@@ -525,8 +524,6 @@
 
     /****************** show description  ************/
     elseif ($action == 'showdescription') {
-        require_capability('mod/workshop:view', $context);
-
         workshop_print_assignment_info($workshop);
         print_simple_box(format_text($workshop->description, $workshop->format), 'center', '70%', '', 5, 'generalbox', 'intro');
         if (isset($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])) {