diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserPagesController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserPagesController.coffee
index 2a7ed62d02..5e6ea7d62b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserPagesController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserPagesController.coffee
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ module.exports =
 				shouldAllowEditingDetails: shouldAllowEditingDetails
 				languages: Settings.languages,
 				accountSettingsTabActive: true
-				showAffiliationsUI: (req.query?.aff == "true") or false
 
 	sessionsPage: (req, res, next) ->
 		user = AuthenticationController.getSessionUser(req)
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/user/settings.pug b/services/web/app/views/user/settings.pug
index a43e81c12c..e4da83c1db 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/user/settings.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/user/settings.pug
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ block content
 						.page-header
 							h1  #{translate("account_settings")}
 						.account-settings(ng-controller="AccountSettingsController", ng-cloak)
-							if locals.showAffiliationsUI && hasFeature('affiliations')
+							if hasFeature('affiliations')
 								include settings/user-affiliations
 								
 							form-messages(for="settingsForm")
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ block content
 									h3 #{translate("update_account_info")}
 									form(async-form="settings", name="settingsForm", method="POST", action="/user/settings", novalidate)
 										input(type="hidden", name="_csrf", value=csrfToken)
-										if !(locals.showAffiliationsUI && hasFeature('affiliations'))
+										if !hasFeature('affiliations')
 											if !externalAuthenticationSystemUsed() 
 												.form-group
 													label(for='email')  #{translate("email")}