diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/httpauth.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/httpauth.pm
index c1811643b..127c321f0 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/httpauth.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/httpauth.pm
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ use IkiWiki 3.00;
 sub import {
 	hook(type => "getsetup", id => "httpauth", call => \&getsetup);
 	hook(type => "auth", id => "httpauth", call => \&auth);
-	hook(type => "canedit", id => "httpauth", call => \&canedit,
-		last => 1);
 }
 
 sub getsetup () {
@@ -35,20 +33,10 @@ sub auth ($$) {
 	if (defined $cgi->remote_user()) {
 		$session->param("name", $cgi->remote_user());
 	}
-}
-
-sub canedit ($$$) {
-	my $page=shift;
-	my $cgi=shift;
-	my $session=shift;
-
-	if (! defined $cgi->remote_user() && defined $config{cgiauthurl}) {
+	elsif (defined $config{cgiauthurl}) {
 		IkiWiki::redirect($cgi, $config{cgiauthurl}.'?'.$cgi->query_string());
 		exit;
 	}
-	else {
-		return undef;
-	}
 }
 
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