diff --git a/app/controllers/spending_proposals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/spending_proposals_controller.rb
index 1c2c83047..76f230575 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spending_proposals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spending_proposals_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class SpendingProposalsController < ApplicationController
 
   load_and_authorize_resource
 
-  before_action :verify_access, only: [:show]
   before_filter -> { flash.now[:notice] = flash[:notice].html_safe if flash[:html_safe] && flash[:notice] }
 
   feature_flag :spending_proposals
@@ -41,8 +40,4 @@ class SpendingProposalsController < ApplicationController
       params.require(:spending_proposal).permit(:title, :description, :external_url, :geozone_id, :association_name, :terms_of_service, :captcha, :captcha_key)
     end
 
-    def verify_access
-      raise CanCan::AccessDenied unless current_user.try(:valuator?) || current_user.try(:administrator?) || @spending_proposal.author == current_user
-    end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/features/spending_proposals_spec.rb b/spec/features/spending_proposals_spec.rb
index 0fd31f5f7..8462cc77f 100644
--- a/spec/features/spending_proposals_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/spending_proposals_spec.rb
@@ -113,42 +113,6 @@ feature 'Spending proposals' do
     expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.geozone.name)
   end
 
-  scenario "Show (as valuator)" do
-    user = create(:user)
-    admin = create(:valuator, user: user)
-    login_as(admin.user)
-
-    spending_proposal = create(:spending_proposal,
-                                geozone: create(:geozone),
-                                association_name: 'People of the neighbourhood')
-
-    visit spending_proposal_path(spending_proposal)
-
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.title)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.description)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.author.name)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.association_name)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.geozone.name)
-  end
-
-  scenario "Show (as author)" do
-    author = create(:user)
-    login_as(author)
-
-    spending_proposal = create(:spending_proposal,
-                                geozone: create(:geozone),
-                                association_name: 'People of the neighbourhood',
-                                author: author)
-
-    visit spending_proposal_path(spending_proposal)
-
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.title)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.description)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.author.name)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.association_name)
-    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.geozone.name)
-  end
-
   scenario "Show (as user)" do
     user = create(:user)
     login_as(user)
@@ -159,8 +123,11 @@ feature 'Spending proposals' do
 
     visit spending_proposal_path(spending_proposal)
 
-    expect(page).to_not have_content(spending_proposal.title)
-    expect(page).to have_content("You do not have permission to access this page")
+    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.title)
+    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.description)
+    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.author.name)
+    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.association_name)
+    expect(page).to have_content(spending_proposal.geozone.name)
   end
 
   context "Destroy" do