diff --git a/lib/server/setupStore.js b/lib/server/setupStore.js
index 73bf9629f9..fd26378054 100644
--- a/lib/server/setupStore.js
+++ b/lib/server/setupStore.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module.exports.queries = function(store) {
 };
 
 module.exports.accessControl = function(store) {
-  store.accessControl = true;
   store.readPathAccess('users.*', function() {
     var captures, next;
     if (!(this.session && this.session.userId)) {
diff --git a/src/server/setupStore.coffee b/src/server/setupStore.coffee
index 4086c12296..e95c694490 100644
--- a/src/server/setupStore.coffee
+++ b/src/server/setupStore.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module.exports.queries = (store) ->
     @byId(id)
     
 module.exports.accessControl = (store) ->
-  store.accessControl = true
+  # store.accessControl = true
   
   # FIXME callback signatures here have variable length, eg `callback(captures..., next)` 
   # Is using arguments[n] the correct way to handle this?  
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ module.exports.accessControl = (store) ->
     next = arguments[arguments.length-1]
     pathArray = captures.split('.')
     # console.log { writeAccess: {captures:captures, next:next, pathArray:pathArray, arguments:arguments} }
-    next(pathArray[0] == @session.userId)
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+    next(pathArray[0] == @session.userId)