diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/error.json b/public/language/en-GB/error.json
index 072fbdcc88..fb2951e188 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/error.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/error.json
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@
 
 	"no-session-found": "No login session found!",
 	"not-in-room": "User not in room",
-	"no-users-in-room": "No users in this room",
 	"cant-kick-self": "You can't kick yourself from the group",
 	"no-users-selected": "No user(s) selected",
 	"invalid-home-page-route": "Invalid home page route",
diff --git a/src/messaging/index.js b/src/messaging/index.js
index d6724cacd2..078d660ddc 100644
--- a/src/messaging/index.js
+++ b/src/messaging/index.js
@@ -344,13 +344,6 @@ Messaging.canMessageRoom = function (uid, roomId, callback) {
 				return next(new Error('[[error:not-in-room]]'));
 			}
 
-			Messaging.getUserCountInRoom(roomId, next);
-		},
-		function (count, next) {
-			if (count < 2) {
-				return next(new Error('[[error:no-users-in-room]]'));
-			}
-
 			user.getUserFields(uid, ['banned', 'email:confirmed'], next);
 		},
 		function (userData, next) {