diff --git a/awx/api/permissions.py b/awx/api/permissions.py
index b534fbf824..8ec26a2cc8 100644
--- a/awx/api/permissions.py
+++ b/awx/api/permissions.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ from awx.main.utils import get_object_or_400
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.api.permissions')
 
 __all__ = ['ModelAccessPermission', 'JobTemplateCallbackPermission',
-           'TaskPermission', 'ProjectUpdatePermission', 'UserPermission',
-           'HostPermission',]
+           'TaskPermission', 'ProjectUpdatePermission', 'UserPermission',]
 
 
 class ModelAccessPermission(permissions.BasePermission):
@@ -209,23 +208,3 @@ class UserPermission(ModelAccessPermission):
         raise PermissionDenied()
 
 
-class HostPermission(ModelAccessPermission):
-    '''
-    Allow super super for all operations that don't add or update data.
-    Allow the request to flow through access.py so that even a super-user can't 
-    violate the license host count restriction.
-    '''
-
-    def check_options_permissions(self, request, view, obj=None):
-        view.always_allow_superuser = True
-        return super(HostPermission, self).check_options_permissions(request, view, obj)
-
-    def check_head_permissions(self, request, view, obj=None):
-        view.always_allow_superuser = True
-        return super(HostPermission, self).check_head_permissions(request, view, obj)
-
-    def check_get_permissions(self, request, view, obj=None):
-        view.always_allow_superuser = True
-        return super(HostPermission, self).check_get_permissions(request, view, obj)
-
-
diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index da9a2df2fa..e5afdcb65d 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -1687,7 +1687,6 @@ class HostDetail(RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     always_allow_superuser = False
     model = Host
     serializer_class = HostSerializer
-    permission_classes = (HostPermission,)
 
 
 class InventoryHostsList(SubListCreateAttachDetachAPIView):