diff --git a/admin/settings/plugins.php b/admin/settings/plugins.php
index 21810412ad5..01ec1c0f756 100644
--- a/admin/settings/plugins.php
+++ b/admin/settings/plugins.php
@@ -492,7 +492,10 @@ if ($hassiteconfig && !empty($CFG->enableplagiarism)) {
         $plugin->load_settings($ADMIN, 'plagiarism', $hassiteconfig);
     }
 }
-$ADMIN->add('reports', new admin_externalpage('comments', new lang_string('comments'), $CFG->wwwroot.'/comment/', 'moodle/site:viewreports'));
+
+// Comments report, note this page is really just a means to delete comments so check that.
+$ADMIN->add('reports', new admin_externalpage('comments', new lang_string('comments'), $CFG->wwwroot . '/comment/index.php',
+    'moodle/comment:delete'));
 
 // Course reports settings
 if ($hassiteconfig) {
diff --git a/comment/index.php b/comment/index.php
index 390b9deb045..77c383a9871 100644
--- a/comment/index.php
+++ b/comment/index.php
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/comment/locallib.php');
 
 admin_externalpage_setup('comments', '', null, '', array('pagelayout'=>'report'));
 
-$context = context_system::instance();
-require_capability('moodle/comment:delete', $context);
-
 $PAGE->requires->js_init_call('M.core_comment.init_admin', null, true);
 
 $action     = optional_param('action', '', PARAM_ALPHA);