diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 0527288de9..95cbd30e48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ These are notable changes in edx-platform.  This is a rolling list of changes,
 in roughly chronological order, most recent first.  Add your entries at or near
 the top.  Include a label indicating the component affected.
 
+LMS: Users with is_staff=True no longer have the STAFF label appear on
+their forum posts.
+
 Blades: Video start and end times now function the same for both YouTube and
 HTML5 videos. If end time is set, the video can still play until the end, after
 it pauses on the end time.
diff --git a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/utils.coffee b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/utils.coffee
index dd7caeb033..193b6d1a6d 100644
--- a/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/utils.coffee
+++ b/common/static/coffee/src/discussion/utils.coffee
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class @DiscussionUtil
     @loadFlagModerator($("#discussion-container").data("flag-moderator"))
 
   @isStaff: (user_id) ->
-    staff = _.union(@roleIds['Staff'], @roleIds['Moderator'], @roleIds['Administrator'])
+    staff = _.union(@roleIds['Moderator'], @roleIds['Administrator'])
     _.include(staff, parseInt(user_id))
 
   @isTA: (user_id) ->
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py
index c275036319..4ba950ace6 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class AccessUtilsTestCase(TestCase):
         self.course_id = 'edX/toy/2012_Fall'
         self.student_role = RoleFactory(name='Student', course_id=self.course_id)
         self.moderator_role = RoleFactory(name='Moderator', course_id=self.course_id)
+        self.community_ta_role = RoleFactory(name='Community TA', course_id=self.course_id)
         self.student1 = UserFactory(username='student', email='student@edx.org')
         self.student1_enrollment = CourseEnrollmentFactory(user=self.student1)
         self.student_role.users.add(self.student1)
@@ -47,10 +48,14 @@ class AccessUtilsTestCase(TestCase):
         self.moderator = UserFactory(username='moderator', email='staff@edx.org', is_staff=True)
         self.moderator_enrollment = CourseEnrollmentFactory(user=self.moderator)
         self.moderator_role.users.add(self.moderator)
+        self.community_ta1 = UserFactory(username='community_ta1', email='community_ta1@edx.org')
+        self.community_ta_role.users.add(self.community_ta1)
+        self.community_ta2 = UserFactory(username='community_ta2', email='community_ta2@edx.org')
+        self.community_ta_role.users.add(self.community_ta2)
 
     def test_get_role_ids(self):
         ret = utils.get_role_ids(self.course_id)
-        expected = {u'Moderator': [3], u'Student': [1, 2], 'Staff': [3]}
+        expected = {u'Moderator': [3], u'Community TA': [4, 5]}
         self.assertEqual(ret, expected)
 
     def test_has_forum_access(self):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
index 31d675c8cf..527a7d0860 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import connection
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils import simplejson
-from django_comment_common.models import Role
+from django_comment_common.models import Role, FORUM_ROLE_STUDENT
 from django_comment_client.permissions import check_permissions_by_view
 
 import mitxmako
@@ -42,12 +42,8 @@ def merge_dict(dic1, dic2):
 
 
 def get_role_ids(course_id):
-    roles = Role.objects.filter(course_id=course_id)
-    staff = list(User.objects.filter(is_staff=True).values_list('id', flat=True))
-    roles_with_ids = {'Staff': staff}
-    for role in roles:
-        roles_with_ids[role.name] = list(role.users.values_list('id', flat=True))
-    return roles_with_ids
+    roles = Role.objects.filter(course_id=course_id).exclude(name=FORUM_ROLE_STUDENT)
+    return dict([(role.name, list(role.users.values_list('id', flat=True))) for role in roles])
 
 
 def has_forum_access(uname, course_id, rolename):