diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_single_thread.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_single_thread.html
index 9bc37c29c0..8dd2b5e87f 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_single_thread.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_single_thread.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <section class="discussion">
   <a class="discussion-title" href="javascript:void(0)">Discussion</a>
-  ${renderer.render_thread(course_id, thread, edit_thread=True, show_comments=True)}
+  ${renderer.render_thread(course_id, thread, show_comments=True)}
 </section>
 
 <%!
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/ajax_create_thread.html b/lms/templates/discussion/ajax_create_thread.html
index e05c586232..0648b1142e 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/ajax_create_thread.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/ajax_create_thread.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <%namespace name="renderer" file="_thread.html"/>
 
-${renderer.render_content(thread, "thread")}
+${renderer.render_thread(course_id, thread)}
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/thread.html b/lms/templates/discussion/thread.html
index 0f23988331..08b61fbbcc 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/thread.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/thread.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 <%! from dateutil.parser import parse %>
 <%! import urllib %>
 
-<%def name="render_thread(course_id, thread, edit_thread=False, show_comments=False)">
+<%def name="render_thread(course_id, thread, show_comments=False)">
   <div class="thread" _id="${thread['id']}">
-    ${render_content(thread, "thread", edit_thread=edit_thread, show_comments=show_comments)}
+    ${render_content(thread, "thread", show_comments=show_comments)}
     % if show_comments:
       ${render_comments(thread['children'])}
     % endif