diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/AdminController.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/AdminController.cs
index 7c8a31c11..8043121ce 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/AdminController.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Controllers/AdminController.cs
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Controllers {
                 ViewData["CreateTag"] = viewModel;
                 return Index();
             }
-
-            if (!Services.Authorizer.Authorize(Permissions.CreateTag, T("Couldn't create tag")))
-                return new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
             
             _tagService.CreateTag(viewModel.TagName);
             
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Drivers/TagsPartDriver.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Drivers/TagsPartDriver.cs
index b3a4821c0..046e21e42 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Drivers/TagsPartDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Drivers/TagsPartDriver.cs
@@ -34,17 +34,11 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Drivers {
         }
 
         protected override DriverResult Editor(TagsPart part, dynamic shapeHelper) {
-            if (!_authorizationService.TryCheckAccess(Permissions.ApplyTag, _orchardServices.WorkContext.CurrentUser, part))
-                return null;
-
             return ContentShape("Parts_Tags_Edit",
                     () => shapeHelper.EditorTemplate(TemplateName: TemplateName, Model: BuildEditorViewModel(part), Prefix: Prefix));
         }
 
         protected override DriverResult Editor(TagsPart part, IUpdateModel updater, dynamic shapeHelper) {
-            if (!_authorizationService.TryCheckAccess(Permissions.ApplyTag, _orchardServices.WorkContext.CurrentUser, part))
-                return null;
-
             var model = new EditTagsViewModel();
             updater.TryUpdateModel(model, Prefix, null, null);
 
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Permissions.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Permissions.cs
index 0c2a704de..acb896945 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Permissions.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Permissions.cs
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ using Orchard.Security.Permissions;
 namespace Orchard.Tags {
     public class Permissions : IPermissionProvider {
         public static readonly Permission ManageTags = new Permission { Description = "Manage tags", Name = "ManageTags" };
-        public static readonly Permission CreateTag = new Permission { Description = "Create tag", Name = "CreateTag", ImpliedBy = new[] { ManageTags } };
-        public static readonly Permission ApplyTag = new Permission { Description = "Applying a Tag", Name = "ApplyTag", ImpliedBy = new[] { ManageTags, CreateTag } };
 
         public virtual Feature Feature { get; set; }
 
         public IEnumerable<Permission> GetPermissions() {
             return new[] {
                 ManageTags,
-                CreateTag,
-                ApplyTag,
             };
         }
 
@@ -34,11 +30,9 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags {
                 },
                 new PermissionStereotype {
                     Name = "Author",
-                    Permissions = new[] {CreateTag, ApplyTag}
                 },
                 new PermissionStereotype {
                     Name = "Contributor",
-                    Permissions = new[] {ApplyTag}
                 },
             };
         }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/TagService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/TagService.cs
index 7f545feb9..53f91f57d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/TagService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/TagService.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Services {
         public TagRecord CreateTag(string tagName) {
             var result = _tagRepository.Get(x => x.TagName == tagName);
             if (result == null) {
-                _authorizationService.CheckAccess(Permissions.CreateTag, _orchardServices.WorkContext.CurrentUser, null);
                 result = new TagRecord { TagName = tagName };
                 _tagRepository.Create(result);
             }
@@ -151,14 +150,12 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Services {
             if (contentItem.Id == 0)
                 throw new OrchardException(T("Error adding tag to content item: the content item has not been created yet."));
 
-            var tags = tagNamesForContentItem.Select(name => CreateTag(name));
+            var tags = tagNamesForContentItem.Select(CreateTag);
             var newTagsForContentItem = new List<TagRecord>(tags);
             var currentTagsForContentItem = _contentTagRepository.Fetch(x => x.TagsPartRecord.Id == contentItem.Id);
 
             foreach (var tagContentItem in currentTagsForContentItem) {
                 if (!newTagsForContentItem.Contains(tagContentItem.TagRecord)) {
-                    _authorizationService.CheckAccess(Permissions.ApplyTag, _orchardServices.WorkContext.CurrentUser, null);
-
                     _contentTagRepository.Delete(tagContentItem);
                 }
                 else {
@@ -167,8 +164,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Services {
             }
 
             foreach (var newTagForContentItem in newTagsForContentItem) {
-                _authorizationService.CheckAccess(Permissions.ApplyTag, _orchardServices.WorkContext.CurrentUser, null);
-
                 _contentTagRepository.Create(new ContentTagRecord { TagsPartRecord = contentItem.As<TagsPart>().Record, TagRecord = newTagForContentItem });
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/XmlRpcHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/XmlRpcHandler.cs
index 2654e623c..6084761b9 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/XmlRpcHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Services/XmlRpcHandler.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Tags.Services {
 
         private void MetaWeblogUpdateTags(int contentItemId, string appKey, string userName, string password, XRpcStruct content, bool publish, ICollection<IXmlRpcDriver> drivers) {
             var user = _membershipService.ValidateUser(userName, password);
-            _authorizationService.CheckAccess(Permissions.ApplyTag, user, null);
 
             var rawTags = content.Optional<string>("mt_keywords");
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rawTags))