diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/discovery/topics.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/discovery/topics.js
index b3b96a17bf4..679ada3505a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/discovery/topics.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/discovery/topics.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const controllerOpts = {
   router: service(),
 
   period: null,
+  canCreateTopicOnCategory: null,
 
   canStar: alias("currentUser.id"),
   showTopicPostBadges: not("discoveryTopics.new"),
@@ -158,11 +159,6 @@ const controllerOpts = {
   weekly: equal("period", "weekly"),
   daily: equal("period", "daily"),
 
-  @discourseComputed("model")
-  canCreateTopicOnCategory(model) {
-    return model.can_create_topic;
-  },
-
   @discourseComputed("allLoaded", "model.topics.length")
   footerMessage(allLoaded, topicsLength) {
     if (!allLoaded) {