diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
   RelativeMemberInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
   MemberInfo,
-  ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   RoleInfo,
   ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
@@ -821,7 +820,7 @@
     community: rawThreadInfo.community,
     members: getRelativeMemberInfos(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     roles: rawThreadInfo.roles,
-    currentUser: getCurrentUser(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
+    currentUser: rawThreadInfo.currentUser,
     repliesCount: rawThreadInfo.repliesCount,
   };
 
@@ -861,22 +860,6 @@
   return encodedUpdatedPermissions;
 }
 
-function getCurrentUser(
-  threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
-  viewerID: ?string,
-  userInfos: UserInfos,
-): ThreadCurrentUserInfo {
-  if (!threadFrozenDueToBlock(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos)) {
-    return threadInfo.currentUser;
-  }
-  return {
-    ...threadInfo.currentUser,
-    permissions: filterOutDisabledPermissions(
-      threadInfo.currentUser.permissions,
-    ),
-  };
-}
-
 type ThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyOptions = {
   checkOnlyViewerBlock: boolean,
   skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: boolean,
@@ -1120,7 +1103,6 @@
 ): ExistingThreadInfoFinder {
   const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
-  const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
 
   const pendingToRealizedThreadIDs = useSelector(state =>
     pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector(state.threadStore.threadInfos),
@@ -1177,16 +1159,10 @@
 
       return {
         ...updatedThread,
-        currentUser: getCurrentUser(updatedThread, viewerID, userInfos),
+        currentUser: updatedThread.currentUser,
       };
     },
-    [
-      baseThreadInfo,
-      threadInfos,
-      loggedInUserInfo,
-      pendingToRealizedThreadIDs,
-      userInfos,
-    ],
+    [baseThreadInfo, threadInfos, loggedInUserInfo, pendingToRealizedThreadIDs],
   );
 }
 
@@ -1637,7 +1613,6 @@
   extractNewMentionedParentMembers,
   pendingThreadType,
   filterOutDisabledPermissions,
-  getCurrentUser,
   threadFrozenDueToBlock,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,