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
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _find from 'lodash/fp/find.js';
+import _omitBy from 'lodash/fp/omitBy.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { generatePendingThreadColor } from './color-utils.js';
@@ -710,6 +711,15 @@
   const filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions =
     options?.filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions;
 
+  const filterThreadPermissions = _omitBy(
+    (v, k) =>
+      filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions &&
+      [
+        threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_COLOR,
+        threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION,
+      ].includes(k),
+  );
+
   const members = [];
   let currentUser;
   for (const serverMember of serverThreadInfo.members) {
@@ -728,10 +738,9 @@
     ) {
       continue;
     }
-    const memberPermissions = filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions(
-      serverMember.permissions,
-      filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions,
-    );
+
+    const memberPermissions = filterThreadPermissions(serverMember.permissions);
+
     members.push({
       id: serverMember.id,
       role: serverMember.role,
@@ -752,9 +761,8 @@
   if (currentUser) {
     currentUserPermissions = currentUser.permissions;
   } else {
-    currentUserPermissions = filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions(
+    currentUserPermissions = filterThreadPermissions(
       getAllThreadPermissions(null, serverThreadInfo.id),
-      filterDetailedThreadEditPermissions,
     );
     currentUser = {
       role: null,
@@ -815,18 +823,6 @@
   return rawThreadInfo;
 }
 
-function filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions(
-  permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
-  shouldFilter: ?boolean,
-): ThreadPermissionsInfo {
-  if (!shouldFilter) {
-    return permissions;
-  }
-  const { edit_thread_color, edit_thread_description, ...newPermissions } =
-    permissions;
-  return newPermissions;
-}
-
 function threadUIName(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): string | ThreadEntity {
   if (threadInfo.name) {
     return firstLine(threadInfo.name);
@@ -1571,7 +1567,6 @@
   threadFrozenDueToBlock,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,
-  filterThreadEditDetailedPermissions,
   threadUIName,
   threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo,
   threadTypeDescriptions,