diff --git a/internal/api/security/useragentblock.go b/internal/api/security/useragentblock.go
index 82d65742a..1498d441b 100644
--- a/internal/api/security/useragentblock.go
+++ b/internal/api/security/useragentblock.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package security
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -38,10 +37,4 @@ func (m *Module) UserAgentBlock(c *gin.Context) {
 		c.AbortWithStatus(http.StatusTeapot)
 		return
 	}
-
-	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(ua), strings.ToLower("friendica")) {
-		l.Debugf("aborting request with user-agent %s because it contains 'friendica'", ua)
-		c.AbortWithStatus(http.StatusTeapot)
-		return
-	}
 }