diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/EditableItemList.js b/src/components/views/elements/EditableItemList.js
index 35e207daef..2352b80e9e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/EditableItemList.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/EditableItemList.js
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     displayName: 'EditableItemList',
 
     propTypes: {
-        items: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
+        items: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes. string).isRequired,
         onNewItemChanged: PropTypes.func,
         onItemAdded: PropTypes.func,
         onItemEdited: PropTypes.func,
-        onItemRemoved: PropTypes. func,
+        onItemRemoved: PropTypes.func,
+
+        canEdit: PropTypes.bool,
     },
 
     getDefaultProps: function() {
@@ -136,14 +138,16 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 { label }
             </div>
             { editableItems }
-            <EditableItem
-                key={-1}
-                initialValue={this.props.newItem}
-                onAdd={this.onItemAdded}
-                onChange={this.onNewItemChanged}
-                addOnChange={true}
-                placeholder={this.props.placeholder}
-            />
+            { this.props.canEdit ?
+                <EditableItem
+                    key={-1}
+                    initialValue={this.props.newItem}
+                    onAdd={this.onItemAdded}
+                    onChange={this.onNewItemChanged}
+                    addOnChange={true}
+                    placeholder={this.props.placeholder}
+                /> : <div />
+            }
         </div>);
     },
 });
diff --git a/src/components/views/room_settings/AliasSettings.js b/src/components/views/room_settings/AliasSettings.js
index c64e876dbe..cb897c9daf 100644
--- a/src/components/views/room_settings/AliasSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/views/room_settings/AliasSettings.js
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                     items={this.state.domainToAliases[localDomain] || []}
                     newItem={this.state.newAlias}
                     onNewItemChanged={this.onNewAliasChanged}
+                    canEdit={this.props.canSetAliases}
                     onItemAdded={this.onLocalAliasAdded}
                     onItemEdited={this.onLocalAliasChanged}
                     onItemRemoved={this.onLocalAliasDeleted}
diff --git a/src/components/views/room_settings/RelatedGroupSettings.js b/src/components/views/room_settings/RelatedGroupSettings.js
index 7227a951d7..ed2dd99db7 100644
--- a/src/components/views/room_settings/RelatedGroupSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/views/room_settings/RelatedGroupSettings.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 items={this.state.newGroupsList}
                 className={"mx_RelatedGroupSettings"}
                 newItem={this.state.newGroupId}
+                canEdit={this.props.canSetRelatedRooms}
                 onNewItemChanged={this.onNewGroupChanged}
                 onItemAdded={this.onGroupAdded}
                 onItemEdited={this.onGroupEdited}
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js
index 9934456597..e3f667ab60 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import Promise from 'bluebird';
 import React from 'react';
 import { _t, _tJsx, _td } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import MatrixClientPeg from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
-import SdkConfig from '../../../SdkConfig';
 import sdk from '../../../index';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
 import ObjectUtils from '../../../ObjectUtils';