2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index 6dae49f38dc..618d4af4272 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ class Ability
       end
     end
 
-    def can_edit_note?(user, note)
-      allowed?(user, :edit_note, note)
-    end
-
     def allowed?(user, action, subject = :global, opts = {})
       if subject.is_a?(Hash)
         opts, subject = subject, :global
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/awardable.rb b/app/models/concerns/awardable.rb
index d8394415362..fce37e7f78e 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/awardable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/awardable.rb
@@ -79,11 +79,7 @@ module Awardable
   end
 
   def user_can_award?(current_user, name)
-    if user_authored?(current_user)
-      !awardable_votes?(normalize_name(name))
-    else
-      true
-    end
+    awardable_by_user?(current_user, name) && Ability.allowed?(current_user, :award_emoji, self)
   end
 
   def user_authored?(current_user)
@@ -119,4 +115,12 @@ module Awardable
   def normalize_name(name)
     Gitlab::Emoji.normalize_emoji_name(name)
   end
+
+  def awardable_by_user?(current_user, name)
+    if user_authored?(current_user)
+      !awardable_votes?(normalize_name(name))
+    else
+      true
+    end
+  end
 end