diff --git a/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.html b/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.html
index b4c140c6dba..f68bbc697ee 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="d-flex space-children-mr justify-content-end" *ngIf="((isAuthenticated | async) || isItem()) && contextMenuObject">
+<div class="d-flex space-children-mr justify-content-end" *ngIf="contextMenuObject">
   <ng-container *ngFor="let entry of (getStandAloneMenuEntries() | async)">
     <ng-container *ngComponentOutlet="entry; injector: objectInjector;"></ng-container>
   </ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.spec.ts
index df63e67392c..6f1669d403a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { BrowserDynamicTestingModule } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/t
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 import { NgbDropdownModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
-import { cold } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { of } from 'rxjs';
@@ -155,13 +154,13 @@ describe('ContextMenuComponent', () => {
       done();
     });
 
-    it('should display d-none', (done) => {
+    it('should use d-none', (done) => {
       const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.d-none'));
       expect(menu).not.toBeNull();
       done();
     });
 
-    it('should not display d-inline-block', (done) => {
+    it('should not use d-inline-block', (done) => {
       const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.d-inline-block'));
       expect(menu).toBeNull();
       done();
@@ -173,11 +172,6 @@ describe('ContextMenuComponent', () => {
       done();
     });
 
-    it('should check the authorization of the current user', (done) => {
-      expect(component.isAuthenticated).toBeObservable(cold('a', { a: true }));
-      done();
-    });
-
     it('should not have menu entries when are disabled on rest side', (done) => {
       component.contextMenuObjectType = DSpaceObjectType.COMMUNITY;
       configurationDataService.findByPropertyName.and.returnValues(
@@ -218,34 +212,29 @@ describe('ContextMenuComponent', () => {
         done();
       });
 
-      it('should not display context menu', (done) => {
+      it('should display context menu', (done) => {
         const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button#context-menu'));
         expect(menu).not.toBeNull();
         done();
       });
 
-      it('should display d-none', (done) => {
+      it('should use d-none', (done) => {
         const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.d-none'));
         expect(menu).not.toBeNull();
         done();
       });
 
-      it('should not display d-inline-block', (done) => {
+      it('should not use d-inline-block', (done) => {
         const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.d-inline-block'));
         expect(menu).toBeNull();
         done();
       });
 
-      it('should not display stand alone buttons', (done) => {
+      it('should display stand alone buttons', (done) => {
         const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button.btn-primary'));
         expect(menu).not.toBeNull();
         done();
       });
-
-      it('should check the authorization of the current user', (done) => {
-        expect(component.isAuthenticated).toBeObservable(cold('a', { a: false }));
-        done();
-      });
     });
 
     describe('and the object type is not ITEM', () => {
@@ -259,9 +248,9 @@ describe('ContextMenuComponent', () => {
         done();
       });
 
-      it('should not display context menu', (done) => {
+      it('should display context menu', (done) => {
         const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button#context-menu'));
-        expect(menu).toBeNull();
+        expect(menu).not.toBeNull();
         done();
       });
 
@@ -271,14 +260,9 @@ describe('ContextMenuComponent', () => {
         done();
       });
 
-      it('should not display d-none', (done) => {
+      it('should display d-none', (done) => {
         const menu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.d-none'));
-        expect(menu).toBeNull();
-        done();
-      });
-
-      it('should check the authorization of the current user', (done) => {
-        expect(component.isAuthenticated).toBeObservable(cold('a', { a: false }));
+        expect(menu).not.toBeNull();
         done();
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts b/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts
index 9c047f23b32..25f19813093 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import { ChangeDetectorRef, Component, Inject, Injector, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { DOCUMENT } from '@angular/common';
 
-import { select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { from, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { concatMap, filter, map, reduce, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
-import { CoreState } from '../../core/core-state.model';
-import { isAuthenticated } from '../../core/auth/selectors';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { ContextMenuEntryRenderOptions, getContextMenuEntriesForDSOType } from './context-menu.decorator';
@@ -39,12 +36,6 @@ export class ContextMenuComponent implements OnInit {
    */
   @Input() contextMenuObjectType: DSpaceObjectType;
 
-  /**
-   * Whether user is authenticated.
-   * @type {Observable<string>}
-   */
-  public isAuthenticated: Observable<boolean>;
-
   /**
    * Injector to inject a menu entry component with the @Input parameters
    * @type {Injector}
@@ -61,16 +52,15 @@ export class ContextMenuComponent implements OnInit {
    * Initialize instance variables
    *
    * @param {Document} _document
+   * @param {ChangeDetectorRef} cdr
    * @param {ConfigurationDataService} configurationService
    * @param {Injector} injector
-   * @param {Store<CoreState>} store
    */
   constructor(
     @Inject(DOCUMENT) private _document: Document,
     private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef,
     private configurationService: ConfigurationDataService,
-    private injector: Injector,
-    private store: Store<CoreState>
+    private injector: Injector
   ) {
   }
 
@@ -82,8 +72,6 @@ export class ContextMenuComponent implements OnInit {
       ],
       parent: this.injector
     });
-    // set isAuthenticated
-    this.isAuthenticated = this.store.pipe(select(isAuthenticated));
   }
 
   /**