diff --git a/static/js/stream_edit.js b/static/js/stream_edit.js
index 9c34e75b4f..0abea060ff 100644
--- a/static/js/stream_edit.js
+++ b/static/js/stream_edit.js
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ function get_email_of_subscribers(subscribers) {
 
 exports.rerender_subscribers_list = function (sub) {
     if (!sub.can_add_subscribers) {
-        // It is also possible that user don't have rights to access subscribers.
-        // If user can't add subscribers, user can't access subscribers.
-        var html = templates.render('subscription_members', sub);
-        var stream_settings = settings_for_sub(sub);
-        stream_settings.find('.subscription-members-setting').expectOne().html(html);
+        $(".subscriber_list_settings_container").hide();
     } else {
         var emails = get_email_of_subscribers(sub.subscribers);
         var subscribers_list = list_render.get("stream_subscribers/" + sub.stream_id);
@@ -42,6 +38,7 @@ exports.rerender_subscribers_list = function (sub) {
             subscribers_list.render();
             ui.update_scrollbar($(".subscriber_list_container"));
         }
+        $(".subscriber_list_settings_container").show();
     }
 };
 
@@ -164,7 +161,7 @@ function show_subscription_settings(sub_row) {
     var color = stream_data.get_color(sub.name);
     stream_color.set_colorpicker_color(colorpicker, color);
 
-    if (!sub.render_subscribers || !sub.can_add_subscribers) {
+    if (!sub.render_subscribers) {
         return;
     }
     // fetch subscriber list from memory.
diff --git a/static/templates/subscription_members.handlebars b/static/templates/subscription_members.handlebars
index 23aaec78ab..800e5c7aaf 100644
--- a/static/templates/subscription_members.handlebars
+++ b/static/templates/subscription_members.handlebars
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@
 {{#render_subscribers}}
-<div class="subscriber_list_settings">
-    <div class="sub_settings_title float-left">
-        {{t "Stream membership" }}
-        <div class="stream_subscription_info small"></div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="subscriber_list_add float-right">
-        <form class="form-inline">
-            {{#if can_add_subscribers}}
-            <input type="text" class="search" placeholder="{{t 'Search subscribers' }}" />
-            <input type="text" name="principal" placeholder="{{t 'Email address' }}" value="" class="input-block" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1" />
-            <button type="submit" name="add_subscriber" class="button add-subscriber-button small rounded" tabindex="-1 ">
-                {{t 'Add' }}
-            </button>
-            {{/if}}
-        </form>
-    </div>
-    <div class="clear-float"></div>
-</div>
-<div class="subscriber-list-box">
-    <div class="subscriber_list_container">
-        <div class="subscriber_list_loading_indicator"></div>
-        {{#if can_add_subscribers}}
-        <table class="subscriber-list"></table>
-        {{else}}
-        <div class="hide-subscriber-list">
-            {{t "This stream is private, so you can't see who is subscribed." }}
+<div class="subscriber_list_settings_container" {{#unless can_add_subscribers}}style="display: none"{{/unless}}>
+    <div class="subscriber_list_settings">
+        <div class="sub_settings_title float-left">
+            {{t "Stream membership" }}
+            <div class="stream_subscription_info small"></div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="subscriber_list_add float-right">
+            <form class="form-inline">
+                <input type="text" class="search" placeholder="{{t 'Search subscribers' }}" />
+                <input type="text" name="principal" placeholder="{{t 'Email address' }}" value="" class="input-block" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1" />
+                <button type="submit" name="add_subscriber" class="button add-subscriber-button small rounded" tabindex="-1 ">
+                    {{t 'Add' }}
+                </button>
+            </form>
+        </div>
+        <div class="clear-float"></div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="subscriber-list-box">
+        <div class="subscriber_list_container">
+            <div class="subscriber_list_loading_indicator"></div>
+            <table class="subscriber-list"></table>
         </div>
-        {{/if}}
     </div>
 </div>
 {{/render_subscribers}}