diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm
index 50bd5a15..9cdece8a 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ sub google_login :Path('/google-login') Args(0) {
 sub github_login :Path('/github-login') Args(0) {
     my ($self, $c) = @_;
 
-    error($c, "Logging in via GitHub is not enabled.") unless $c->config->{enable_github_login};
     my $client_id = $c->config->{github_client_id} or die "github_client_id not configured.";
     my $client_secret = $c->config->{github_client_secret} // do {
         my $client_secret_file = $c->config->{github_client_secret_file} or die "github_client_secret nor github_client_secret_file is configured.";
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ sub github_login :Path('/github-login') Args(0) {
 sub github_redirect :Path('/github-redirect') Args(0) {
     my ($self, $c) = @_;
 
-    error($c, "Logging in via GitHub is not enabled.") unless $c->config->{enable_github_login};
     my $client_id = $c->config->{github_client_id} or die "github_client_id not configured.";
 
     my $after = "/" . $c->req->params->{after};
diff --git a/src/root/topbar.tt b/src/root/topbar.tt
index e0156231..f8366917 100644
--- a/src/root/topbar.tt
+++ b/src/root/topbar.tt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
         <li><a href="#" id="google-signin">Sign in with Google</a></li>
         <li class="divider"></li>
       [% END %]
-      [% IF c.config.enable_github_login %]
+      [% IF c.config.github_client_id %]
         <li><a href="/github-redirect?after=[% c.req.path %]">Sign in with GitHub</a></li>
         <li class="divider"></li>
       [% END %]