diff --git a/includes/admin.form.inc b/includes/admin.form.inc
index f4db785b..a1f22652 100644
--- a/includes/admin.form.inc
+++ b/includes/admin.form.inc
@@ -108,13 +108,6 @@ function islandora_repository_admin(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     '#required' => TRUE,
   );
 
-  $form['islandora_tabs']['islandora_general']['islandora_strict_user_access_enforcement'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'checkbox',
-    '#title' => t('Strict User Access Enforcement'),
-    '#description' => t('Restrict permissions to the result of user_access(); other modules will be able to deny things, but other modules will not be able to allow operations not allowed via Drupal permissions.'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('islandora_strict_user_access_enforcement', TRUE),
-  );
-
   $form['islandora_tabs']['islandora_namespace'] = array(
     '#type' => 'fieldset',
     '#title' => t('Namespaces'),
diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index 88664bd1..58a23a10 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -1205,28 +1205,13 @@ function islandora_object_access($op, $object, $user = NULL) {
 /**
  * Implements hook_islandora_object_access().
  *
- * Denies according to PID namespace restrictions, passes according to
- * user_access(), and makes no indication if namespace restrictions passed but
- * user_access() returned a fail, to allow other modules to allow an operation.
+ * Denies according to PID namespace restrictions, then passes or denies
+ * according to core Drupal permissions according to user_access().
  */
 function islandora_islandora_object_access($op, $object, $user) {
   module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/utilities');
-  $to_return = islandora_namespace_accessible($object->id);
 
-  $user_access_result = user_access($op, $user);
-
-  if ($to_return && $user_access_result) {
-    // Straight Drupal permissions, let's allow it.
-    return TRUE;
-  }
-  elseif ($to_return === FALSE || (variable_get('islandora_strict_user_access_enforcement', TRUE) && !$user_access_result)) {
-    // PID namespace is outside of those allowed. Forbid!
-    return FALSE;
-  }
-  else {
-    // Neither allowing of forbidding, to allow other modules to override.
-    return NULL;
-  }
+  return islandora_namespace_accessible($object->id) && user_access($op, $user);
 }
 
 /**