diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index 0ebabfdc..b41b777d 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Ability
       event.program.cfp_open? && event.new_record?
     end
 
-    can [:update, :show, :delete, :index], Event do |event|
+    can [:update, :show, :index], Event do |event|
       event.users.include?(user)
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/admin_ability.rb b/app/models/admin_ability.rb
index 716aecb0..6bd74862 100644
--- a/app/models/admin_ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/admin_ability.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class AdminAbility
       event.program.cfp_open? && event.new_record?
     end
 
-    can [:update, :show, :delete, :index], Event do |event|
+    can [:update, :show, :index], Event do |event|
       event.users.include?(user)
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/ability_spec.rb b/spec/models/ability_spec.rb
index 2144cec6..1da13c5b 100644
--- a/spec/models/ability_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ability_spec.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ describe 'User' do
 
       it{ should be_able_to(:update, user_event_with_cfp) }
       it{ should be_able_to(:show, user_event_with_cfp) }
-      it{ should be_able_to(:delete, user_event_with_cfp) }
       it{ should_not be_able_to(:new, Event.new(program: program_without_cfp)) }
       it{ should_not be_able_to(:create, Event.new(program: program_without_cfp)) }
       # TODO: At moment it's not possible to manually add someone else as event_user