diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b410b084..bb7ab4083 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ BUG FIXES:
  * ui: Fixed an issue where policies with commas would not render in the
    interface properly [GH-4398]
  * ui: Corrected the saving of mount tune ttls for auth methods [GH-4431]
+ * ui: Credentials generation no longer checks capabilities before making
+   api calls. This should fix needing "update" capabilites to read IAM 
+   credentials in the AWS secrets engine [GH-4446]
 
 ## 0.10.0 (April 10th, 2018)
 
diff --git a/ui/app/routes/vault/cluster/secrets/backend/credentials.js b/ui/app/routes/vault/cluster/secrets/backend/credentials.js
index ecbd745b0..20219f018 100644
--- a/ui/app/routes/vault/cluster/secrets/backend/credentials.js
+++ b/ui/app/routes/vault/cluster/secrets/backend/credentials.js
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ export default Ember.Route.extend(UnloadModel, {
     return this.modelFor('vault.cluster.secrets.backend');
   },
 
-  pathQuery(role, backend) {
-    const type = this.backendModel().get('type');
-    if (type === 'pki') {
-      return `${backend}/issue/${role}`;
-    }
-    return `${backend}/creds/${role}`;
-  },
-
   model(params) {
     const role = params.secret;
     const backendModel = this.backendModel();
@@ -26,18 +18,11 @@ export default Ember.Route.extend(UnloadModel, {
     if (!SUPPORTED_DYNAMIC_BACKENDS.includes(backendModel.get('type'))) {
       return this.transitionTo('vault.cluster.secrets.backend.list-root', backend);
     }
-    return this.store
-      .queryRecord('capabilities', { id: this.pathQuery(role, backend) })
-      .then(capabilities => {
-        if (!capabilities.get('canUpdate')) {
-          return this.transitionTo('vault.cluster.secrets.backend.list-root', backend);
-        }
-        return Ember.RSVP.resolve({
-          backend,
-          id: role,
-          name: role,
-        });
-      });
+    return Ember.RSVP.resolve({
+      backend,
+      id: role,
+      name: role,
+    });
   },
 
   setupController(controller) {