diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java
index b8547239e..3f45187b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@ import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent;
 
 import com.gmail.nossr50.util.Hardcore;
-import com.gmail.nossr50.util.Permissions;
 
 public class HardcoreListener implements Listener {
     
     @EventHandler()
     public void PlayerDeathEvent(PlayerDeathEvent event) {
         Player player = event.getEntity(); //Note this returns a Player object for this subevent
-        if(!Permissions.getInstance().hardcoremodeBypass(player)) {
-            Hardcore.invokeStatPenalty(player);
-        }
+        Hardcore.invokeStatPenalty(player);
     }
 }