diff --git a/app/ui-flextab/client/flexTabBar.js b/app/ui-flextab/client/flexTabBar.js
index a2f34329e776..ff353613098b 100644
--- a/app/ui-flextab/client/flexTabBar.js
+++ b/app/ui-flextab/client/flexTabBar.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import _ from 'underscore';
 import { hasAllPermission } from '../../authorization';
 import { popover, TabBar, Layout } from '../../ui-utils';
 import { t } from '../../utils';
+import { settings } from '../../settings';
 
 const commonHelpers = {
 	title() {
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ const filterButtons = (button, anonymous, rid) => {
 	if (button.id === 'addUsers' && !canShowAddUsersButton(rid)) {
 		return false;
 	}
+	if (button.id === 'thread' && !settings.get('Threads_enabled')) {
+		return false;
+	}
 	return true;
 };
 Template.flexTabBar.helpers({