diff --git a/ui/component/channelForm/view.jsx b/ui/component/channelForm/view.jsx
index 5cb8e9f04..332da097a 100644
--- a/ui/component/channelForm/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/channelForm/view.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import React, { useEffect, Fragment } from 'react';
-import { CHANNEL_NEW, CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS } from 'constants/claim';
+import { CHANNEL_NEW } from 'constants/claim';
 import { buildURI, isURIValid } from 'lbry-redux';
 import ChannelCreate from 'component/channelCreate';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
   // Every time the channel or name changes, resolve the uris to find winning bid amounts
   useEffect(() => {
     // If they are midway through a channel creation, treat it as anonymous until it completes
-    const channelName = channel === CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS || channel === CHANNEL_NEW ? '' : channel;
+    const channelName = channel === CHANNEL_NEW ? '' : channel;
 
     // We are only going to store the full uri, but we need to resolve the uri with and without the channel name
     let uri;
diff --git a/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx b/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx
index 875e61b75..12c7b4fec 100644
--- a/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
-import { CHANNEL_NEW, CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS } from 'constants/claim';
+import { CHANNEL_NEW } from 'constants/claim';
 import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
 import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
 import ChannelCreate from 'component/channelCreate';
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ type Props = {
   createChannel: (string, number) => Promise<any>,
   fetchChannelListMine: () => void,
   fetchingChannels: boolean,
-  hideAnon: boolean,
   includeNew?: boolean,
   label?: string,
   injected?: Array<string>,
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class ChannelSection extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
   render() {
     const channel = this.state.addingChannel ? 'new' : this.props.channel;
-    const { fetchingChannels, channels = [], hideAnon, label, injected = [] } = this.props;
+    const { fetchingChannels, channels = [], label, injected = [] } = this.props;
     const { addingChannel } = this.state;
 
     return (
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ class ChannelSection extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           onChange={this.handleChannelChange}
           value={channel}
         >
-          {!hideAnon && <option value={CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS}>{__('Anonymous')}</option>}
           {channels &&
             channels.map(({ name, claim_id: claimId }) => (
               <option key={claimId} value={name}>