diff --git a/src/submission/forms.py b/src/submission/forms.py
index 7c3fa26b13..de95263f70 100755
--- a/src/submission/forms.py
+++ b/src/submission/forms.py
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ def _remove_choices_when_roles_already_exist(self, credit_records):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.frozen_author = kwargs.pop("frozen_author", None)
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.fields["role"].choices = self.fields["role"].choices[1:]
 
         if self.frozen_author:
             self._remove_choices_when_roles_already_exist(