diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityIdentity.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityIdentity.java
index 704695a21f..a830d038f0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityIdentity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityIdentity.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class EntityIdentity {
     @NonNull
     public Boolean primary;
     @NonNull
-    public Boolean self = true;
+    public Boolean self = true; // obsolete
     @NonNull
     public Boolean sender_extra = false;
     public String sender_extra_regex;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityMessage.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityMessage.java
index 5c8865c98c..4cfc4117af 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityMessage.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EntityMessage.java
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ public class EntityMessage implements Serializable {
             for (Address sender : senders)
                 for (TupleIdentityEx identity : identities)
                     if (identity.account == account &&
-                            identity.self &&
                             identity.similarAddress(sender))
                         return true;
 
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ public class EntityMessage implements Serializable {
             for (Address address : new ArrayList<>(addresses))
                 for (TupleIdentityEx identity : identities)
                     if (identity.account == account &&
-                            identity.self &&
                             identity.similarAddress(address))
                         addresses.remove(address);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_identity.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_identity.xml
index 56d6d9875d..25515297cc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_identity.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_identity.xml
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@
             android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
             android:checked="true"
             android:text="@string/title_self_identity"
+            android:visibility="gone"
             app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
             app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/cbPrimary" />
 
@@ -825,7 +826,7 @@
                 tvUser,etUser,tvPassword,tilPassword,tvCaseSensitiveHint,btnCertificate,tvCertificate,btnOAuth,
                 tvRealm,etRealm,
                 cbUseIp,tvUseIpHint,tvEhlo,etEhlo,
-                cbSynchronize,cbPrimary,cbSelf,
+                cbSynchronize,cbPrimary,
                 cbSenderExtra,tvSenderExtra,etSenderExtra,tvSenderExtraHint,
                 tvReplyTo,etReplyTo,tvCc,etCc,tvCcHint,tvBcc,etBcc,tvBccHint,
                 cbUnicode,tvMaxSize,etMaxSize" />