diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/hd4free.py b/sickbeard/providers/hd4free.py
index 786953697be6c4569bef3d733b6f39e6b390b818..30d18e6b6771de7010e372717a0d9742f8a9334b 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/hd4free.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/hd4free.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class HD4FreeProvider(TorrentProvider):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-att
     def __init__(self):
         TorrentProvider.__init__(self, "HD4Free")
 
-        self.public = True
         self.url = 'https://hd4free.xyz'
         self.ratio = 0
         self.cache = HD4FreeCache(self)