diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
index d2f4e508dffc1d7b58f9afebdb77a530d06253d1..95f9a5b80adf044e2ed228d636c9ce8d793869be 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export const getUserPermissions = ({ currentUser }) =>
     role: t.teamType.permissions,
   }))
 
-export const isAuthorConfirmed = ({ currentUser }) =>
+export const userNotConfirmed = ({ currentUser }) =>
+  get(currentUser, 'isAuthenticated') &&
   !currentUserIs({ currentUser }, 'staff') &&
-  get(currentUser, 'user.isConfirmed')
+  !get(currentUser, 'user.isConfirmed')
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.js
index a20f4ad342b4feba5771ee379e06da0b075b67bc..d03ed85d76d597adb0b2c46f208342e5c6879b07 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.js
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { Icon, th } from '@pubsweet/ui'
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom'
 import styled, { withTheme } from 'styled-components'
-import { withState, withHandlers, withProps, compose } from 'recompose'
+import { withState, withHandlers, compose } from 'recompose'
 
-import { currentUserIs } from '../../../../component-faraday-selectors/src'
+import { userNotConfirmed } from 'pubsweet-component-faraday-selectors'
 
 const AppBar = ({
   goTo,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default compose(
   withTheme,
   connect(state => ({
     currentUser: get(state, 'currentUser.user'),
-    isStaff: currentUserIs(state, 'staff'),
+    shouldShowConfirmation: userNotConfirmed(state),
   })),
   withState('expanded', 'setExpanded', false),
   withHandlers({
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ export default compose(
       history.push(path)
     },
   }),
-  withProps(({ isStaff, currentUser, isAuthenticated }) => ({
-    shouldShowConfirmation:
-      isAuthenticated && !isStaff && !get(currentUser, 'isConfirmed'),
-  })),
 )(AppBar)
 
 // #region styled-components
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
index f21a7ffca292aaa34d5ca3bce7d87c62cce81468..1135e8474de374b1509ee458de56ed92167289fe 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { get } from 'lodash'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
 import { Button, th } from '@pubsweet/ui'
 import { compose, withProps } from 'recompose'
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import { compose, withProps } from 'recompose'
 import { DashboardItems, DashboardFilters } from './'
 
 const Dashboard = ({
-  isStaff,
   dashboard,
   currentUser,
   filterItems,
@@ -44,9 +42,8 @@ const Dashboard = ({
 )
 
 export default compose(
-  withProps(({ isStaff, dashboard, filterItems, currentUser }) => ({
+  withProps(({ dashboard, filterItems }) => ({
     dashboardItems: filterItems(dashboard.all),
-    canCreateDraft: isStaff || get(currentUser, 'isConfirmed'),
   })),
 )(Dashboard)
 
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardPage.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardPage.js
index 8e1224e4081cb8fb918281d83d3c044842ee314c..dce45132340db9e88b54fd63e0f61dc1fada9446 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardPage.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardPage.js
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import { compose, withContext } from 'recompose'
 import { newestFirst, selectCurrentUser } from 'xpub-selectors'
 import { createDraftSubmission } from 'pubsweet-component-wizard/src/redux/conversion'
 
-import { Dashboard } from './'
-import { getHandlingEditors } from '../../redux/editors'
 import {
-  currentUserIs,
+  userNotConfirmed,
   getUserPermissions,
-} from '../../../../component-faraday-selectors/src'
+} from 'pubsweet-component-faraday-selectors'
 
+import { Dashboard } from './'
+import { getHandlingEditors } from '../../redux/editors'
 import { priorityFilter, importanceSort, withFiltersHOC } from '../Filters'
 
 export default compose(
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default compose(
     state => {
       const { collections, conversion } = state
       const currentUser = selectCurrentUser(state)
-      const isStaff = currentUserIs(state, 'staff')
+      const canCreateDraft = !userNotConfirmed(state)
       const sortedCollections = newestFirst(collections)
 
       const dashboard = {
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ export default compose(
       }
       const userPermissions = getUserPermissions(state)
       return {
-        isStaff,
         dashboard,
         conversion,
         collections,
         currentUser,
+        canCreateDraft,
         userPermissions,
       }
     },