diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js.erb
index 63787f4a..a826cbf0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js.erb
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ CodeOceanEditorRequestForComments = {
     this.createSubmission($('#requestComments'), null, createRequestForComments.bind(this));
 
     $('#comment-modal').modal('hide');
-    var button = $('#requestComments');
-    button.prop('disabled', true);
+    // we disabled the button to prevent that the user spams RFCs, but decided against this now.
+    //var button = $('#requestComments');
+    //button.prop('disabled', true);
   },
 };
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