diff --git a/src/Plugin/search_api/processor/HOCRField.php b/src/Plugin/search_api/processor/HOCRField.php
index 08a617a..b6f0ebb 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/search_api/processor/HOCRField.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/search_api/processor/HOCRField.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Drupal\islandora_hocr\Plugin\search_api\processor;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Session\AnonymousUserSession;
 use Drupal\file\FileInterface;
 use Drupal\islandora_hocr\Plugin\search_api\processor\Property\HOCRFieldProperty;
 use Drupal\media\Plugin\media\Source\File;
@@ -152,17 +151,12 @@ protected function getFile(NodeInterface $node) : ?FileInterface {
 
     $media = $query->execute();
 
-    $anonymous = new AnonymousUserSession();
-
     foreach ($media as $medium) {
       /** @var \Drupal\media\MediaInterface $entity */
       $entity = $media_storage->load($medium);
       if (!$entity) {
         continue;
       }
-      elseif (!$entity->access('view', $anonymous, FALSE)) {
-        continue;
-      }
 
       $source = $entity->getSource();
 
@@ -171,10 +165,6 @@ protected function getFile(NodeInterface $node) : ?FileInterface {
         /** @var \Drupal\file\FileInterface $file */
         $file = $this->entityTypeManager->getStorage('file')->load($fid);
 
-        if (!$file->access('view', $anonymous, FALSE)) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
         return $file;
       }
     }