diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index b18cb56b21..bcb7dd373f 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
       left_outer_joins(:status_stat).select('statuses.id, greatest(statuses.updated_at, status_stats.updated_at) AS updated_at')
     end
 
+    def selectable_visibilities
+      visibilities.keys - %w(direct limited)
+    end
+
     def in_chosen_languages(account)
       where(language: nil).or where(language: account.chosen_languages)
     end
diff --git a/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml
index d889702fec..ecb789f93c 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/preferences/show.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   %hr#settings_publishing/
 
   .fields-group
-    = f.input :setting_default_privacy, collection: Status.visibilities.keys - ['direct'], wrapper: :with_floating_label, include_blank: false, label_method: lambda { |visibility| safe_join([I18n.t("statuses.visibilities.#{visibility}"), content_tag(:span, I18n.t("statuses.visibilities.#{visibility}_long"), class: 'hint')]) }, required: false, as: :radio_buttons, collection_wrapper_tag: 'ul', item_wrapper_tag: 'li'
+    = f.input :setting_default_privacy, collection: Status.selectable_visibilities, wrapper: :with_floating_label, include_blank: false, label_method: lambda { |visibility| safe_join([I18n.t("statuses.visibilities.#{visibility}"), content_tag(:span, I18n.t("statuses.visibilities.#{visibility}_long"), class: 'hint')]) }, required: false, as: :radio_buttons, collection_wrapper_tag: 'ul', item_wrapper_tag: 'li'
 
     = f.input :setting_default_sensitive, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label