diff --git a/pylons_app/templates/login.html b/pylons_app/templates/login.html
--- a/pylons_app/templates/login.html
+++ b/pylons_app/templates/login.html
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@
                     <!-- links -->
                     <div class="links">
                         ${h.link_to(_('Forgot your password ?'),h.url('#'))}
-                         / 
-                        ${h.link_to(_("Don't have an account ?"),h.url('register'))}
+                        %if h.HasPermissionAny('hg.admin', 'hg.register.auto_activate', 'hg.register.manual_activate')():
+	                         / 
+	                        ${h.link_to(_("Don't have an account ?"),h.url('register'))}
+                        %endif
                     </div>
 
                     <!-- end links -->