diff --git a/django/contrib/comments/templatetags/comments.py b/django/contrib/comments/templatetags/comments.py
index 9b12adaf6d..9f8180ab08 100644
--- a/django/contrib/comments/templatetags/comments.py
+++ b/django/contrib/comments/templatetags/comments.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib import comments
-from django.db.models import FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 
 register = template.Library()
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ class BaseCommentNode(template.Node):
             content_type = ctype,
             object_pk    = smart_unicode(object_pk),
             site__pk     = settings.SITE_ID,
-            is_public    = True,
         )
         
         # The is_public and is_removed fields are implementation details of the