diff --git a/.changelog/24973.txt b/.changelog/24973.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a82279339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/24973.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+ui: Remove unrequired node read API call when attempting to stream task logs
+```
diff --git a/ui/app/components/task-log.js b/ui/app/components/task-log.js
index 37085bef0..df421d63e 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/task-log.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/task-log.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class MockAbortController {
 export default class TaskLog extends Component {
   @service token;
   @service userSettings;
-
+  @service can;
   allocation = null;
   task = null;
 
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ export default class TaskLog extends Component {
 
   @computed('allocation.{id,node.httpAddr}', 'useServer')
   get logUrl() {
-    const address = this.get('allocation.node.httpAddr');
+    let address;
     const allocation = this.get('allocation.id');
-
+    if (this.can.can('read client')) {
+      address = this.get('allocation.node.httpAddr');
+    }
     const url = `/v1/client/fs/logs/${allocation}`;
-    return this.useServer ? url : `//${address}${url}`;
+    return this.useServer ? url : address ? `//${address}${url}` : url;
   }
 
   @computed('task', 'mode')
diff --git a/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation/task/logs.js b/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation/task/logs.js
index f2e0fd9b1..c1367ccf9 100644
--- a/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation/task/logs.js
+++ b/ui/app/routes/allocations/allocation/task/logs.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 
 export default class LogsRoute extends Route {
   model() {
-    const task = super.model(...arguments);
-    return task && task.get('allocation.node').then(() => task);
+    return super.model(...arguments);
   }
 }