diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/locked_pages.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/locked_pages.html
index 5e649d1cf..9f579cd21 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/locked_pages.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/locked_pages.html
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
     <div class="panel nice-padding">{# TODO try moving these classes onto the section tag #}
         <section>
             <h2>{% trans "Your locked pages" %}</h2>
-            <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_reports:locked_pages' %}" class="button button-small button-secondary">{% trans "See all locked pages" %}</a>
+            {% if can_remove_locks %}
+                <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_reports:locked_pages' %}" class="button button-small button-secondary">{% trans "See all locked pages" %}</a>
+            {% endif %}
             <table class="listing listing-page">
                 <col />
                 <col width="15%"/>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/home.py b/wagtail/admin/views/home.py
index cd9edc0d8..80ad25fc4 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/home.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/home.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class LockedPagesPanel:
             'locked_pages': Page.objects.filter(
                 locked=True,
                 locked_by=self.request.user,
-            )
+            ),
+            'can_remove_locks': UserPagePermissionsProxy(self.request.user).can_remove_locks()
         }, request=self.request)
 
 
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/wagtail_hooks.py b/wagtail/admin/wagtail_hooks.py
index 1d27c57fd..19842168d 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/wagtail_hooks.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/wagtail_hooks.py
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ class ReportsMenuItem(SubmenuMenuItem):
 
 class LockedPagesMenuItem(MenuItem):
     def is_shown(self, request):
-        return UserPagePermissionsProxy(request.user).can_unlock_pages()
+        return UserPagePermissionsProxy(request.user).can_remove_locks()
 
 
 @hooks.register('register_reports_menu_item')
diff --git a/wagtail/core/models.py b/wagtail/core/models.py
index 3dcff0b4d..9c8ff9495 100644
--- a/wagtail/core/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/core/models.py
@@ -1833,29 +1833,9 @@ class UserPagePermissionsProxy:
         """Return True if the user has permission to publish any pages"""
         return self.publishable_pages().exists()
 
-    def unlockable_pages(self):
-        """Return a queryset of the pages that this user has permission to unlock"""
-        # Deal with the trivial cases first...
-        if not self.user.is_active:
-            return Page.objects.none()
-        if self.user.is_superuser:
-            return Page.objects.all()
-
-        unlockable_pages = Page.objects.none()
-
-        for perm in self.permissions.filter(permission_type='unlock'):
-            # user has publish permission on any subpage of perm.page
-            # (including perm.page itself)
-            unlockable_pages |= Page.objects.descendant_of(perm.page, inclusive=True)
-
-        pages_locked_by_user = Page.objects.filter(locked_by=self.user)
-        unlockable_pages |= pages_locked_by_user
-
-        return unlockable_pages
-
-    def can_unlock_pages(self):
-        """Return True if the user has permission to unlock any pages"""
-        return self.unlockable_pages().exists()
+    def can_remove_locks(self):
+        """Returns True if the user has permission to unlock pages they have not locked"""
+        return self.user.is_superuser or self.permissions.filter(permission_type='unlock').exists()
 
 
 class PagePermissionTester: