diff --git a/admin/roles/assign.php b/admin/roles/assign.php
index 16fafb6..7a0ec1a 100755
--- a/admin/roles/assign.php
+++ b/admin/roles/assign.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
                 }
                 $allow = true;
                 if ($inmeta) {
-                    if (has_capability('moodle/course:managemetacourse', $context, $adduser)) {
+                    if (has_capability('moodle/course:request', $context, $adduser)) {
                         //ok
                     } else {
                         $managerroles = get_roles_with_capability('moodle/course:managemetacourse', CAP_ALLOW, $context);
diff --git a/lib/moodlelib.php b/lib/moodlelib.php
index 6a7fcbc..13d4587 100644
--- a/lib/moodlelib.php
+++ b/lib/moodlelib.php
@@ -2430,7 +2430,7 @@ function sync_metacourse($course) {
     $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_COURSE, $course->id); // SITEID can not be a metacourse
 
     // We do not ever want to unassign the list of metacourse manager, so get a list of them.
-    if ($users = get_users_by_capability($context, 'moodle/course:managemetacourse')) {
+    if ($users = get_users_by_capability($context, 'moodle/course:request')) {
         $managers = array_keys($users);
     } else {
         $managers = array();