diff --git a/app/main/views/dashboard.py b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
index 60f7a8e8b..8fadf10c6 100644
--- a/app/main/views/dashboard.py
+++ b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
@@ -290,11 +290,8 @@ def get_dashboard_partials(service_id):
         ]
 
     stats = aggregate_notifications_stats(all_statistics)
-    column_width, max_notifiction_count = get_column_properties(
-        number_of_columns=(
-            3 if current_service.has_permission('letter') else 2
-        )
-    )
+    column_width, max_notifiction_count = get_column_properties(3)
+
     dashboard_totals = get_dashboard_totals(stats),
     highest_notification_count = max(
         sum(
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html
index a7a9de599..778862a4c 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/_totals.html
@@ -27,19 +27,17 @@
         smaller=smaller_font_size
       ) }}
     </div>
-    {% if current_service.has_permission('letter') %}
-      <div id="total-letters" class="{{column_width}}">
-        {{ big_number_with_status(
-          statistics['letter']['requested'],
-          message_count_label(statistics['letter']['requested'], 'letter', suffix='sent'),
-          statistics['letter']['failed'],
-          statistics['letter']['failed_percentage'],
-          statistics['letter']['show_warning'],
-          failure_link=url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=service_id, message_type='letter', status='failed'),
-          link=url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=service_id, message_type='letter', status=''),
-          smaller=smaller_font_size
-        ) }}
-      </div>
-    {% endif %}
+    <div id="total-letters" class="{{column_width}}">
+      {{ big_number_with_status(
+        statistics['letter']['requested'],
+        message_count_label(statistics['letter']['requested'], 'letter', suffix='sent'),
+        statistics['letter']['failed'],
+        statistics['letter']['failed_percentage'],
+        statistics['letter']['show_warning'],
+        failure_link=url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=service_id, message_type='letter', status='failed'),
+        link=url_for(".view_notifications", service_id=service_id, message_type='letter', status=''),
+        smaller=smaller_font_size
+      ) }}
+    </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
index 932b9065e..39d21d79e 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
@@ -645,71 +645,26 @@ def test_should_show_upcoming_jobs_on_dashboard(
     assert table_rows[1].find_all('td')[0].text.strip() == '1'
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('permissions, column_name, expected_column_count', [
-    (['email', 'sms'], '.column-half', 2),
-    (['email', 'letter'], '.column-third', 3),
-    (['email', 'sms', 'letter'], '.column-third', 3)
-])
-def test_correct_columns_display_on_dashboard(
-    client_request,
-    mock_get_service_templates,
-    mock_get_template_statistics,
-    mock_get_service_statistics,
-    mock_get_jobs,
-    service_one,
-    permissions,
-    expected_column_count,
-    column_name
-):
-
-    service_one['permissions'] = permissions
-
-    page = client_request.get(
-        'main.service_dashboard',
-        service_id=service_one['id']
-    )
-
-    assert len(page.select(column_name)) == expected_column_count
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('permissions, totals, big_number_class, expected_column_count', [
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('permissions', (
+    ['email', 'sms'],
+    ['email', 'sms', 'letter'],
+))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('totals, big_number_class', [
     (
-        ['email', 'sms'],
-        {
-            'email': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
-            'sms': {'requested': 999999999, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0}
-        },
-        '.big-number',
-        2,
-    ),
-    (
-        ['email', 'sms'],
-        {
-            'email': {'requested': 1000000000, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
-            'sms': {'requested': 1000000, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0}
-        },
-        '.big-number-smaller',
-        2,
-    ),
-    (
-        ['email', 'sms', 'letter'],
         {
             'email': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
             'sms': {'requested': 99999, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
             'letter': {'requested': 99999, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0}
         },
         '.big-number',
-        3,
     ),
     (
-        ['email', 'sms', 'letter'],
         {
             'email': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
             'sms': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
             'letter': {'requested': 100000, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
         },
         '.big-number-smaller',
-        3,
     ),
 ])
 def test_correct_font_size_for_big_numbers(
@@ -723,7 +678,6 @@ def test_correct_font_size_for_big_numbers(
     permissions,
     totals,
     big_number_class,
-    expected_column_count,
 ):
 
     service_one['permissions'] = permissions
@@ -738,9 +692,11 @@ def test_correct_font_size_for_big_numbers(
         service_id=service_one['id'],
     )
 
-    assert expected_column_count == len(
+    assert len(page.select('.column-third')) == 3
+
+    assert len(
         page.select('.big-number-with-status {}'.format(big_number_class))
-    )
+    ) == 3
 
 
 @freeze_time("2016-01-01 11:09:00.061258")