diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea0c3db..d09867f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This CKAN extension allows a user to create private datasets that only certain u
 
 Installation
 ------------
-Install this extension in your CKAN is instance is as easy as intall any other CKAN extension.
+Install this extension in your CKAN instance is as easy as intall any other CKAN extension.
 
 * Download the source from this GitHub repo.
 * Activate your virtual environment (generally by running `. /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate`)
diff --git a/ckanext/privatedatasets/plugin.py b/ckanext/privatedatasets/plugin.py
index b099d4b..6a533a6 100755
--- a/ckanext/privatedatasets/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/privatedatasets/plugin.py
@@ -108,11 +108,18 @@ class PrivateDatasets(p.SingletonPlugin, tk.DefaultDatasetForm):
     ######################################################################
 
     def get_auth_functions(self):
-        return {'package_show': auth.package_show,
-                'package_update': auth.package_update,
-                'resource_show': auth.resource_show,
-                constants.PACKAGE_ACQUIRED: auth.package_acquired,
-                constants.ACQUISITIONS_LIST: auth.acquisitions_list}
+        auth_functions = {'package_show': auth.package_show,
+                          'package_update': auth.package_update,
+                          # 'resource_show': auth.resource_show,
+                          constants.PACKAGE_ACQUIRED: auth.package_acquired,
+                          constants.ACQUISITIONS_LIST: auth.acquisitions_list}
+
+        # resource_show is not required in CKAN 2.3 because it delegates to
+        # package_show
+        if not tk.check_ckan_version(min_version='2.3'):
+            auth_functions['resource_show'] = auth.resource_show
+
+        return auth_functions
 
     ######################################################################
     ############################ ICONFIGURER #############################
diff --git a/ckanext/privatedatasets/tests/test_plugin.py b/ckanext/privatedatasets/tests/test_plugin.py
index 5c63d26..377dd96 100644
--- a/ckanext/privatedatasets/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/privatedatasets/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -62,13 +62,19 @@ class PluginTest(unittest.TestCase):
     @parameterized.expand([
         ('package_show',      plugin.auth.package_show),
         ('package_update',    plugin.auth.package_update),
-        ('package_show',      plugin.auth.package_show),
+        ('resource_show',     plugin.auth.resource_show),
+        ('resource_show',     plugin.auth.resource_show,     True,  False),
         ('package_acquired',  plugin.auth.package_acquired),
         ('acquisitions_list', plugin.auth.acquisitions_list)
     ])
-    def test_auth_function(self, function_name, expected_function):
+    def test_auth_function(self, function_name, expected_function, is_ckan_23=False, expected=True):
+        plugin.tk.check_ckan_version = MagicMock(return_value=is_ckan_23)
         auth_functions = self.privateDatasets.get_auth_functions()
-        self.assertEquals(auth_functions[function_name], expected_function)
+
+        if expected:
+            self.assertEquals(auth_functions[function_name], expected_function)
+        else:
+            self.assertNotIn(function_name, auth_functions)
 
     def test_update_config(self):
         # Call the method