diff --git a/redbot/cogs/audio/core/commands/audioset.py b/redbot/cogs/audio/core/commands/audioset.py
index f3dfb0837d6..85d1b31248e 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/audio/core/commands/audioset.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/audio/core/commands/audioset.py
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ async def command_audioset_persist_queue(self, ctx: commands.Context):
         )
 
     @command_audioset.command(name="restart")
-    @commands.is_owner()
+    # @commands.is_owner()
     async def command_audioset_restart(self, ctx: commands.Context):
         """Restarts the lavalink connection."""
         async with ctx.typing():
diff --git a/redbot/cogs/customcom/customcom.py b/redbot/cogs/customcom/customcom.py
index 7fefb36b713..8245d04e4a8 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/customcom/customcom.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/customcom/customcom.py
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ async def on_message_without_command(self, message):
         if isinstance(message.channel, discord.PartialMessageable):
             return
 
-        if len(message.content) < 2 or is_private or not user_allowed or message.author.bot:
+        if len(message.content) < 2 or is_private or not user_allowed:
             return
 
         if await self.bot.cog_disabled_in_guild(self, message.guild):
diff --git a/redbot/core/bot.py b/redbot/core/bot.py
index 89f711ef009..b919923630a 100644
--- a/redbot/core/bot.py
+++ b/redbot/core/bot.py
@@ -822,8 +822,8 @@ async def message_eligible_as_command(self, message: discord.Message) -> bool:
         channel = message.channel
         guild = message.guild
 
-        if message.author.bot:
-            return False
+        # if message.author.bot:
+        #     return False
 
         # We do not consider messages with PartialMessageable channel as eligible.
         # See `process_commands()` for our handling of it.
@@ -1621,38 +1621,35 @@ async def process_commands(self, message: discord.Message, /):
         messages,  without the overhead of additional get_context calls
         per cog.
         """
-        if not message.author.bot:
-            ctx = await self.get_context(message)
-
-            # The licenseinfo command must always be available, even in a slash only bot.
-            # To get around not having the message content intent, a mention prefix
-            # will always work for it.
-            if not ctx.valid:
-                for m in (f"<@{self.user.id}> ", f"<@!{self.user.id}> "):
-                    if message.content.startswith(m):
-                        ctx.view.undo()
-                        ctx.view.skip_string(m)
-                        invoker = ctx.view.get_word()
-                        command = self.all_commands.get(invoker, None)
-                        if isinstance(command, commands.commands._AlwaysAvailableMixin):
-                            ctx.command = command
-                            ctx.prefix = m
-                        break
+        ctx = await self.get_context(message)
+
+        # The licenseinfo command must always be available, even in a slash only bot.
+        # To get around not having the message content intent, a mention prefix
+        # will always work for it.
+        if not ctx.valid:
+            for m in (f"<@{self.user.id}> ", f"<@!{self.user.id}> "):
+                if message.content.startswith(m):
+                    ctx.view.undo()
+                    ctx.view.skip_string(m)
+                    invoker = ctx.view.get_word()
+                    command = self.all_commands.get(invoker, None)
+                    if isinstance(command, commands.commands._AlwaysAvailableMixin):
+                        ctx.command = command
+                        ctx.prefix = m
+                    break
 
-            if (
+        if (
                 ctx.invoked_with
                 and isinstance(message.channel, discord.PartialMessageable)
                 and message.channel.type is not discord.ChannelType.private
-            ):
-                log.warning(
-                    "Discarded a command message (ID: %s) with PartialMessageable channel: %r",
-                    message.id,
-                    message.channel,
-                )
-            else:
-                await self.invoke(ctx)
+        ):
+            log.warning(
+                "Discarded a command message (ID: %s) with PartialMessageable channel: %r",
+                message.id,
+                message.channel,
+            )
         else:
-            ctx = None
+            await self.invoke(ctx)
 
         if ctx is None or ctx.valid is False:
             self.dispatch("message_without_command", message)
diff --git a/redbot/core/core_commands.py b/redbot/core/core_commands.py
index 42aab5221bb..9c88745d9b3 100644
--- a/redbot/core/core_commands.py
+++ b/redbot/core/core_commands.py
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ async def _shutdown(self, ctx: commands.Context, silently: bool = False):
         await ctx.bot.shutdown()
 
     @commands.command(name="restart")
-    @commands.is_owner()
+    # @checks.is_owner()
     async def _restart(self, ctx: commands.Context, silently: bool = False):
         """Attempts to restart [botname].