diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/roles.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/roles.go
index 5c82eefb8f4..48e493ea3ef 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/roles.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/roles.go
@@ -327,10 +327,6 @@ func DeclareFixedRoles(service Service, cfg *setting.Cfg) error {
 		Grants: []string{RoleGrafanaAdmin},
 	}
 
-	if cfg.AuthConfigUIAdminAccess {
-		authenticationConfigWriter.Grants = append(authenticationConfigWriter.Grants, string(org.RoleAdmin))
-	}
-
 	return service.DeclareFixedRoles(ldapReader, ldapWriter, orgUsersReader, orgUsersWriter,
 		settingsReader, statsReader, usersReader, usersWriter, authenticationConfigWriter, generalAuthConfigWriter)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting.go b/pkg/setting/setting.go
index a76604b1975..c2258d96b6c 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting.go
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ type Cfg struct {
 	IDResponseHeaderEnabled       bool
 	IDResponseHeaderPrefix        string
 	IDResponseHeaderNamespaces    map[string]struct{}
-	// Not documented & not supported
-	// stand in until a more complete solution is implemented
-	AuthConfigUIAdminAccess bool
 
 	// AWS Plugin Auth
 	AWSAllowedAuthProviders   []string
@@ -1558,9 +1555,6 @@ func readAuthSettings(iniFile *ini.File, cfg *Cfg) (err error) {
 		cfg.TokenRotationIntervalMinutes = 2
 	}
 
-	// Do not use
-	cfg.AuthConfigUIAdminAccess = auth.Key("config_ui_admin_access").MustBool(false)
-
 	cfg.DisableLoginForm = auth.Key("disable_login_form").MustBool(false)
 	cfg.DisableSignoutMenu = auth.Key("disable_signout_menu").MustBool(false)