diff --git a/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx b/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx
index 1b92b5dfd1c..27a9fa9373e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { RenderResult, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
 import { render } from 'test/test-utils';
 
-import { GrafanaEdition } from '@grafana/data/internal';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import * as api from 'app/features/datasources/api';
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ describe('Connections', () => {
   });
 
   test('shows the "Connections Homepage" page by default when edition is Cloud', async () => {
-    config.buildInfo.edition = GrafanaEdition.Enterprise;
+    config.pluginAdminExternalManageEnabled = true;
     renderPage();
 
     // Add new connection card
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ describe('Connections', () => {
   });
 
   test('shows the OSS "Connections Homepage" page by default when edition is OpenSource', async () => {
-    config.buildInfo.edition = GrafanaEdition.OpenSource;
+    config.pluginAdminExternalManageEnabled = false;
     renderPage();
 
     // Add new connection card
diff --git a/public/app/features/connections/pages/ConnectionsHomePage.tsx b/public/app/features/connections/pages/ConnectionsHomePage.tsx
index 647c3acfb50..46e5093cd0a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/connections/pages/ConnectionsHomePage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/connections/pages/ConnectionsHomePage.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { GrafanaEdition } from '@grafana/data/internal';
 import { Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -13,9 +12,9 @@ import PageCard from '../components/PageCard/PageCard';
 export default function ConnectionsHomePage() {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
-  const isOSS = config.buildInfo.edition === GrafanaEdition.OpenSource;
+  const isOnPrem = !config.pluginAdminExternalManageEnabled;
 
-  let cardsData = isOSS ? getOssCardData() : getCloudCardData();
+  let cardsData = isOnPrem ? getOssCardData() : getCloudCardData();
 
   return (
     <Page
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ export default function ConnectionsHomePage() {
             <Trans i18nKey="connections.connections-home-page.welcome-to-connections">Welcome to Connections</Trans>
           </h1>
           <p className={styles.subTitle}>
-            {isOSS ? (
+            {isOnPrem ? (
               <Trans i18nKey="connections.oss.connections-home-page.subtitle">
                 Manage your data source connections in one place. Use this page to add a new data source or manage your
                 existing connections.