diff --git a/pkg/api/annotations.go b/pkg/api/annotations.go
index fee82d3fbb8..7aa1a2a3a2e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/api/annotations.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/guardian"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) MassDeleteAnnotations(c *models.ReqContext) response.Respo
 
 	// validations only for RBAC. A user can mass delete all annotations in a (dashboard + panel) or a specific annotation
 	// if has access to that dashboard.
-	if hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		var dashboardId int64
 
 		if cmd.AnnotationId != 0 {
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) canSaveAnnotation(c *models.ReqContext, annotation *annota
 	if annotation.GetType() == annotations.Dashboard {
 		return canEditDashboard(c, annotation.DashboardId)
 	} else {
-		if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+		if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 			return c.SignedInUser.HasRole(models.ROLE_EDITOR), nil
 		}
 		return true, nil
@@ -446,7 +445,7 @@ func AnnotationTypeScopeResolver() (string, accesscontrol.AttributeScopeResolveF
 
 func (hs *HTTPServer) canCreateAnnotation(c *models.ReqContext, dashboardId int64) (bool, error) {
 	if dashboardId != 0 {
-		if hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+		if !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 			evaluator := accesscontrol.EvalPermission(accesscontrol.ActionAnnotationsCreate, accesscontrol.ScopeAnnotationsTypeDashboard)
 			if canSave, err := hs.AccessControl.Evaluate(c.Req.Context(), c.SignedInUser, evaluator); err != nil || !canSave {
 				return canSave, err
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) canCreateAnnotation(c *models.ReqContext, dashboardId int6
 		}
 		return canEditDashboard(c, dashboardId)
 	} else { // organization annotations
-		if hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+		if !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 			evaluator := accesscontrol.EvalPermission(accesscontrol.ActionAnnotationsCreate, accesscontrol.ScopeAnnotationsTypeOrganization)
 			return hs.AccessControl.Evaluate(c.Req.Context(), c.SignedInUser, evaluator)
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard_permission.go b/pkg/api/dashboard_permission.go
index 45d105c9e4d..184c7c53c58 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard_permission.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard_permission.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/response"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/guardian"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
 )
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) UpdateDashboardPermissions(c *models.ReqContext) response.
 		return response.Error(403, "Cannot remove own admin permission for a folder", nil)
 	}
 
-	if hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		old, err := g.GetAcl()
 		if err != nil {
 			return response.Error(500, "Error while checking dashboard permissions", err)
diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard_permission_test.go b/pkg/api/dashboard_permission_test.go
index 18c9a90e0ca..136bb08e8a8 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard_permission_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard_permission_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func TestDashboardPermissionAPIEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 			dashboardService: dashboardservice.ProvideDashboardService(
 				settings, dashboardStore, nil, features, accesscontrolmock.NewPermissionsServicesMock(),
 			),
+			AccessControl: accesscontrolmock.New().WithDisabled(),
 		}
 
 		t.Run("Given user has no admin permissions", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/api/folder_permission.go b/pkg/api/folder_permission.go
index 830c71b7afd..edaff924528 100644
--- a/pkg/api/folder_permission.go
+++ b/pkg/api/folder_permission.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/dtos"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/response"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/guardian"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) UpdateFolderPermissions(c *models.ReqContext) response.Res
 		return response.Error(403, "Cannot remove own admin permission for a folder", nil)
 	}
 
-	if hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		old, err := g.GetAcl()
 		if err != nil {
 			return response.Error(500, "Error while checking dashboard permissions", err)
diff --git a/pkg/api/folder_permission_test.go b/pkg/api/folder_permission_test.go
index 9198f15e55b..24556b120d7 100644
--- a/pkg/api/folder_permission_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/folder_permission_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func TestFolderPermissionAPIEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 		dashboardService: service.ProvideDashboardService(
 			settings, dashboardStore, nil, features, permissionsServices,
 		),
+		AccessControl: accesscontrolmock.New().WithDisabled(),
 	}
 
 	t.Run("Given folder not exists", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/api/index.go b/pkg/api/index.go
index 6528c5c8906..42c0c18948c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/index.go
+++ b/pkg/api/index.go
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) setIndexViewData(c *models.ReqContext) (*dtos.IndexViewDat
 		LoadingLogo:             "public/img/grafana_icon.svg",
 	}
 
-	if hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		userPermissions, err := hs.AccessControl.GetUserPermissions(c.Req.Context(), c.SignedInUser, ac.Options{ReloadCache: false})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/api/org.go b/pkg/api/org.go
index d6cd5b3799b..797cf7de76b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/org.go
+++ b/pkg/api/org.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/response"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/metrics"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) CreateOrg(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 	if err := web.Bind(c.Req, &cmd); err != nil {
 		return response.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "bad request data", err)
 	}
-	acEnabled := hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol)
+	acEnabled := !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled()
 	if !acEnabled && !(setting.AllowUserOrgCreate || c.IsGrafanaAdmin) {
 		return response.Error(403, "Access denied", nil)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/api/team.go b/pkg/api/team.go
index 79c0eac9982..cfd44400e06 100644
--- a/pkg/api/team.go
+++ b/pkg/api/team.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/dtos"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/response"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
 )
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) CreateTeam(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 	if err := web.Bind(c.Req, &cmd); err != nil {
 		return response.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "bad request data", err)
 	}
-	accessControlEnabled := hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol)
+	accessControlEnabled := !hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled()
 	if !accessControlEnabled && c.OrgRole == models.ROLE_VIEWER {
 		return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to create team.", nil)
 	}
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) UpdateTeam(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 		return response.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "teamId is invalid", err)
 	}
 
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), cmd.OrgId, cmd.Id, c.SignedInUser); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to update team", err)
 		}
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) DeleteTeamByID(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 	}
 	user := c.SignedInUser
 
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), orgId, teamId, user); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to delete team", err)
 		}
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) SearchTeams(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 
 	// Using accesscontrol the filtering is done based on user permissions
 	userIdFilter := models.FilterIgnoreUser
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		userIdFilter = userFilter(c)
 	}
 
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetTeamByID(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 
 	// Using accesscontrol the filtering has already been performed at middleware layer
 	userIdFilter := models.FilterIgnoreUser
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		userIdFilter = userFilter(c)
 	}
 
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetTeamPreferences(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response
 
 	orgId := c.OrgId
 
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), orgId, teamId, c.SignedInUser); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to view team preferences.", err)
 		}
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) UpdateTeamPreferences(c *models.ReqContext) response.Respo
 
 	orgId := c.OrgId
 
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), orgId, teamId, c.SignedInUser); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to update team preferences.", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/api/team_members.go b/pkg/api/team_members.go
index a8c44cde66a..f0a7576da64 100644
--- a/pkg/api/team_members.go
+++ b/pkg/api/team_members.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/response"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
 )
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetTeamMembers(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 
 	// With accesscontrol the permission check has been done at middleware layer
 	// and the membership filtering will be done at DB layer based on user permissions
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), query.OrgId, query.TeamId, c.SignedInUser); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to list team members", err)
 		}
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) AddTeamMember(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 		return response.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "teamId is invalid", err)
 	}
 
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), cmd.OrgId, cmd.TeamId, c.SignedInUser); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to add team member", err)
 		}
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) UpdateTeamMember(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 	}
 	orgId := c.OrgId
 
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), orgId, teamId, c.SignedInUser); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to update team member", err)
 		}
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) RemoveTeamMember(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 		return response.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "userId is invalid", err)
 	}
 
-	if !hs.Features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if hs.AccessControl.IsDisabled() {
 		if err := hs.teamGuardian.CanAdmin(c.Req.Context(), orgId, teamId, c.SignedInUser); err != nil {
 			return response.Error(403, "Not allowed to remove team member", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/services/comments/commentmodel/permissions.go b/pkg/services/comments/commentmodel/permissions.go
index b1bcbee82d1..33c17b3eca4 100644
--- a/pkg/services/comments/commentmodel/permissions.go
+++ b/pkg/services/comments/commentmodel/permissions.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (c *PermissionChecker) CheckWritePermissions(ctx context.Context, orgId int
 		if !c.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAnnotationComments) {
 			return false, nil
 		}
-		if c.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+		if !c.accessControl.IsDisabled() {
 			evaluator := accesscontrol.EvalPermission(accesscontrol.ActionAnnotationsWrite, accesscontrol.ScopeAnnotationsTypeDashboard)
 			if canEdit, err := c.accessControl.Evaluate(ctx, signedInUser, evaluator); err != nil || !canEdit {
 				return canEdit, err
diff --git a/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service.go b/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service.go
index 914f5ed0b26..dbc22e6e261 100644
--- a/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	cfg                *setting.Cfg
 	features           featuremgmt.FeatureToggles
 	permissionsService accesscontrol.PermissionsService
+	ac                 accesscontrol.AccessControl
 
 	ptc               proxyTransportCache
 	dsDecryptionCache secureJSONDecryptionCache
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func ProvideService(
 		cfg:                cfg,
 		features:           features,
 		permissionsService: permissionsServices.GetDataSourceService(),
+		ac:                 ac,
 	}
 
 	ac.RegisterAttributeScopeResolver(NewNameScopeResolver(store))
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ func (s *Service) AddDataSource(ctx context.Context, cmd *models.AddDataSourceCo
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if s.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if !s.ac.IsDisabled() {
 		// This belongs in Data source permissions, and we probably want
 		// to do this with a hook in the store and rollback on fail.
 		// We can't use events, because there's no way to communicate
diff --git a/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service_test.go b/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service_test.go
index 511b0f8c9b2..2df5cb86f50 100644
--- a/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/datasources/service/datasource_service_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestService(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	secretsService := secretsManager.SetupTestService(t, database.ProvideSecretsStore(sqlStore))
-	s := ProvideService(sqlStore, secretsService, cfg, featuremgmt.WithFeatures(), acmock.New(), acmock.NewPermissionsServicesMock())
+	s := ProvideService(sqlStore, secretsService, cfg, featuremgmt.WithFeatures(), acmock.New().WithDisabled(), acmock.NewPermissionsServicesMock())
 
 	var ds *models.DataSource
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/guardian/provider.go b/pkg/services/guardian/provider.go
index 5acccdf7774..3318fb45abb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/guardian/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/services/guardian/provider.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 type Provider struct{}
 
 func ProvideService(store *sqlstore.SQLStore, ac accesscontrol.AccessControl, permissionsServices accesscontrol.PermissionsServices, features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles) *Provider {
-	if features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol) {
+	if !ac.IsDisabled() {
 		// TODO: Fix this hack, see https://github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise/issues/2935
 		InitAcessControlGuardian(store, ac, permissionsServices)
 	} else {