diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataSourceSettings/DataSourceHttpSettings.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataSourceSettings/DataSourceHttpSettings.tsx
index ee10b6b663b..1c14b412a8b 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataSourceSettings/DataSourceHttpSettings.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataSourceSettings/DataSourceHttpSettings.tsx
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ export const DataSourceHttpSettings: React.FC<HttpSettingsProps> = props => {
           <TLSAuthSettings dataSourceConfig={dataSourceConfig} onChange={onChange} />
         )}
 
-        <CustomHeadersSettings dataSourceConfig={dataSourceConfig} onChange={onChange} />
+        {dataSourceConfig.access === 'proxy' && (
+          <CustomHeadersSettings dataSourceConfig={dataSourceConfig} onChange={onChange} />
+        )}
       </>
     </div>
   );