diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/useReceiversMetadata.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/useReceiversMetadata.ts
index 0fb9dcfaac5..ba3f923ea1a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/useReceiversMetadata.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/useReceiversMetadata.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function getOnCallMetadata(
   }
 
   const matchingOnCallIntegration = onCallIntegrations.find(
-    (integration) => integration.integration_url === receiver.settings.url
+    (integration) => integration.integration_url === receiver.settings?.url
   );
 
   return {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockApi.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockApi.ts
index cd85c322815..9c3ad1e8539 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockApi.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mockApi.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ class GrafanaReceiverConfigBuilder {
   }
 
   addSetting(key: string, value: string): GrafanaReceiverConfigBuilder {
-    this.grafanaReceiverConfig.settings[key] = value;
+    if (this.grafanaReceiverConfig.settings) {
+      this.grafanaReceiverConfig.settings[key] = value;
+    }
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts
index 51c0f711a7a..4921c31a9c2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export type GrafanaManagedReceiverConfig = {
   disableResolveMessage: boolean;
   secureFields?: Record<string, boolean>;
   secureSettings?: Record<string, any>;
-  settings: Record<string, any>;
+  settings?: Record<string, any>; // sometimes settings are optional for security reasons (RBAC)
   type: string;
   name: string;
   updated?: string;