diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard_snapshot.go b/pkg/api/dashboard_snapshot.go
index 84ea9563cd8..2b0c5e5471b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard_snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard_snapshot.go
@@ -356,9 +356,6 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) DeleteDashboardSnapshot(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) respon
 	if queryResult == nil {
 		return response.Error(http.StatusNotFound, "Failed to get dashboard snapshot", nil)
 	}
-	if queryResult.OrgID != c.OrgID {
-		return response.Error(http.StatusUnauthorized, "OrgID mismatch", nil)
-	}
 
 	if queryResult.External {
 		err := deleteExternalDashboardSnapshot(queryResult.ExternalDeleteURL)