diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol.go
index c946f8ea15e..3e9ce4a3f73 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/accesscontrol.go
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ var (
 			Permissions: []accesscontrol.Permission{
 				{
 					Action: accesscontrol.ActionAlertingInstanceRead,
-					Scope:  dashboards.ScopeFoldersAll,
 				},
 				{
 					Action: accesscontrol.ActionAlertingInstancesExternalRead,