diff --git a/pkg/services/store/config.go b/pkg/services/store/config.go
index 3864397674d..206cfb7112a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/config.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/config.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type StorageGitConfig struct {
 
 type StorageSQLConfig struct {
 	// SQLStorage will prefix all paths with orgId for isolation between orgs
-	orgId int64
 }
 
 type StorageS3Config struct {
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/service.go b/pkg/services/store/service.go
index 6278719602e..dbbf505d1b8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/service.go
@@ -85,29 +85,37 @@ type standardStorageService struct {
 
 func ProvideService(sql *sqlstore.SQLStore, features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles, cfg *setting.Cfg) StorageService {
 	globalRoots := []storageRuntime{
-		newDiskStorage(RootPublicStatic, "Public static files", &StorageLocalDiskConfig{
-			Path: cfg.StaticRootPath,
-			Roots: []string{
-				"/testdata/",
-				"/img/",
-				"/gazetteer/",
-				"/maps/",
+		newDiskStorage(RootStorageConfig{
+			Prefix:      RootPublicStatic,
+			Name:        "Public static files",
+			Description: "Access files from the static public files",
+			Disk: &StorageLocalDiskConfig{
+				Path: cfg.StaticRootPath,
+				Roots: []string{
+					"/testdata/",
+					"/img/",
+					"/gazetteer/",
+					"/maps/",
+				},
 			},
-		}).setReadOnly(true).setBuiltin(true).
-			setDescription("Access files from the static public files"),
+		}).setReadOnly(true).setBuiltin(true),
 	}
 
 	// Development dashboards
 	if setting.Env != setting.Prod {
 		devenv := filepath.Join(cfg.StaticRootPath, "..", "devenv")
 		if _, err := os.Stat(devenv); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			// path/to/whatever exists
-			s := newDiskStorage(RootDevenv, "Development Environment", &StorageLocalDiskConfig{
-				Path: devenv,
-				Roots: []string{
-					"/dev-dashboards/",
-				},
-			}).setReadOnly(false).setDescription("Explore files within the developer environment directly")
+			s := newDiskStorage(RootStorageConfig{
+				Prefix:      RootDevenv,
+				Name:        "Development Environment",
+				Description: "Explore files within the developer environment directly",
+				Disk: &StorageLocalDiskConfig{
+					Path: devenv,
+					Roots: []string{
+						"/dev-dashboards/",
+					},
+				}}).setReadOnly(false)
+
 			globalRoots = append(globalRoots, s)
 		}
 	}
@@ -119,17 +127,17 @@ func ProvideService(sql *sqlstore.SQLStore, features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles,
 		storages = append(storages,
 			newSQLStorage(RootResources,
 				"Resources",
-				&StorageSQLConfig{orgId: orgId}, sql).
-				setBuiltin(true).
-				setDescription("Upload custom resource files"))
+				"Upload custom resource files",
+				&StorageSQLConfig{}, sql, orgId).
+				setBuiltin(true))
 
 		// System settings
 		storages = append(storages,
 			newSQLStorage(RootSystem,
 				"System",
-				&StorageSQLConfig{orgId: orgId},
-				sql,
-			).setBuiltin(true).setDescription("Grafana system storage"))
+				"Grafana system storage",
+				&StorageSQLConfig{}, sql, orgId).
+				setBuiltin(true))
 
 		return storages
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/service_test.go b/pkg/services/store/service_test.go
index 597d6a6bf93..916ae84e430 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/service_test.go
@@ -32,17 +32,20 @@ var (
 		}
 	})
 	publicRoot, _            = filepath.Abs("../../../public")
-	publicStaticFilesStorage = newDiskStorage("public", "Public static files", &StorageLocalDiskConfig{
-		Path: publicRoot,
-		Roots: []string{
-			"/testdata/",
-			"/img/icons/",
-			"/img/bg/",
-			"/gazetteer/",
-			"/maps/",
-			"/upload/",
-		},
-	}).setReadOnly(true).setBuiltin(true)
+	publicStaticFilesStorage = newDiskStorage(RootStorageConfig{
+		Prefix: "public",
+		Name:   "Public static files",
+		Disk: &StorageLocalDiskConfig{
+			Path: publicRoot,
+			Roots: []string{
+				"/testdata/",
+				"/img/icons/",
+				"/img/bg/",
+				"/gazetteer/",
+				"/maps/",
+				"/upload/",
+			},
+		}}).setReadOnly(true).setBuiltin(true)
 )
 
 func TestListFiles(t *testing.T) {
@@ -82,7 +85,12 @@ func setupUploadStore(t *testing.T, authService storageAuthService) (StorageServ
 	t.Helper()
 	storageName := "resources"
 	mockStorage := &filestorage.MockFileStorage{}
-	sqlStorage := newSQLStorage(storageName, "Testing upload", &StorageSQLConfig{orgId: 1}, sqlstore.InitTestDB(t))
+	sqlStorage := newSQLStorage(
+		storageName, "Testing upload", "dummy descr",
+		&StorageSQLConfig{},
+		sqlstore.InitTestDB(t),
+		1, // orgID (prefix init)
+	)
 	sqlStorage.store = mockStorage
 
 	if authService == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/storage_disk.go b/pkg/services/store/storage_disk.go
index 78955451da7..c7a523161ad 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/storage_disk.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/storage_disk.go
@@ -18,20 +18,18 @@ type rootStorageDisk struct {
 	settings *StorageLocalDiskConfig
 }
 
-func newDiskStorage(prefix string, name string, cfg *StorageLocalDiskConfig) *rootStorageDisk {
+func newDiskStorage(scfg RootStorageConfig) *rootStorageDisk {
+	cfg := scfg.Disk
 	if cfg == nil {
 		cfg = &StorageLocalDiskConfig{}
+		scfg.Disk = cfg
 	}
+	scfg.Type = rootStorageTypeDisk
 
 	meta := RootStorageMeta{
-		Config: RootStorageConfig{
-			Type:   rootStorageTypeDisk,
-			Prefix: prefix,
-			Name:   name,
-			Disk:   cfg,
-		},
+		Config: scfg,
 	}
-	if prefix == "" {
+	if scfg.Prefix == "" {
 		meta.Notice = append(meta.Notice, data.Notice{
 			Severity: data.NoticeSeverityError,
 			Text:     "Missing prefix",
@@ -43,13 +41,14 @@ func newDiskStorage(prefix string, name string, cfg *StorageLocalDiskConfig) *ro
 			Text:     "Missing path configuration",
 		})
 	}
+
 	s := &rootStorageDisk{}
 
 	if meta.Notice == nil {
 		path := fmt.Sprintf("file://%s", cfg.Path)
 		bucket, err := blob.OpenBucket(context.Background(), path)
 		if err != nil {
-			grafanaStorageLogger.Warn("error loading storage", "prefix", prefix, "err", err)
+			grafanaStorageLogger.Warn("error loading storage", "prefix", scfg.Prefix, "err", err)
 			meta.Notice = append(meta.Notice, data.Notice{
 				Severity: data.NoticeSeverityError,
 				Text:     "Failed to initialize storage",
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/storage_sql.go b/pkg/services/store/storage_sql.go
index e2e4f3ac79a..ecfb3652192 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/storage_sql.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/storage_sql.go
@@ -28,17 +28,18 @@ func getDbStoragePathPrefix(orgId int64, storageName string) string {
 	return filestorage.Join(fmt.Sprintf("%d", orgId), storageName+filestorage.Delimiter)
 }
 
-func newSQLStorage(prefix string, name string, cfg *StorageSQLConfig, sql *sqlstore.SQLStore) *rootStorageSQL {
+func newSQLStorage(prefix string, name string, descr string, cfg *StorageSQLConfig, sql *sqlstore.SQLStore, orgId int64) *rootStorageSQL {
 	if cfg == nil {
 		cfg = &StorageSQLConfig{}
 	}
 
 	meta := RootStorageMeta{
 		Config: RootStorageConfig{
-			Type:   rootStorageTypeSQL,
-			Prefix: prefix,
-			Name:   name,
-			SQL:    cfg,
+			Type:        rootStorageTypeSQL,
+			Prefix:      prefix,
+			Name:        name,
+			Description: descr,
+			SQL:         cfg,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func newSQLStorage(prefix string, name string, cfg *StorageSQLConfig, sql *sqlst
 	s := &rootStorageSQL{}
 	s.store = filestorage.NewDbStorage(
 		grafanaStorageLogger,
-		sql, nil, getDbStoragePathPrefix(cfg.orgId, prefix))
+		sql, nil, getDbStoragePathPrefix(orgId, prefix))
 
 	meta.Ready = true
 	s.meta = meta
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/types.go b/pkg/services/store/types.go
index c076a60e7d0..20c345fd1f3 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/types.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/types.go
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ func (t *baseStorageRuntime) setBuiltin(val bool) *baseStorageRuntime {
 	return t
 }
 
-func (t *baseStorageRuntime) setDescription(v string) *baseStorageRuntime {
-	t.meta.Config.Description = v
-	return t
-}
-
 type RootStorageMeta struct {
 	ReadOnly bool          `json:"editable,omitempty"`
 	Builtin  bool          `json:"builtin,omitempty"`