diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index 3ebbb720dc8..6f06156f0ae 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -249,7 +249,19 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerRoutes() {
 
 		// current org without requirement of user to be org admin
 		apiRoute.Group("/org", func(orgRoute routing.RouteRegister) {
-			orgRoute.Get("/users/lookup", authorize(reqOrgAdminFolderAdminOrTeamAdmin, ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionOrgUsersRead)), routing.Wrap(hs.GetOrgUsersForCurrentOrgLookup))
+			lookupEvaluator := func() ac.Evaluator {
+				if hs.Cfg.IsEnterprise {
+					return ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionOrgUsersRead)
+				}
+				// For oss we allow users with access to update permissions on either folders, teams or dashboards to perform the lookup
+				return ac.EvalAny(
+					ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionOrgUsersRead),
+					ac.EvalPermission(ac.ActionTeamsPermissionsWrite),
+					ac.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionDashboardsPermissionsWrite),
+					ac.EvalPermission(dashboards.ActionFoldersPermissionsWrite),
+				)
+			}
+			orgRoute.Get("/users/lookup", authorize(reqOrgAdminFolderAdminOrTeamAdmin, lookupEvaluator()), routing.Wrap(hs.GetOrgUsersForCurrentOrgLookup))
 		})
 
 		// create new org
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users.go
index 88b85dfbb1e..cf00e095141 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (ss *SQLStore) GetOrgUsers(ctx context.Context, query *models.GetOrgUsersQu
 		whereConditions = append(whereConditions, fmt.Sprintf("%s.is_service_account = ?", ss.Dialect.Quote("user")))
 		whereParams = append(whereParams, ss.Dialect.BooleanStr(false))
 
-		if !accesscontrol.IsDisabled(ss.Cfg) && query.User != nil {
+		if ss.Cfg.IsEnterprise && !accesscontrol.IsDisabled(ss.Cfg) && query.User != nil {
 			acFilter, err := accesscontrol.Filter(query.User, "org_user.user_id", "users:id:", accesscontrol.ActionOrgUsersRead)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users_test.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users_test.go
index b68eb0d17c3..1a6431ca88e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/org_users_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ func TestSQLStore_GetOrgUsers(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	store := InitTestDB(t, InitTestDBOpt{FeatureFlags: []string{featuremgmt.FlagAccesscontrol}})
+	store.Cfg.IsEnterprise = true
+	defer func() {
+		store.Cfg.IsEnterprise = false
+	}()
 	seedOrgUsers(t, store, 10)
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/AddPermission.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/AddPermission.tsx
index 5a9b38ba43a..8c17862ec7a 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/AddPermission.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/AddPermission.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
-import { Alert, Button, Form, HorizontalGroup, Input, Select } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, Form, HorizontalGroup, Select } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { CloseButton } from 'app/core/components/CloseButton/CloseButton';
 import { TeamPicker } from 'app/core/components/Select/TeamPicker';
 import { UserPicker } from 'app/core/components/Select/UserPicker';
@@ -12,20 +12,12 @@ export interface Props {
   title?: string;
   permissions: string[];
   assignments: Assignments;
-  canListUsers: boolean;
   onCancel: () => void;
   onAdd: (state: SetPermission) => void;
 }
 
-export const AddPermission = ({
-  title = 'Add Permission For',
-  permissions,
-  assignments,
-  canListUsers,
-  onAdd,
-  onCancel,
-}: Props) => {
-  const [target, setPermissionTarget] = useState<PermissionTarget>(PermissionTarget.User);
+export const AddPermission = ({ title = 'Add Permission For', permissions, assignments, onAdd, onCancel }: Props) => {
+  const [target, setPermissionTarget] = useState<PermissionTarget>(PermissionTarget.None);
   const [teamId, setTeamId] = useState(0);
   const [userId, setUserId] = useState(0);
   const [builtInRole, setBuiltinRole] = useState('');
@@ -33,8 +25,8 @@ export const AddPermission = ({
 
   const targetOptions = useMemo(() => {
     const options = [];
-    if (assignments.users && canListUsers) {
-      options.push({ value: PermissionTarget.User, label: 'User', isDisabled: false });
+    if (assignments.users) {
+      options.push({ value: PermissionTarget.User, label: 'User' });
     }
     if (assignments.teams) {
       options.push({ value: PermissionTarget.Team, label: 'Team' });
@@ -43,7 +35,7 @@ export const AddPermission = ({
       options.push({ value: PermissionTarget.BuiltInRole, label: 'Role' });
     }
     return options;
-  }, [assignments, canListUsers]);
+  }, [assignments]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (permissions.length > 0) {
@@ -56,22 +48,11 @@ export const AddPermission = ({
     (target === PermissionTarget.User && userId > 0) ||
     (PermissionTarget.BuiltInRole && OrgRole.hasOwnProperty(builtInRole));
 
-  const renderMissingListUserRights = () => {
-    return (
-      <Alert severity="info" title="Missing permission">
-        You are missing the permission to list users (org.users:read). Please contact your administrator to get this
-        resolved.
-      </Alert>
-    );
-  };
-
   return (
     <div className="cta-form" aria-label="Permissions slider">
       <CloseButton onClick={onCancel} />
       <h5>{title}</h5>
 
-      {target === PermissionTarget.User && !canListUsers && renderMissingListUserRights()}
-
       <Form
         name="addPermission"
         maxWidth="none"
@@ -87,10 +68,9 @@ export const AddPermission = ({
               disabled={targetOptions.length === 0}
             />
 
-            {target === PermissionTarget.User && canListUsers && (
+            {target === PermissionTarget.User && (
               <UserPicker onSelected={(u) => setUserId(u.value || 0)} className={'width-20'} />
             )}
-            {target === PermissionTarget.User && !canListUsers && <Input disabled={true} className={'width-20'} />}
 
             {target === PermissionTarget.Team && (
               <TeamPicker onSelected={(t) => setTeamId(t.value?.id || 0)} className={'width-20'} />
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/Permissions.tsx b/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/Permissions.tsx
index b7fb44aaefa..39446dedd47 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/Permissions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/Permissions.tsx
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export type Props = {
   addPermissionTitle?: string;
   resource: string;
   resourceId: ResourceId;
-
-  canListUsers: boolean;
   canSetPermissions: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ export const Permissions = ({
   buttonLabel = 'Add a permission',
   resource,
   resourceId,
-  canListUsers,
   canSetPermissions,
   addPermissionTitle,
 }: Props) => {
@@ -145,7 +142,6 @@ export const Permissions = ({
             onAdd={onAdd}
             permissions={desc.permissions}
             assignments={desc.assignments}
-            canListUsers={canListUsers}
             onCancel={() => setIsAdding(false)}
           />
         </SlideDown>
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/types.ts b/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/types.ts
index b6bba211c4c..e08589eefab 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/AccessControl/types.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export type SetPermission = {
 };
 
 export enum PermissionTarget {
+  None = 'None',
   Team = 'Team',
   User = 'User',
   BuiltInRole = 'builtInRole',
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardPermissions/AccessControlDashboardPermissions.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardPermissions/AccessControlDashboardPermissions.tsx
index 989786dec44..1a60995f3c2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardPermissions/AccessControlDashboardPermissions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardPermissions/AccessControlDashboardPermissions.tsx
@@ -11,15 +11,7 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 export const AccessControlDashboardPermissions = ({ dashboard }: Props) => {
-  const canListUsers = contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.OrgUsersRead);
   const canSetPermissions = contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.DashboardsPermissionsWrite);
 
-  return (
-    <Permissions
-      resource={'dashboards'}
-      resourceId={dashboard.uid}
-      canListUsers={canListUsers}
-      canSetPermissions={canSetPermissions}
-    />
-  );
+  return <Permissions resource={'dashboards'} resourceId={dashboard.uid} canSetPermissions={canSetPermissions} />;
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/folders/AccessControlFolderPermissions.tsx b/public/app/features/folders/AccessControlFolderPermissions.tsx
index 376d3ff6f09..7e5e1b4d3e5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/folders/AccessControlFolderPermissions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/folders/AccessControlFolderPermissions.tsx
@@ -33,18 +33,12 @@ export const AccessControlFolderPermissions = ({ uid, getFolderByUid, navModel }
     getFolderByUid(uid);
   }, [getFolderByUid, uid]);
 
-  const canListUsers = contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.OrgUsersRead);
   const canSetPermissions = contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.FoldersPermissionsWrite);
 
   return (
     <Page navModel={navModel}>
       <Page.Contents>
-        <Permissions
-          resource="folders"
-          resourceId={uid}
-          canListUsers={canListUsers}
-          canSetPermissions={canSetPermissions}
-        />
+        <Permissions resource="folders" resourceId={uid} canSetPermissions={canSetPermissions} />
       </Page.Contents>
     </Page>
   );
diff --git a/public/app/features/teams/TeamPermissions.tsx b/public/app/features/teams/TeamPermissions.tsx
index 7dce1fef56f..51a17bc388e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/teams/TeamPermissions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/teams/TeamPermissions.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ type TeamPermissionsProps = {
 
 // TeamPermissions component replaces TeamMembers component when the accesscontrol feature flag is set
 const TeamPermissions = (props: TeamPermissionsProps) => {
-  const canListUsers = contextSrv.hasPermission(AccessControlAction.OrgUsersRead);
   const canSetPermissions = contextSrv.hasPermissionInMetadata(
     AccessControlAction.ActionTeamsPermissionsWrite,
     props.team
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ const TeamPermissions = (props: TeamPermissionsProps) => {
       buttonLabel="Add member"
       resource="teams"
       resourceId={props.team.id}
-      canListUsers={canListUsers}
       canSetPermissions={canSetPermissions}
     />
   );