diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/assistant_functions/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/assistant_functions/index.ts
index 6a65e6126ff22..1dff57cef6602 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/assistant_functions/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/assistant_functions/index.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ export function registerAssistantFunctions({
       ruleDataClient,
       plugins,
       getApmIndices: async () => {
-        const coreContext = await resources.context.core;
-        const apmIndices = await plugins.apmDataAccess.setup.getApmIndices(
-          coreContext.savedObjects.client
-        );
+        const apmIndices = await plugins.apmDataAccess.setup.getApmIndices();
         return apmIndices;
       },
     };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/plugin.ts
index 1142a5c69a51f..de49ebcebf8b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/plugin.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { registerAssistantFunctions } from './assistant_functions';
 import { registerDeprecations } from './deprecations';
 import { APM_FEATURE, registerFeaturesUsage } from './feature';
 import { createApmTelemetry } from './lib/apm_telemetry';
-import { getInternalSavedObjectsClient } from './lib/helpers/get_internal_saved_objects_client';
 import {
   APM_RULE_TYPE_ALERT_CONTEXT,
   apmRuleTypeAlertFieldMap,
@@ -115,13 +114,6 @@ export class APMPlugin
       };
     }) as APMRouteHandlerResources['plugins'];
 
-    const apmIndicesPromise = (async () => {
-      const coreStart = await getCoreStart();
-      const soClient = await getInternalSavedObjectsClient(coreStart);
-      const { getApmIndices } = plugins.apmDataAccess;
-      return getApmIndices(soClient);
-    })();
-
     // This if else block will go away in favour of removing Home Tutorial Integration
     // Ideally we will directly register a custom integration and pass the configs
     // for cloud, onPrem and Serverless so that the actual component can take
@@ -129,7 +121,8 @@ export class APMPlugin
     if (currentConfig.serverlessOnboarding && plugins.customIntegrations) {
       plugins.customIntegrations?.registerCustomIntegration(apmTutorialCustomIntegration);
     } else {
-      apmIndicesPromise
+      plugins.apmDataAccess
+        .getApmIndices()
         .then((apmIndices) => {
           plugins.home?.tutorials.registerTutorial(
             tutorialProvider({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/apm_routes/register_apm_server_routes.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/apm_routes/register_apm_server_routes.ts
index 5a2af3e7dc066..4792223610bb6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/apm_routes/register_apm_server_routes.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/apm_routes/register_apm_server_routes.ts
@@ -109,10 +109,7 @@ export function registerRoutes({
         );
 
         const getApmIndices = async () => {
-          const coreContext = await context.core;
-          const apmIndices = await plugins.apmDataAccess.setup.getApmIndices(
-            coreContext.savedObjects.client
-          );
+          const apmIndices = await plugins.apmDataAccess.setup.getApmIndices();
           return apmIndices;
         };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/assistant_functions/get_observability_alert_details_context/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/assistant_functions/get_observability_alert_details_context/index.ts
index 84e51675233c9..f28e3f9df8570 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/assistant_functions/get_observability_alert_details_context/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/assistant_functions/get_observability_alert_details_context/index.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ export const getAlertDetailsContextHandler = (
   return async (requestContext, query) => {
     const resources = {
       getApmIndices: async () => {
-        const coreContext = await requestContext.core;
-        return resourcePlugins.apmDataAccess.setup.getApmIndices(coreContext.savedObjects.client);
+        return resourcePlugins.apmDataAccess.setup.getApmIndices();
       },
       request: requestContext.request,
       params: { query: { _inspect: false } },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/fleet/register_fleet_policy_callbacks.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/fleet/register_fleet_policy_callbacks.ts
index 2237548f2d325..9d00c50b4ab48 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/fleet/register_fleet_policy_callbacks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/fleet/register_fleet_policy_callbacks.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { Logger, CoreStart, SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import { Logger, CoreStart } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import {
   FleetStartContract,
   PostPackagePolicyCreateCallback,
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   SOURCE_MAP_API_KEY_PATH,
 } from './get_package_policy_decorators';
 import { createInternalESClient } from '../../lib/helpers/create_es_client/create_internal_es_client';
-import { getInternalSavedObjectsClient } from '../../lib/helpers/get_internal_saved_objects_client';
 import { APMRouteHandlerResources } from '../apm_routes/register_apm_server_routes';
 
 export async function registerFleetPolicyCallbacks({
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ function onPackagePolicyCreateOrUpdate({
   coreStart,
 }: {
   fleetPluginStart: FleetStartContract;
-  getApmIndices: (soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) => Promise<APMIndices>;
+  getApmIndices: () => Promise<APMIndices>;
   coreStart: CoreStart;
 }): PutPackagePolicyUpdateCallback & PostPackagePolicyCreateCallback {
   return async (packagePolicy) => {
@@ -158,8 +157,7 @@ function onPackagePolicyCreateOrUpdate({
     }
 
     const { asInternalUser } = coreStart.elasticsearch.client;
-    const savedObjectsClient = await getInternalSavedObjectsClient(coreStart);
-    const apmIndices = await getApmIndices(savedObjectsClient);
+    const apmIndices = await getApmIndices();
 
     const internalESClient = await createInternalESClient({
       debug: false,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/kibana.jsonc
index 51968be90cb7d..9d80dcd71ce93 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/kibana.jsonc
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
     "requiredPlugins": [
       "data"
     ],
-    "optionalPlugins": [
-      "security"
-    ],
+    "optionalPlugins": [],
     "requiredBundles": []
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/index.ts
index 6b6385ded4ce4..7afaa656591c4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/index.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ export type {
   APMEventESSearchRequest,
   APMLogEventESSearchRequest,
   DocumentSourcesRequest,
-  ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck,
   HostNamesRequest,
   GetDocumentTypeParams,
 } from './types';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/lib/check_privileges.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/lib/check_privileges.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b8e734a10b4e..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/lib/check_privileges.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
- * 2.0.
- */
-
-import { KibanaRequest } from '@kbn/core-http-server';
-import { SecurityPluginStart } from '@kbn/security-plugin-types-server';
-import { mapValues } from 'lodash';
-import { APMIndices } from '..';
-
-export interface ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck {
-  request: KibanaRequest;
-  security?: SecurityPluginStart;
-  getApmIndices: () => Promise<APMIndices>;
-}
-
-export async function checkPrivileges({
-  request,
-  getApmIndices,
-  security,
-}: ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck) {
-  const authorization = security?.authz;
-  if (!authorization) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  const [apmIndices, checkPrivilegesFn] = await Promise.all([
-    getApmIndices(),
-    authorization.checkPrivilegesDynamicallyWithRequest(request),
-  ]);
-
-  const { hasAllRequested } = await checkPrivilegesFn({
-    elasticsearch: {
-      cluster: [],
-      index: mapValues(apmIndices, () => ['read']),
-    },
-  });
-
-  return hasAllRequested;
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/plugin.ts
index 680079d080c82..6bf684985583a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/plugin.ts
@@ -5,32 +5,19 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import {
-  PluginInitializerContext,
-  CoreSetup,
-  CoreStart,
-  Plugin,
-  SavedObjectsClientContract,
-  Logger,
-} from '@kbn/core/server';
+import { PluginInitializerContext, CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { APMDataAccessConfig } from '.';
-import {
-  ApmDataAccessPluginSetup,
-  ApmDataAccessPluginStart,
-  ApmDataAccessServerDependencies,
-} from './types';
+import { ApmDataAccessPluginSetup, ApmDataAccessPluginStart } from './types';
 import { migrateLegacyAPMIndicesToSpaceAware } from './saved_objects/migrations/migrate_legacy_apm_indices_to_space_aware';
 import {
   apmIndicesSavedObjectDefinition,
   getApmIndicesSavedObject,
 } from './saved_objects/apm_indices';
 import { getServices } from './services/get_services';
-import { ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck, checkPrivileges } from './lib/check_privileges';
 
 export class ApmDataAccessPlugin
   implements Plugin<ApmDataAccessPluginSetup, ApmDataAccessPluginStart>
 {
-  public server?: ApmDataAccessServerDependencies;
   public config: APMDataAccessConfig;
   public logger: Logger;
 
@@ -39,45 +26,34 @@ export class ApmDataAccessPlugin
     this.logger = initContext.logger.get();
   }
 
-  getApmIndices = async (savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) => {
-    const apmIndicesFromSavedObject = await getApmIndicesSavedObject(savedObjectsClient);
-    return { ...this.config.indices, ...apmIndicesFromSavedObject };
-  };
-
   public setup(core: CoreSetup): ApmDataAccessPluginSetup {
     // register saved object
     core.savedObjects.registerType(apmIndicesSavedObjectDefinition);
 
+    const getApmIndices = async () => {
+      const [coreStart] = await core.getStartServices();
+      const soClient = await coreStart.savedObjects.createInternalRepository();
+
+      const apmIndicesFromSavedObject = await getApmIndicesSavedObject(soClient);
+      return { ...this.config.indices, ...apmIndicesFromSavedObject };
+    };
+
     // expose
     return {
       apmIndicesFromConfigFile: this.config.indices,
-      getApmIndices: this.getApmIndices,
+      getApmIndices,
       getServices,
     };
   }
 
-  public start(core: CoreStart, plugins: ApmDataAccessServerDependencies) {
+  public start(core: CoreStart) {
     // TODO: remove in 9.0
     migrateLegacyAPMIndicesToSpaceAware({ coreStart: core, logger: this.logger }).catch((e) => {
       this.logger.error('Failed to run migration making APM indices space aware');
       this.logger.error(e);
     });
 
-    const getApmIndicesWithInternalUserFn = async () => {
-      const soClient = core.savedObjects.createInternalRepository();
-      return this.getApmIndices(soClient);
-    };
-
-    const startServices = {
-      hasPrivileges: ({ request }: Pick<ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck, 'request'>) =>
-        checkPrivileges({
-          request,
-          getApmIndices: getApmIndicesWithInternalUserFn,
-          security: plugins.security,
-        }),
-    };
-
-    return { ...startServices };
+    return {};
   }
 
   public stop() {}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/types.ts
index f10c23c1fd994..968590e780ee8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/types.ts
@@ -5,28 +5,17 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server';
-import type { SecurityPluginStart } from '@kbn/security-plugin-types-server';
 import type { APMIndices } from '.';
 import { getServices } from './services/get_services';
-import type { ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck } from './lib/check_privileges';
 
 export interface ApmDataAccessPluginSetup {
   apmIndicesFromConfigFile: APMIndices;
-  getApmIndices: (soClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) => Promise<APMIndices>;
+  getApmIndices: () => Promise<APMIndices>;
   getServices: typeof getServices;
 }
 
-export interface ApmDataAccessServerDependencies {
-  security?: SecurityPluginStart;
-}
-
-export interface ApmDataAccessPluginStart {
-  hasPrivileges: (params: Pick<ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck, 'request'>) => Promise<boolean>;
-}
-export interface ApmDataAccessServerDependencies {
-  security?: SecurityPluginStart;
-}
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
+export interface ApmDataAccessPluginStart {}
 
 export type ApmDataAccessServices = ReturnType<typeof getServices>;
 export type { ApmDataAccessServicesParams } from './services/get_services';
@@ -38,4 +27,3 @@ export type {
   APMEventESSearchRequest,
   APMLogEventESSearchRequest,
 } from './lib/helpers';
-export type { ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/tsconfig.json
index d4c38fddf967e..f7ac83af0922e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "@kbn/config-schema",
     "@kbn/core",
     "@kbn/i18n",
-    "@kbn/core-saved-objects-api-server",
     "@kbn/data-plugin",
     "@kbn/inspector-plugin",
     "@kbn/observability-plugin",
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@
     "@kbn/apm-types",
     "@kbn/core-http-server-mocks",
     "@kbn/apm-utils",
-    "@kbn/core-http-server",
-    "@kbn/security-plugin-types-server",
     "@kbn/utility-types",
     "@kbn/elastic-agent-utils",
     "@kbn/observability-utils-common"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/lib/helpers/get_apm_data_access_client.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/lib/helpers/get_apm_data_access_client.ts
index e99d57eb4d6c8..dcf63e01b7e93 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/lib/helpers/get_apm_data_access_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/lib/helpers/get_apm_data_access_client.ts
@@ -27,23 +27,17 @@ export const getApmDataAccessClient = ({
   context: InfraPluginRequestHandlerContext;
   request: KibanaRequest;
 }) => {
-  const hasPrivileges = async () => {
-    const apmDataAccessStart = await libs.plugins.apmDataAccess.start();
-    return apmDataAccessStart.hasPrivileges({ request });
-  };
-
   const getServices = async () => {
     const apmDataAccess = libs.plugins.apmDataAccess.setup;
 
     const coreContext = await context.core;
 
-    const { savedObjects, uiSettings, elasticsearch } = coreContext;
-    const savedObjectsClient = savedObjects.client;
+    const { uiSettings, elasticsearch } = coreContext;
     const esClient = elasticsearch.client.asCurrentUser;
     const uiSettingsClient = uiSettings.client;
 
     const [apmIndices, includeFrozen] = await Promise.all([
-      apmDataAccess.getApmIndices(savedObjectsClient),
+      apmDataAccess.getApmIndices(),
       uiSettingsClient.get<boolean>(UI_SETTINGS.SEARCH_INCLUDE_FROZEN),
     ]);
 
@@ -86,5 +80,5 @@ export const getApmDataAccessClient = ({
     };
   };
 
-  return { hasPrivileges, getServices };
+  return { getServices };
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/index.ts
index 1b720eeb31869..3f91a034c8103 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/index.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@ export const initInfraAssetRoutes = (libs: InfraBackendLibs) => {
 
       try {
         const apmDataAccessClient = getApmDataAccessClient({ request, libs, context });
-        const hasApmPrivileges = await apmDataAccessClient.hasPrivileges();
 
         const [infraMetricsClient, alertsClient, apmDataAccessServices] = await Promise.all([
           getInfraMetricsClient({ request, libs, context }),
           getInfraAlertsClient({ libs, request }),
-          hasApmPrivileges ? apmDataAccessClient.getServices() : undefined,
+          apmDataAccessClient.getServices(),
         ]);
 
         const hosts = await getHosts({
@@ -97,11 +96,10 @@ export const initInfraAssetRoutes = (libs: InfraBackendLibs) => {
 
       try {
         const apmDataAccessClient = getApmDataAccessClient({ request, libs, context });
-        const hasApmPrivileges = await apmDataAccessClient.hasPrivileges();
 
         const [infraMetricsClient, apmDataAccessServices] = await Promise.all([
           getInfraMetricsClient({ request, libs, context }),
-          hasApmPrivileges ? apmDataAccessClient.getServices() : undefined,
+          apmDataAccessClient.getServices(),
         ]);
 
         const count = await getHostsCount({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/helpers/query.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/helpers/query.ts
index 570c1499f3b74..52da69cd7c008 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/helpers/query.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/helpers/query.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { findInventoryModel } from '@kbn/metrics-data-access-plugin/common';
 import { termQuery } from '@kbn/observability-plugin/server';
 import { ApmDocumentType, type TimeRangeMetadata } from '@kbn/apm-data-access-plugin/common';
 import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import { castArray } from 'lodash';
 import type { ApmDataAccessServicesWrapper } from '../../../../lib/helpers/get_apm_data_access_client';
 import {
   EVENT_MODULE,
@@ -17,12 +18,16 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 import type { InfraAssetMetricType } from '../../../../../common/http_api/infra';
 
-export const getFilterByIntegration = (integration: typeof SYSTEM_INTEGRATION) => {
+export const getFilterByIntegration = (
+  integration: typeof SYSTEM_INTEGRATION,
+  extraFilter: estypes.QueryDslQueryContainer[] = []
+) => {
   return {
     bool: {
       should: [
         ...termQuery(EVENT_MODULE, integration),
         ...termQuery(METRICSET_MODULE, integration),
+        ...extraFilter,
       ],
       minimum_should_match: 1,
     },
@@ -63,7 +68,6 @@ export const getDocumentsFilter = async ({
   from: number;
   to: number;
 }) => {
-  const filters: estypes.QueryDslQueryContainer[] = [getFilterByIntegration('system')];
   const apmDocumentsFilter =
     apmDataAccessServices && apmDocumentSources
       ? await getApmDocumentsFilter({
@@ -74,9 +78,9 @@ export const getDocumentsFilter = async ({
         })
       : undefined;
 
-  if (apmDocumentsFilter) {
-    filters.push(apmDocumentsFilter);
-  }
+  const filters: estypes.QueryDslQueryContainer[] = [
+    getFilterByIntegration('system', apmDocumentsFilter && castArray(apmDocumentsFilter)),
+  ];
 
   return filters;
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts.ts
index bb5bd51cfe1f9..63fef5d438b00 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const getHosts = async ({
   const [hostMetricsResponse, alertsCountResponse] = await Promise.all([
     getAllHosts({
       infraMetricsClient,
+      apmDataAccessServices,
       apmDocumentSources,
       from,
       to,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts_count.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts_count.ts
index 154fd8796520d..e36811ea5b87a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts_count.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_hosts_count.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ export async function getHostsCount({
 }) {
   assertQueryStructure(query);
 
+  const apmDocumentSources = await apmDataAccessServices?.getDocumentSources({
+    start: from,
+    end: to,
+  });
+
   const documentsFilter = await getDocumentsFilter({
     apmDataAccessServices,
+    apmDocumentSources,
     from,
     to,
   });
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ export async function getHostsCount({
       query: {
         bool: {
           filter: [query, ...rangeQuery(from, to)],
-          should: [...documentsFilter],
+          must: [...documentsFilter],
         },
       },
       aggs: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/types.ts
index 87679f24271d6..8f50d9eb89f13 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/types.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ import { InfraMetricsClient } from '../../../lib/helpers/get_infra_metrics_clien
 export interface GetHostParameters extends GetInfraMetricsRequestBodyPayload {
   infraMetricsClient: InfraMetricsClient;
   alertsClient: InfraAlertsClient;
-  apmDataAccessServices?: ApmDataAccessServicesWrapper;
+  apmDataAccessServices: ApmDataAccessServicesWrapper;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/services/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/services/index.ts
index 9673b31788487..bc6ce91e830ad 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/services/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/services/index.ts
@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@ export const initServicesRoute = (libs: InfraBackendLibs) => {
       const { from, to, size = 10, validatedFilters } = request.query;
 
       const apmDataAccessClient = getApmDataAccessClient({ request, libs, context });
-      const hasApmPrivileges = await apmDataAccessClient.hasPrivileges();
-
-      if (!hasApmPrivileges) {
-        return response.customError({
-          statusCode: 403,
-          body: {
-            message: 'APM data access service is not available',
-          },
-        });
-      }
 
       const apmDataAccessServices = await apmDataAccessClient.getServices();
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling/server/routes/apm.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling/server/routes/apm.ts
index 7ad001831c0e4..4d5a7cca0ff7f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling/server/routes/apm.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/profiling/server/routes/apm.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ export function registerTopNFunctionsAPMTransactionsRoute({
           });
         }
         const core = await context.core;
-        const { transaction: transactionIndices } = await apmDataAccess.getApmIndices(
-          core.savedObjects.client
-        );
+        const { transaction: transactionIndices } = await apmDataAccess.getApmIndices();
 
         const esClient = await getClient(context);