diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/models.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/models.go
index e3b4cf4bca1..4df6dc95153 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/models.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/models.go
@@ -399,27 +399,6 @@ type DashboardACLInfoDTO struct {
 	Inherited      bool                           `json:"inherited"`
 }
 
-func (dto *DashboardACLInfoDTO) hasSameRoleAs(other *DashboardACLInfoDTO) bool {
-	if dto.Role == nil || other.Role == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return dto.UserID <= 0 && dto.TeamID <= 0 && dto.UserID == other.UserID && dto.TeamID == other.TeamID && *dto.Role == *other.Role
-}
-
-func (dto *DashboardACLInfoDTO) hasSameUserAs(other *DashboardACLInfoDTO) bool {
-	return dto.UserID > 0 && dto.UserID == other.UserID
-}
-
-func (dto *DashboardACLInfoDTO) hasSameTeamAs(other *DashboardACLInfoDTO) bool {
-	return dto.TeamID > 0 && dto.TeamID == other.TeamID
-}
-
-// IsDuplicateOf returns true if other item has same role, same user or same team
-func (dto *DashboardACLInfoDTO) IsDuplicateOf(other *DashboardACLInfoDTO) bool {
-	return dto.hasSameRoleAs(other) || dto.hasSameUserAs(other) || dto.hasSameTeamAs(other)
-}
-
 type FindPersistedDashboardsQuery struct {
 	Title         string
 	OrgId         int64
diff --git a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/database/store.go b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/database/store.go
index 5621f5743a8..581626a3d2a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/database/store.go
+++ b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/database/store.go
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ func serviceAccountDeletions(dialect migrator.Dialect) []string {
 		"DELETE FROM star WHERE user_id = ?",
 		"DELETE FROM " + dialect.Quote("user") + " WHERE id = ?",
 		"DELETE FROM org_user WHERE user_id = ?",
-		"DELETE FROM dashboard_acl WHERE user_id = ?",
 		"DELETE FROM preferences WHERE user_id = ?",
 		"DELETE FROM team_member WHERE user_id = ?",
 		"DELETE FROM user_auth WHERE user_id = ?",
diff --git a/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go b/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go
index 0a350461b65..e2139c80b57 100644
--- a/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go
+++ b/pkg/services/stats/statsimpl/stats.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboardaccess"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/libraryelements/model"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/org"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrator"
@@ -93,27 +92,6 @@ func (ss *sqlStatsService) GetSystemStats(ctx context.Context, query *stats.GetS
 		sb.Write(`(SELECT MAX(LENGTH(data)) FROM `+dialect.Quote("dashboard")+` WHERE is_folder = ?) AS dashboard_bytes_max,`, dialect.BooleanStr(false))
 		sb.Write(`(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM `+dialect.Quote("dashboard")+` WHERE is_folder = ?) AS folders,`, dialect.BooleanStr(true))
 
-		sb.Write(`(
-		SELECT COUNT(acl.id)
-		FROM `+dialect.Quote("dashboard_acl")+` AS acl
-			INNER JOIN `+dialect.Quote("dashboard")+` AS d
-			ON d.id = acl.dashboard_id
-		WHERE d.is_folder = ?
-	) AS dashboard_permissions,`, dialect.BooleanStr(false))
-
-		sb.Write(`(
-		SELECT COUNT(acl.id)
-		FROM `+dialect.Quote("dashboard_acl")+` AS acl
-			INNER JOIN `+dialect.Quote("dashboard")+` AS d
-			ON d.id = acl.dashboard_id
-		WHERE d.is_folder = ?
-	) AS folder_permissions,`, dialect.BooleanStr(true))
-
-		sb.Write(viewersPermissionsCounterSQL(ss.db, "dashboards_viewers_can_edit", false, dashboardaccess.PERMISSION_EDIT))
-		sb.Write(viewersPermissionsCounterSQL(ss.db, "dashboards_viewers_can_admin", false, dashboardaccess.PERMISSION_ADMIN))
-		sb.Write(viewersPermissionsCounterSQL(ss.db, "folders_viewers_can_edit", true, dashboardaccess.PERMISSION_EDIT))
-		sb.Write(viewersPermissionsCounterSQL(ss.db, "folders_viewers_can_admin", true, dashboardaccess.PERMISSION_ADMIN))
-
 		sb.Write(`(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM ` + dialect.Quote("dashboard_provisioning") + `) AS provisioned_dashboards,`)
 		sb.Write(`(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM ` + dialect.Quote("dashboard_snapshot") + `) AS snapshots,`)
 		sb.Write(`(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM ` + dialect.Quote("dashboard_version") + `) AS dashboard_versions,`)
@@ -169,19 +147,6 @@ func (ss *sqlStatsService) roleCounterSQL(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return sqlQuery
 }
 
-func viewersPermissionsCounterSQL(db db.DB, statName string, isFolder bool, permission dashboardaccess.PermissionType) string {
-	dialect := db.GetDialect()
-	return `(
-		SELECT COUNT(*)
-		FROM ` + dialect.Quote("dashboard_acl") + ` AS acl
-			INNER JOIN ` + dialect.Quote("dashboard") + ` AS d
-			ON d.id = acl.dashboard_id
-		WHERE acl.role = '` + string(org.RoleViewer) + `'
-			AND d.is_folder = ` + dialect.BooleanStr(isFolder) + `
-			AND acl.permission = ` + strconv.FormatInt(int64(permission), 10) + `
-	) AS ` + statName + `, `
-}
-
 func (ss *sqlStatsService) GetAdminStats(ctx context.Context, query *stats.GetAdminStatsQuery) (result *stats.AdminStats, err error) {
 	err = ss.db.WithDbSession(ctx, func(dbSession *db.Session) error {
 		dialect := ss.db.GetDialect()