diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts
index ecdaa1e938..c8fa0e7bbf 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/permissions/permissionsServiceFactory.ts
@@ -31,14 +31,12 @@ export const permissionsServiceFactory = createServiceFactory({
     config: coreServices.rootConfig,
     discovery: coreServices.discovery,
     tokenManager: coreServices.tokenManager,
-    pluginMetadata: coreServices.pluginMetadata,
   },
-  async factory({ auth, config, discovery, tokenManager, pluginMetadata }) {
+  async factory({ auth, config, discovery, tokenManager }) {
     return ServerPermissionClient.fromConfig(config, {
       auth,
       discovery,
       tokenManager,
-      pluginId: pluginMetadata.getId(),
     });
   },
 });
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md b/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
index fab3bc7742..7d2910d391 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/api-report.md
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
       discovery: DiscoveryService;
       tokenManager: TokenManager;
       auth?: AuthService;
-      pluginId?: string;
     },
   ): ServerPermissionClient;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.test.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.test.ts
index 68c675745a..9becad4d7b 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.test.ts
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ describe('ServerPermissionClient', () => {
         discovery,
         tokenManager: mockServices.tokenManager(),
         auth: mockServices.auth(),
-        pluginId: 'test',
       });
 
       // no restrictions for the given plugin
diff --git a/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts b/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts
index 2c2ccefbf4..6e3901d65b 100644
--- a/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/permission-node/src/ServerPermissionClient.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
   readonly #auth: AuthService;
   readonly #permissionClient: PermissionClient;
   readonly #permissionEnabled: boolean;
-  readonly #pluginId?: string;
 
   static fromConfig(
     config: Config,
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
       discovery: DiscoveryService;
       tokenManager: TokenManager;
       auth?: AuthService;
-      pluginId?: string;
     },
   ) {
     const { discovery, tokenManager } = options;
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
       auth,
       permissionClient,
       permissionEnabled,
-      pluginId: options.pluginId,
     });
   }
 
@@ -86,12 +83,10 @@ export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
     auth: AuthService;
     permissionClient: PermissionClient;
     permissionEnabled: boolean;
-    pluginId?: string;
   }) {
     this.#auth = options.auth;
     this.#permissionClient = options.permissionClient;
     this.#permissionEnabled = options.permissionEnabled;
-    this.#pluginId = options.pluginId;
   }
 
   async authorizeConditional(
@@ -164,12 +159,10 @@ export class ServerPermissionClient implements PermissionsService {
     // Bail out to the old behavior if
     // - the principal is not a service
     // - the principal was apparently unrestricted
-    // - we are in legacy mode because nobody passed in a plugin ID
     const credentials = options.credentials;
     if (
       !this.#auth.isPrincipal(credentials, 'service') ||
-      !credentials.principal.accessRestrictions ||
-      !this.#pluginId
+      !credentials.principal.accessRestrictions
     ) {
       return undefined;
     }