diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
index ba5baf9e87..0765a35a29 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -395,6 +395,28 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the content dashboard should be available to all users.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        ///     <c>true</c> if the dashboard is visible for all user groups; otherwise, <c>false</c>
+        ///     and the default access rules for that dashboard will be in use.
+        /// </value>
+        public bool AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    return bool.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[Constants.AppSettings.AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers]);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
 
         /// <summary>
         /// An int value representing the time in milliseconds to lock the database for a write operation
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/IGlobalSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/IGlobalSettings.cs
index 483829f85f..6016de2917 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/IGlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/IGlobalSettings.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@
         /// </summary>
         bool UseHttps { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the content dashboard should be available to all users.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        ///     <c>true</c> if the dashboard is visible for all user groups; otherwise, <c>false</c>
+        ///     and the default access rules for that dashboard will be in use.
+        /// </value>
+        bool AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a string value to determine if umbraco should skip version-checking.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-AppSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-AppSettings.cs
index f04f0e1f5f..1f096ab9f9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-AppSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-AppSettings.cs
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
             /// </summary>
             public const string UseHttps = "Umbraco.Core.UseHttps";
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// A true/false value indicating whether the content dashboard should be visible for all user groups.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers = "Umbraco.Core.AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers";
+
             /// <summary>
             /// TODO: FILL ME IN
             /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 7fb27deb7e..eb6649a7c4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@
       <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
       <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
-    <Content Include="Config\content.dashboard.access.config.js" />
     <Content Include="Config\grid.editors.config.js" />
     <Content Include="Config\Lang\cs-CZ.user.xml" />
     <Content Include="Config\Lang\da-DK.user.xml" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/content.dashboard.access.config.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/content.dashboard.access.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 93c727d85a..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/content.dashboard.access.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-[
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "admin"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "editor"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "sensitiveData"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "translator"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "writer"
-    }
-]
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
index 03f462fb9e..ae141e5408 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         <add key="Umbraco.Core.TimeOutInMinutes" value="20" />
         <add key="Umbraco.Core.DefaultUILanguage" value="en-US" />
         <add key="Umbraco.Core.UseHttps" value="false" />
+        <add key="Umbraco.Core.AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers" value="true"/>
 
         <add key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode" value="None" />
         <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />