diff --git a/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/BUILD.bazel
index c4f2eb10cb4..404b41ddd5a 100644
--- a/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/BUILD.bazel
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//internal/authz",
         "//internal/service",
         "//internal/service/svcmain",
     ],
diff --git a/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/osscmd.go b/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/osscmd.go
index e459055cdf9..9c6ee957a07 100644
--- a/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/osscmd.go
+++ b/cmd/sourcegraph/osscmd/osscmd.go
@@ -3,18 +3,11 @@
 package osscmd
 
 import (
-	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/authz"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/service"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/service/svcmain"
 )
 
-var config = svcmain.Config{
-	AfterConfigure: func() {
-		// Set dummy authz provider to unblock channel for checking permissions in GraphQL APIs.
-		// See https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/issues/3847 for details.
-		authz.SetProviders(true, []authz.Provider{})
-	},
-}
+var config = svcmain.Config{}
 
 // MainOSS is called from the `main` function of the `cmd/sourcegraph` command.
 func MainOSS(services []service.Service, args []string) {