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 7e93a5f3c3324..0b7dc2811dc09 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/plugin.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 } from './routes/alerts/register_apm_rule_types';
 import { registerFleetPolicyCallbacks } from './routes/fleet/register_fleet_policy_callbacks';
 import { createApmTelemetry } from './lib/apm_telemetry';
-import { getInternalSavedObjectsClient } from './lib/helpers/get_internal_saved_objects_client';
 import { createApmAgentConfigurationIndex } from './routes/settings/agent_configuration/create_agent_config_index';
 import { createApmCustomLinkIndex } from './routes/settings/custom_link/create_custom_link_index';
 import {
@@ -114,13 +113,6 @@ 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
@@ -128,7 +120,8 @@ 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/lib/check_privileges.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/lib/check_privileges.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7da8a32845ad0..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/server/lib/check_privileges.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +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({
-    kibana: [security.authz.actions.app.get('apm:read')],
-    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..114f6364978f3 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
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   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>
@@ -48,10 +47,17 @@ export class ApmDataAccessPlugin
     // register saved object
     core.savedObjects.registerType(apmIndicesSavedObjectDefinition);
 
+    const getApmIndicesWithInternalUserFn = async () => {
+      const soClient = await core
+        .getStartServices()
+        .then(([coreStart]) => coreStart.savedObjects.createInternalRepository());
+      return this.getApmIndices(soClient);
+    };
+
     // expose
     return {
       apmIndicesFromConfigFile: this.config.indices,
-      getApmIndices: this.getApmIndices,
+      getApmIndices: getApmIndicesWithInternalUserFn,
       getServices,
     };
   }
@@ -63,21 +69,7 @@ export class ApmDataAccessPlugin
       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..d96468e70d976 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
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@
  * 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;
 }
 
@@ -21,9 +19,8 @@ export interface ApmDataAccessServerDependencies {
   security?: SecurityPluginStart;
 }
 
-export interface ApmDataAccessPluginStart {
-  hasPrivileges: (params: Pick<ApmDataAccessPrivilegesCheck, 'request'>) => Promise<boolean>;
-}
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
+export interface ApmDataAccessPluginStart {}
 export interface ApmDataAccessServerDependencies {
   security?: SecurityPluginStart;
 }
@@ -38,4 +35,3 @@ 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 aeeb73bee2857..d403cff1e83b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm_data_access/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "@kbn/core-http-server-mocks",
     "@kbn/apm-utils",
     "@kbn/core-http-server",
-    "@kbn/security-plugin-types-server",
     "@kbn/observability-utils",
     "@kbn/utility-types",
     "@kbn/elastic-agent-utils"
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/host/get_all_hosts.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_all_hosts.ts
index 8d2e687f2a8b0..abeb51140d189 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_all_hosts.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/infra/server/routes/infra/lib/host/get_all_hosts.ts
@@ -54,11 +54,8 @@ export const getAllHosts = async ({
       track_total_hits: false,
       query: {
         bool: {
-          filter: [
-            ...termsQuery(HOST_NAME_FIELD, ...hostNames),
-            ...rangeQuery(from, to),
-            ...documentsFilter,
-          ],
+          filter: [...termsQuery(HOST_NAME_FIELD, ...hostNames), ...rangeQuery(from, to)],
+          should: [...documentsFilter],
         },
       },
       aggs: {
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/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();