diff --git a/superset/views/datasource.py b/superset/views/datasource.py
index eda4e8f7b6..43e8c42a5c 100644
--- a/superset/views/datasource.py
+++ b/superset/views/datasource.py
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ import json
 from flask import request
 from flask_appbuilder import expose
 from flask_appbuilder.security.decorators import has_access_api
-from flask_babel import gettext as __
 
 from superset import appbuilder, db
 from superset.connectors.connector_registry import ConnectorRegistry
 from superset.models.core import Database
-from .base import BaseSupersetView, check_ownership, json_error_response
+from .base import BaseSupersetView, json_error_response
 
 
 class Datasource(BaseSupersetView):
@@ -39,14 +38,6 @@ class Datasource(BaseSupersetView):
         orm_datasource = ConnectorRegistry.get_datasource(
             datasource_type, datasource_id, db.session)
 
-        if not check_ownership(orm_datasource, raise_if_false=False):
-            return json_error_response(
-                __(
-                    'You are not authorized to modify '
-                    'this data source configuration'),
-                status='401',
-            )
-
         if 'owners' in datasource:
             datasource['owners'] = db.session.query(orm_datasource.owner_class).filter(
                 orm_datasource.owner_class.id.in_(datasource['owners'])).all()