diff --git a/.github/policies/disallow-edits.yml b/.github/policies/disallow-edits.yml
index 0473617aeae1e..9dd03c2e659d5 100644
--- a/.github/policies/disallow-edits.yml
+++ b/.github/policies/disallow-edits.yml
@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ configuration:
           - filesMatchPattern:
               pattern: docs/standard/design-guidelines/*
               matchAny: true
-          - not:
-              or:
-                - activitySenderHasPermission:
-                    permission: admin
-                - activitySenderHasPermission:
-                    permission: write
         then:
           - addReply:
               reply: >-
                   @${issueAuthor} - This PR edits a file in the design-guidelines folder, which is disallowed. This content is reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc. from Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries, 2nd Edition, and cannot be edited. CC @dotnet/docs.
-          - closePullRequest
+          - if:
+              - or:
+                  - activitySenderHasPermission:
+                      permission: None
+                  - activitySenderHasPermission:
+                      permission: Read
+            then:
+              - closePullRequest