diff --git a/ui/src/app/user/user-fieldset.tpl.html b/ui/src/app/user/user-fieldset.tpl.html
index 3b0f28d1d..b379f2c27 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/user/user-fieldset.tpl.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/user/user-fieldset.tpl.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             <label translate>user.description</label>
             <textarea ng-model="user.additionalInfo.description" rows="2"></textarea>
         </md-input-container>
-        <section class="tb-default-dashboard" flex layout="column" ng-if="user.id">
+        <section class="tb-default-dashboard" flex layout="column" ng-if="user.id && userAuthority != 'SYS_ADMIN'">
             <span class="tb-default-dashboard-label" ng-class="{'tb-disabled-label': $root.loading || !isEdit}" translate>user.default-dashboard</span>
             <section flex layout="column" layout-gt-sm="row">
                 <tb-dashboard-autocomplete ng-if="isTenantAdmin()"
diff --git a/ui/src/app/user/user.directive.js b/ui/src/app/user/user.directive.js
index ad3f982c3..4a94a8027 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/user/user.directive.js
+++ b/ui/src/app/user/user.directive.js
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ import userFieldsetTemplate from './user-fieldset.tpl.html';
 /* eslint-enable import/no-unresolved, import/default */
 
 /*@ngInject*/
-export default function UserDirective($compile, $templateCache/*, dashboardService*/) {
+export default function UserDirective($compile, $templateCache/*, dashboardService*/, userService) {
     var linker = function (scope, element) {
         var template = $templateCache.get(userFieldsetTemplate);
         element.html(template);
+        scope.userAuthority = userService.getAuthority();
         scope.isTenantAdmin = function() {
             setFullScreenFlag();
             return scope.user && scope.user.authority === 'TENANT_ADMIN';