diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/account.json b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/account.json
index 7ca4d7a3529d4ab5b0716ab1a380de7c3707a40e..5261c69abc1af3560b251ac3a8b2fac58e46cf69 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/account.json
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/account.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
    "in_list_view": 1,
    "in_standard_filter": 1,
    "label": "Account Number",
-   "read_only": 1
+   "read_only_depends_on": "eval:!doc.__islocal"
   },
   {
    "default": "0",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
    "oldfieldname": "company",
    "oldfieldtype": "Link",
    "options": "Company",
-   "read_only": 1,
+   "read_only_depends_on": "eval:!doc.__islocal",
    "remember_last_selected_value": 1,
    "reqd": 1
   },