diff --git a/app/policies/project_policy.rb b/app/policies/project_policy.rb
index 7ae973727f773c297dbbb0ec84ccccbefaccf9ae..ff45b9db1995f9668cfa1baa085bfbb63cd7e144 100644
--- a/app/policies/project_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/project_policy.rb
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ class ProjectPolicy < BasePolicy
     prevent :create_feature_flag
     prevent :update_feature_flag
     prevent :admin_feature_flag
-    prevent :destroy_feature_flag
+    prevent :delete_feature_flag
 
     prevent(:admin_feature_flags_user_lists)
     prevent(:admin_feature_flags_client)
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ class ProjectPolicy < BasePolicy
     enable :read_feature_flag
     enable :create_feature_flag
     enable :update_feature_flag
-    enable :destroy_feature_flag
+    enable :delete_feature_flag
     enable :admin_feature_flag
     enable :admin_feature_flags_user_lists
     enable :update_escalation_status
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ class ProjectPolicy < BasePolicy
     prevent :create_feature_flag
     prevent :update_feature_flag
     prevent :admin_feature_flag
-    prevent :destroy_feature_flag
+    prevent :delete_feature_flag
     prevent :admin_feature_flags_user_lists
 
     prevent :read_cluster
diff --git a/app/serializers/feature_flag_entity.rb b/app/serializers/feature_flag_entity.rb
index d3ad2a9f81f063445b4ed29e882f2a13f5587af4..7c9193453bf87eceba6574d6653df83f8185bf2c 100644
--- a/app/serializers/feature_flag_entity.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/feature_flag_entity.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def can_update?(feature_flag)
   end
 
   def can_destroy?(feature_flag)
-    can?(current_user, :destroy_feature_flag, feature_flag)
+    can?(current_user, :delete_feature_flag, feature_flag)
   end
 
   def current_user
diff --git a/app/services/feature_flags/destroy_service.rb b/app/services/feature_flags/destroy_service.rb
index fdcbb802b162e7bf5bbcd77cb633ce5f399dde2f..5c6020f5cc0fd9f92f3ceea60b9839779b6f2fc1 100644
--- a/app/services/feature_flags/destroy_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/feature_flags/destroy_service.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def audit_message(feature_flag)
     end
 
     def can_destroy?(feature_flag)
-      Ability.allowed?(current_user, :destroy_feature_flag, feature_flag)
+      Ability.allowed?(current_user, :delete_feature_flag, feature_flag)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/authz/permissions/definitions_todo.txt b/config/authz/permissions/definitions_todo.txt
index 5081bbef1d35d21688ef67766e3f93d1bb294ee2..103b9376d25e5366347be52cdacc7a2f501591e8 100644
--- a/config/authz/permissions/definitions_todo.txt
+++ b/config/authz/permissions/definitions_todo.txt
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ destroy_deployment
 destroy_design
 destroy_environment
 destroy_epic
-destroy_feature_flag
 destroy_feature_flags_client
 destroy_group_member
 destroy_issue
diff --git a/config/authz/permissions/feature_flag/delete.yml b/config/authz/permissions/feature_flag/delete.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5d3a1ba3b3884eb73472068fca2b581d07069836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/authz/permissions/feature_flag/delete.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+name: delete_feature_flag
+description: Allows a user to delete a feature flag
+feature_category: system_access
diff --git a/lib/api/feature_flags.rb b/lib/api/feature_flags.rb
index ffcea2cfd48e996f049b8f9e7c334d39056b958d..7370c4bfbfd4189bcc9da34090b5fb00e973952f 100644
--- a/lib/api/feature_flags.rb
+++ b/lib/api/feature_flags.rb
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def authorize_update_feature_flag!
       end
 
       def authorize_destroy_feature_flag!
-        authorize! :destroy_feature_flag, feature_flag
+        authorize! :delete_feature_flag, feature_flag
       end
 
       def present_entity(result)
diff --git a/spec/policies/project_policy_spec.rb b/spec/policies/project_policy_spec.rb
index 70075e7e80171425671e0137bcc1c5d0106f8acb..cc82dcce805786878da16127c729ceabe7269b4b 100644
--- a/spec/policies/project_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/policies/project_policy_spec.rb
@@ -2553,7 +2553,7 @@ def set_access_level(access_level)
 
     let(:developer_permissions) do
       guest_permissions + [
-        :read_feature_flag, :create_feature_flag, :update_feature_flag, :destroy_feature_flag, :admin_feature_flag,
+        :read_feature_flag, :create_feature_flag, :update_feature_flag, :delete_feature_flag, :admin_feature_flag,
         :admin_feature_flags_user_lists
       ]
     end