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diff --git a/app/policies/protected_branch_policy.rb b/app/policies/protected_branch_policy.rb
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+class ProtectedBranchPolicy < BasePolicy
+  delegate { @subject.project }
+
+  condition(:requires_admin_to_unprotect?, scope: :subject) do
+    @subject.name == 'master' && Gitlab::CurrentSettings.only_admins_can_unprotect_master_branch?
+  end
+
+  rule { can?(:admin_project) }.policy do
+    enable :update_protected_branch
+  end
+
+  rule { requires_admin_to_unprotect? & ~admin }.policy do
+    prevent :update_protected_branch
+  end
+end