diff --git a/nova/policies/migrate_server.py b/nova/policies/migrate_server.py
index bc8199f7f5..fe1c5b55e0 100644
--- a/nova/policies/migrate_server.py
+++ b/nova/policies/migrate_server.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ POLICY_ROOT = 'os_compute_api:os-migrate-server:%s'
 migrate_server_policies = [
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=POLICY_ROOT % 'migrate',
-        check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_API,
+        check_str=base.SYSTEM_ADMIN,
         description="Cold migrate a server to a host",
         operations=[
             {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ migrate_server_policies = [
         scope_types=['system', 'project']),
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=POLICY_ROOT % 'migrate_live',
-        check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_API,
+        check_str=base.SYSTEM_ADMIN,
         description="Live migrate a server to a new host without a reboot",
         operations=[
             {
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_migrate_server.py b/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_migrate_server.py
index 8abd645b56..be1aaa9972 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_migrate_server.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_migrate_server.py
@@ -101,3 +101,25 @@ class MigrateServerScopeTypePolicyTest(MigrateServerPolicyTest):
     def setUp(self):
         super(MigrateServerScopeTypePolicyTest, self).setUp()
         self.flags(enforce_scope=True, group="oslo_policy")
+
+
+class MigrateServerNoLegacyPolicyTest(MigrateServerScopeTypePolicyTest):
+    """Test Migrate Server APIs policies with system scope enabled,
+    and no more deprecated rules.
+    """
+    without_deprecated_rules = True
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(MigrateServerNoLegacyPolicyTest, self).setUp()
+        # Check that system admin is able to migrate the server.
+        self.admin_authorized_contexts = [
+            self.system_admin_context
+        ]
+        # Check that non system admin is not able to migrate the server
+        self.admin_unauthorized_contexts = [
+            self.legacy_admin_context, self.project_admin_context,
+            self.system_member_context, self.system_reader_context,
+            self.system_foo_context, self.project_member_context,
+            self.project_reader_context, self.project_foo_context,
+            self.other_project_member_context
+        ]