/** * Implements hook_entity_field_access_alter(). */ function {{ machine_name }}_entity_field_access_alter(array &$grants, array $context) { /** @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition */ $field_definition = $context['field_definition']; if ($field_definition->getName() == 'field_of_interest' && $grants['node']->isForbidden()) { // Override node module's restriction to no opinion (neither allowed nor // forbidden). We don't want to provide our own access hook, we only want to // take out node module's part in the access handling of this field. We also // don't want to switch node module's grant to // AccessResultInterface::isAllowed() , because the grants of other modules // should still decide on their own if this field is accessible or not $grants['node'] = AccessResult::neutral()->inheritCacheability($grants['node']); } }