diff --git a/ui/src/views/compute/DeployVM.vue b/ui/src/views/compute/DeployVM.vue
index 1608e35f328b..990d2eadeca0 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/compute/DeployVM.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/compute/DeployVM.vue
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@
                 </template>
               </a-step>
               <a-step
+                v-if="isUserAllowedToListSshKeys"
                 :title="this.$t('label.sshkeypairs')"
                 :status="zoneSelected ? 'process' : 'wait'">
                 <template slot="description">
@@ -1059,6 +1060,9 @@ export default {
     showSecurityGroupSection () {
       return (this.networks.length > 0 && this.zone.securitygroupsenabled) || (this.zone && this.zone.networktype === 'Basic')
     },
+    isUserAllowedToListSshKeys () {
+      return Boolean('listSSHKeyPairs' in this.$store.getters.apis)
+    },
     dynamicScalingVmConfigValue () {
       return this.options.dynamicScalingVmConfig?.[0]?.value === 'true'
     },