diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/Account.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/Account.tsx
index 6f8a2f1e90724..d4415da4249ec 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/Account.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/Account.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import {
 import ReAuthenticate from 'teleport/components/ReAuthenticate';
 import { RemoveDialog } from 'teleport/components/MfaDeviceList';
 
-import { MfaChallengeScope } from 'teleport/services/auth/auth';
-
 import cfg from 'teleport/config';
 
 import { DeviceUsage } from 'teleport/services/auth';
@@ -232,7 +230,6 @@ export function Account({
               onAuthenticated={setToken}
               onClose={hideReAuthenticate}
               actionText="registering a new device"
-              challengeScope={MfaChallengeScope.MANAGE_DEVICES}
             />
           )}
           {EnterpriseComponent && (
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/ManageDevices/AddAuthDeviceWizard/AddAuthDeviceWizard.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/ManageDevices/AddAuthDeviceWizard/AddAuthDeviceWizard.tsx
index 558de51fe6403..8c5bbbee5969d 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/ManageDevices/AddAuthDeviceWizard/AddAuthDeviceWizard.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/Account/ManageDevices/AddAuthDeviceWizard/AddAuthDeviceWizard.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import Box from 'design/Box';
 
 import { DialogHeader } from 'teleport/Account/DialogHeader';
 import useReAuthenticate from 'teleport/components/ReAuthenticate/useReAuthenticate';
-import auth, { MfaChallengeScope } from 'teleport/services/auth/auth';
+import auth from 'teleport/services/auth/auth';
 import { DeviceUsage } from 'teleport/services/auth';
 import useTeleport from 'teleport/useTeleport';
 
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ export function ReauthenticateStep({
   onClose,
   onAuthenticated: onAuthenticatedProp,
 }: AddAuthDeviceWizardStepProps) {
-  const challengeScope = MfaChallengeScope.MANAGE_DEVICES;
   const onAuthenticated = (privilegeToken: string) => {
     onAuthenticatedProp(privilegeToken);
     next();
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ export function ReauthenticateStep({
   const { attempt, clearAttempt, submitWithTotp, submitWithWebauthn } =
     useReAuthenticate({
       onAuthenticated,
-      challengeScope,
     });
   const mfaOptions = createMfaOptions({
     auth2faType,
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ export function ReauthenticateStep({
     e.preventDefault();
     if (!validator.validate()) return;
     if (mfaOption === 'webauthn') {
-      submitWithWebauthn(challengeScope);
+      submitWithWebauthn();
     }
     if (mfaOption === 'otp') {
       submitWithTotp(authCode);
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.story.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.story.tsx
index 8ee1a0187bd14..088bedae810a2 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.story.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.story.tsx
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { MfaChallengeScope } from 'teleport/services/auth/auth';
-
 import { State } from './useReAuthenticate';
 import { ReAuthenticate } from './ReAuthenticate';
 
@@ -49,5 +47,4 @@ const props: State = {
   onClose: () => null,
   auth2faType: 'on',
   actionText: 'performing this action',
-  challengeScope: MfaChallengeScope.UNSPECIFIED,
 };
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.tsx b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.tsx
index fdd5dd756af3b..e6d363d94c8cd 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/ReAuthenticate.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export function ReAuthenticate({
   auth2faType,
   preferredMfaType,
   actionText,
-  challengeScope,
 }: State) {
   const [otpToken, setOtpToken] = useState('');
   const mfaOptions = createMfaOptions({
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ export function ReAuthenticate({
     e.preventDefault();
 
     if (mfaOption?.value === 'webauthn') {
-      submitWithWebauthn(challengeScope);
+      submitWithWebauthn();
     }
     if (mfaOption?.value === 'otp') {
       submitWithTotp(otpToken);
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/useReAuthenticate.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/useReAuthenticate.ts
index 781a4680840f6..e0bd001bd1e9c 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/useReAuthenticate.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ReAuthenticate/useReAuthenticate.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import type { MfaAuthnResponse } from 'teleport/services/mfa';
 //    token, and after successfully obtaining the token, the function
 //    `onAuthenticated` will be called with this token.
 export default function useReAuthenticate(props: Props) {
-  const { onClose, actionText = defaultActionText, challengeScope } = props;
+  const { onClose, actionText = defaultActionText } = props;
 
   // Note that attempt state "success" is not used or required.
   // After the user submits, the control is passed back
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ export default function useReAuthenticate(props: Props) {
       .catch(handleError);
   }
 
-  function submitWithWebauthn(scope: MfaChallengeScope) {
+  function submitWithWebauthn() {
     setAttempt({ status: 'processing' });
 
     if ('onMfaResponse' in props) {
       auth
-        .getWebauthnResponse(scope)
+        .getWebauthnResponse(props.challengeScope)
         .then(webauthnResponse =>
           props.onMfaResponse({ webauthn_response: webauthnResponse })
         )
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export default function useReAuthenticate(props: Props) {
     }
 
     auth
-      .createPrivilegeTokenWithWebauthn(scope)
+      .createPrivilegeTokenWithWebauthn()
       .then(props.onAuthenticated)
       .catch((err: Error) => {
         // This catches a webauthn frontend error that occurs on Firefox and replaces it with a more helpful error message.
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ export default function useReAuthenticate(props: Props) {
     auth2faType: cfg.getAuth2faType(),
     preferredMfaType: cfg.getPreferredMfaType(),
     actionText,
-    challengeScope,
     onClose,
   };
 }
@@ -116,10 +115,6 @@ type BaseProps = {
    *
    * */
   actionText?: string;
-  /**
-   * The MFA challenge scope of the action to perform, as defined in webauthn.proto.
-   */
-  challengeScope: MfaChallengeScope;
 };
 
 // MfaResponseProps defines a function
@@ -127,6 +122,10 @@ type BaseProps = {
 // authentication has been done at this point.
 type MfaResponseProps = BaseProps & {
   onMfaResponse(res: MfaAuthnResponse): void;
+  /**
+   * The MFA challenge scope of the action to perform, as defined in webauthn.proto.
+   */
+  challengeScope: MfaChallengeScope;
   onAuthenticated?: never;
 };
 
@@ -137,6 +136,8 @@ type MfaResponseProps = BaseProps & {
 type DefaultProps = BaseProps & {
   onAuthenticated(privilegeTokenId: string): void;
   onMfaResponse?: never;
+  // TODO(Joerger): change type to 'never' once it is no longer expected in /e
+  challengeScope?: MfaChallengeScope;
 };
 
 export type Props = MfaResponseProps | DefaultProps;
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/auth/auth.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/auth/auth.ts
index f9dc0587a4747..3c5d11f01d7e5 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/auth/auth.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/auth/auth.ts
@@ -283,12 +283,15 @@ const auth = {
       );
   },
 
-  createPrivilegeTokenWithWebauthn(scope: MfaChallengeScope) {
-    return auth.fetchWebAuthnChallenge({ scope }).then(res =>
-      api.post(cfg.api.createPrivilegeTokenPath, {
-        webauthnAssertionResponse: makeWebauthnAssertionResponse(res),
-      })
-    );
+  createPrivilegeTokenWithWebauthn() {
+    // Creating privilege tokens always expects the MANAGE_DEVICES webauthn scope.
+    return auth
+      .fetchWebAuthnChallenge({ scope: MfaChallengeScope.MANAGE_DEVICES })
+      .then(res =>
+        api.post(cfg.api.createPrivilegeTokenPath, {
+          webauthnAssertionResponse: makeWebauthnAssertionResponse(res),
+        })
+      );
   },
 
   createRestrictedPrivilegeToken() {