diff --git a/api/types/access_request.go b/api/types/access_request.go
index 517f7d3f8b098..c682b262e441d 100644
--- a/api/types/access_request.go
+++ b/api/types/access_request.go
@@ -598,6 +598,11 @@ func (s AccessReview) GetAccessListTitle() string {
 	return s.AccessList.Title
 }
 
+// IsEqual t is equivalent to the provide AccessReviewThreshold.
+func (t *AccessReviewThreshold) IsEqual(o *AccessReviewThreshold) bool {
+	return deriveTeleportEqualAccessReviewThreshold(t, o)
+}
+
 // AccessRequestUpdate encompasses the parameters of a
 // SetAccessRequestState call.
 type AccessRequestUpdate struct {
diff --git a/api/types/derived.gen.go b/api/types/derived.gen.go
index 05eeb4b135467..aabfee5b87965 100644
--- a/api/types/derived.gen.go
+++ b/api/types/derived.gen.go
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 )
 
+// deriveTeleportEqualAccessReviewThreshold returns whether this and that are equal.
+func deriveTeleportEqualAccessReviewThreshold(this, that *AccessReviewThreshold) bool {
+	return (this == nil && that == nil) ||
+		this != nil && that != nil &&
+			this.Name == that.Name &&
+			this.Filter == that.Filter &&
+			this.Approve == that.Approve &&
+			this.Deny == that.Deny
+}
+
 // deriveTeleportEqualAppV3 returns whether this and that are equal.
 func deriveTeleportEqualAppV3(this, that *AppV3) bool {
 	return (this == nil && that == nil) ||
diff --git a/lib/services/access_request.go b/lib/services/access_request.go
index 2c78aacad0cbb..4de491ecdcc05 100644
--- a/lib/services/access_request.go
+++ b/lib/services/access_request.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/gravitational/trace"
 	"github.com/jonboulle/clockwork"
@@ -1630,7 +1629,7 @@ func (c *thresholdCollector) pushThreshold(t types.AccessReviewThreshold) (uint3
 
 	// don't bother double-storing equivalent thresholds
 	for i, threshold := range c.Thresholds {
-		if cmp.Equal(t, threshold) {
+		if t.IsEqual(&threshold) {
 			return uint32(i), nil
 		}
 	}