diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceOrAudioBody.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceOrAudioBody.tsx
index adfd102e19..2d78ea192e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceOrAudioBody.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MVoiceOrAudioBody.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from "react";
 import MAudioBody from "./MAudioBody";
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
-import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import MVoiceMessageBody from "./MVoiceMessageBody";
 import { IBodyProps } from "./IBodyProps";
 
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ export default class MVoiceOrAudioBody extends React.PureComponent<IBodyProps> {
         // MSC2516 is a legacy identifier. See https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3245
         const isVoiceMessage = !!this.props.mxEvent.getContent()['org.matrix.msc2516.voice']
             || !!this.props.mxEvent.getContent()['org.matrix.msc3245.voice'];
-        const voiceMessagesEnabled = SettingsStore.getValue("feature_voice_messages");
-        if (isVoiceMessage && voiceMessagesEnabled) {
+        if (isVoiceMessage) {
             return <MVoiceMessageBody {...this.props} />;
         } else {
             return <MAudioBody {...this.props} />;
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.tsx
index add35f38f4..0bc3779f80 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.tsx
@@ -394,12 +394,10 @@ export default class MessageComposer extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 controls.push(<Stickerpicker key="stickerpicker_controls_button" room={this.props.room} />);
             }
 
-            if (SettingsStore.getValue("feature_voice_messages")) {
-                controls.push(<VoiceRecordComposerTile
-                    key="controls_voice_record"
-                    ref={c => this.voiceRecordingButton = c}
-                    room={this.props.room} />);
-            }
+            controls.push(<VoiceRecordComposerTile
+                key="controls_voice_record"
+                ref={c => this.voiceRecordingButton = c}
+                room={this.props.room} />);
 
             if (!this.state.isComposerEmpty || this.state.haveRecording) {
                 controls.push(
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 2a8e095c57..f9c73bf82c 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -797,7 +797,6 @@
     "Beta available for web, desktop and Android. Some features may be unavailable on your homeserver.": "Beta available for web, desktop and Android. Some features may be unavailable on your homeserver.",
     "Your feedback will help make spaces better. The more detail you can go into, the better.": "Your feedback will help make spaces better. The more detail you can go into, the better.",
     "Show options to enable 'Do not disturb' mode": "Show options to enable 'Do not disturb' mode",
-    "Send and receive voice messages": "Send and receive voice messages",
     "Render LaTeX maths in messages": "Render LaTeX maths in messages",
     "Communities v2 prototypes. Requires compatible homeserver. Highly experimental - use with caution.": "Communities v2 prototypes. Requires compatible homeserver. Highly experimental - use with caution.",
     "Message Pinning": "Message Pinning",
diff --git a/src/settings/Settings.tsx b/src/settings/Settings.tsx
index 7ca57adb08..c36e2b90bf 100644
--- a/src/settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -188,12 +188,6 @@ export const SETTINGS: {[setting: string]: ISetting} = {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_FEATURE,
         default: false,
     },
-    "feature_voice_messages": {
-        isFeature: true,
-        displayName: _td("Send and receive voice messages"),
-        supportedLevels: LEVELS_FEATURE,
-        default: false,
-    },
     "feature_latex_maths": {
         isFeature: true,
         displayName: _td("Render LaTeX maths in messages"),