diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
index 1cde5d6f87..907e29baa7 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/SecurityUserSettingsTab.js
@@ -254,15 +254,12 @@ export default class SecurityUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
             </div>
         );
 
-        let eventIndex;
-        if (SettingsStore.isFeatureEnabled("feature_event_indexing")) {
-            eventIndex = (
-                <div className="mx_SettingsTab_section">
-                    <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subheading">{_t("Message search")}</span>
-                    <EventIndexPanel />
-                </div>
-            );
-        }
+        let eventIndex = (
+            <div className="mx_SettingsTab_section">
+                <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subheading">{_t("Message search")}</span>
+                <EventIndexPanel />
+            </div>
+        );
 
         // XXX: There's no such panel in the current cross-signing designs, but
         // it's useful to have for testing the feature. If there's no interest
diff --git a/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js b/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js
index 9aa7e78eda..ae4c14dafd 100644
--- a/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js
+++ b/src/indexing/EventIndexPeg.js
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ class EventIndexPeg {
      * EventIndex was successfully initialized, false otherwise.
      */
     async init() {
-        if (!SettingsStore.isFeatureEnabled("feature_event_indexing")) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
         const indexManager = PlatformPeg.get().getEventIndexingManager();
         if (!indexManager) {
             console.log("EventIndex: Platform doesn't support event indexing, not initializing.");
diff --git a/src/settings/Settings.js b/src/settings/Settings.js
index 5e57c27c9d..928b1985fa 100644
--- a/src/settings/Settings.js
+++ b/src/settings/Settings.js
@@ -152,12 +152,6 @@ export const SETTINGS = {
         supportedLevels: ['device', 'config'], // we shouldn't use LEVELS_FEATURE for non-features, so copy it here.
         default: true,
     },
-    "feature_event_indexing": {
-        isFeature: true,
-        supportedLevels: LEVELS_FEATURE,
-        displayName: _td("Enable local event indexing and E2EE search (requires restart)"),
-        default: false,
-    },
     "feature_bridge_state": {
         isFeature: true,
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_FEATURE,