diff --git a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm
index f45b915569..5303d9fa71 100644
--- a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm
+++ b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ FileProvider::FileProvider(QObject * const parent)
         qCInfo(lcMacFileProvider) << "File provider system is not available on this version of macOS.";
         deleteLater();
         return;
-    } else if (!ConfigFile().macFileProviderModuleEnabled()) {
-        qCInfo(lcMacFileProvider) << "File provider module is not enabled in application config.";
-        deleteLater();
-        return;
     }
 
     qCInfo(lcMacFileProvider) << "Initialising file provider domain manager.";
@@ -65,9 +61,6 @@ FileProvider *FileProvider::instance()
     if (!fileProviderAvailable()) {
         qCInfo(lcMacFileProvider) << "File provider system is not available on this version of macOS.";
         return nullptr;
-    } else if (!ConfigFile().macFileProviderModuleEnabled()) {
-        qCInfo(lcMacFileProvider) << "File provider module is not enabled in application config.";
-        return nullptr;
     }
 
     if (!_instance) {
diff --git a/src/libsync/configfile.cpp b/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
index 7583956d8f..d46ad50f0e 100644
--- a/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ static constexpr char certPath[] = "http_certificatePath";
 static constexpr char certPasswd[] = "http_certificatePasswd";
 
 static const QSet validUpdateChannels { QStringLiteral("stable"), QStringLiteral("beta") };
-
-static constexpr auto macFileProviderModuleEnabledC = "macFileProviderModuleEnabled";
 }
 
 namespace OCC {
@@ -1229,16 +1227,4 @@ void ConfigFile::setDiscoveredLegacyConfigPath(const QString &discoveredLegacyCo
     _discoveredLegacyConfigPath = discoveredLegacyConfigPath;
 }
 
-bool ConfigFile::macFileProviderModuleEnabled() const
-{
-    QSettings settings(configFile(), QSettings::IniFormat);
-    return settings.value(macFileProviderModuleEnabledC, false).toBool();
-}
-
-void ConfigFile::setMacFileProviderModuleEnabled(const bool moduleEnabled)
-{
-    QSettings settings(configFile(), QSettings::IniFormat);
-    settings.setValue(QLatin1String(macFileProviderModuleEnabledC), moduleEnabled);
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/libsync/configfile.h b/src/libsync/configfile.h
index 7ae1f98df2..97ec16e2f5 100644
--- a/src/libsync/configfile.h
+++ b/src/libsync/configfile.h
@@ -236,9 +236,6 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] static QString discoveredLegacyConfigPath();
     static void setDiscoveredLegacyConfigPath(const QString &discoveredLegacyConfigPath);
 
-    [[nodiscard]] bool macFileProviderModuleEnabled() const;
-    void setMacFileProviderModuleEnabled(const bool moduleEnabled);
-
 protected:
     [[nodiscard]] QVariant getPolicySetting(const QString &policy, const QVariant &defaultValue = QVariant()) const;
     void storeData(const QString &group, const QString &key, const QVariant &value);