diff --git a/source/common/runtime/runtime_features.cc b/source/common/runtime/runtime_features.cc
index c8f1e2049ad33..3f2b0086a7a1d 100644
--- a/source/common/runtime/runtime_features.cc
+++ b/source/common/runtime/runtime_features.cc
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ RUNTIME_GUARD(envoy_reloadable_features_xds_failover_to_primary_enabled);
 RUNTIME_GUARD(envoy_reloadable_features_xds_legacy_delta_skip_subsequent_node);
 RUNTIME_GUARD(envoy_restart_features_move_locality_schedulers_to_lb);
 RUNTIME_GUARD(envoy_restart_features_raise_file_limits);
-RUNTIME_GUARD(envoy_restart_features_use_eds_cache_for_ads);
 RUNTIME_GUARD(envoy_restart_features_validate_http3_pseudo_headers);
 RUNTIME_GUARD(envoy_restart_features_worker_threads_watchdog_fix);
 // Begin false flags. Most of them should come with a TODO to flip true.
diff --git a/test/integration/ads_integration_test.cc b/test/integration/ads_integration_test.cc
index bf63d32cf3090..4482e08c318f5 100644
--- a/test/integration/ads_integration_test.cc
+++ b/test/integration/ads_integration_test.cc
@@ -817,7 +817,6 @@ TEST_P(AdsIntegrationTest, CdsKeepEdsAfterWarmingFailure) {
 
 TEST_P(AdsIntegrationTest, CdsKeepEdsDropOverloadAfterWarmingFailure) {
   // This test should be kept after the runtime guard is deprecated
-  config_helper_.addRuntimeOverride("envoy.restart_features.use_eds_cache_for_ads", "true");
   initialize();
   EXPECT_TRUE(compareDiscoveryRequest(Config::TestTypeUrl::get().Cluster, "", {}, {}, {}, true));
   envoy::config::cluster::v3::Cluster cluster = buildCluster("cluster_0");