diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide.js
index 5b99a6ecb3de5dd6baf0470cb477362b7c0abd8b..6dd734271bcbb13557bc5482e7c1e7462e563b32 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide.js
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ export const initGitlabWebIDE = async (el) => {
         signIn: el.dataset.signInPath,
       },
       featureFlags: {
-        settingsSync: true,
         crossOriginExtensionHost: getCrossOriginExtensionHostFlagValue(extensionsGallerySettings),
       },
       editorFont,
diff --git a/spec/frontend/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide_spec.js b/spec/frontend/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide_spec.js
index 07a539fe1985098269a71e61759491b4c900b560..7ac02b406ba224d2cc293471041b0610a32c73ec 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ide/init_gitlab_web_ide_spec.js
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ describe('ide/init_gitlab_web_ide', () => {
           signIn: TEST_SIGN_IN_PATH,
         },
         featureFlags: {
-          settingsSync: true,
           crossOriginExtensionHost: false,
         },
         editorFont: {
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ describe('ide/init_gitlab_web_ide', () => {
         findRootElement(),
         expect.objectContaining({
           featureFlags: {
-            settingsSync: true,
             crossOriginExtensionHost: true,
           },
         }),
@@ -291,7 +289,6 @@ describe('ide/init_gitlab_web_ide', () => {
           findRootElement(),
           expect.objectContaining({
             featureFlags: {
-              settingsSync: true,
               crossOriginExtensionHost: true,
             },
           }),