diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/pb-remove-process-lsif-references-flag.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/pb-remove-process-lsif-references-flag.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52e5ad1a44f0be1962b5e0376e2669f543c8efb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/pb-remove-process-lsif-references-flag.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Remove ProcessReferences flag
+merge_request: 543
+author:
+type: changed
diff --git a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/docs_test.go b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/docs_test.go
index fbb88aaf7425bd77eac6ed3b4d65d30eee141765..ff19dd561bb24e25e9206bb3955a93f4cf3dcf47 100644
--- a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/docs_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/docs_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func createLine(id, label, uri string) []byte {
 }
 
 func TestRead(t *testing.T) {
-	d, err := NewDocs(Config{ProcessReferences: true})
+	d, err := NewDocs(Config{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer d.Close()
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestRead(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReadContainsLine(t *testing.T) {
-	d, err := NewDocs(Config{ProcessReferences: true})
+	d, err := NewDocs(Config{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer d.Close()
 
diff --git a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser.go b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser.go
index 84fd9ccda25def7c38b5d6488565976276def655..8687e1243d78b6990548c656a0f2174cf3e77708 100644
--- a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser.go
+++ b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser.go
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ type Parser struct {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
-	TempPath          string
-	ProcessReferences bool
+	TempPath string
 }
 
 func NewParser(r io.Reader, config Config) (*Parser, error) {
diff --git a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser_test.go b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser_test.go
index 212d58e88a50afaab73c50a3af1762fa2805b8f7..5bc34d69f32ac8ca943569c95981793380118144 100644
--- a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func createFiles(t *testing.T, filePath, tmpDir string) {
 	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	p, err := NewParser(file, Config{ProcessReferences: true})
+	p, err := NewParser(file, Config{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	r, err := p.ZipReader()
diff --git a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/performance_test.go b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/performance_test.go
index 89a2ec0311a444aeb67a865721226c6dd1e1affd..de79e621ba43347ebd6a0000949ba19404e9d07d 100644
--- a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/performance_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/performance_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func BenchmarkGenerate(b *testing.B) {
 			file, err := os.Open(filePath)
 			require.NoError(b, err)
 
-			p, err := NewParser(file, Config{ProcessReferences: true})
+			p, err := NewParser(file, Config{})
 			require.NoError(b, err)
 
 			_, err = p.ZipReader()
diff --git a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/ranges_test.go b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/ranges_test.go
index 3bf405e8c0d9a3a7a18c3f47ab4c00c8b6196d10..f6d26026e3faa15e35d45344247eb8735f04a6ba 100644
--- a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/ranges_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/ranges_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestRangesRead(t *testing.T) {
-	r, cleanup := setup(t, true)
+	r, cleanup := setup(t)
 	defer cleanup()
 
 	firstRange := Range{Line: 1, Character: 2, RefId: 3}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestRangesRead(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSerialize(t *testing.T) {
-	r, cleanup := setup(t, true)
+	r, cleanup := setup(t)
 	defer cleanup()
 
 	docs := map[Id]string{6: "def-path", 7: "ref-path"}
@@ -36,22 +36,8 @@ func TestSerialize(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, want, buf.String())
 }
 
-func TestSerializeWithoutProcessingReferences(t *testing.T) {
-	r, cleanup := setup(t, false)
-	defer cleanup()
-
-	docs := map[Id]string{6: "def-path", 7: "ref-path"}
-
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	err := r.Serialize(&buf, []Id{1}, docs)
-	want := `[{"start_line":1,"start_char":2,"definition_path":"def-path#L2","hover":null}` + "\n]"
-
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, want, buf.String())
-}
-
-func setup(t *testing.T, processReferences bool) (*Ranges, func()) {
-	r, err := NewRanges(Config{ProcessReferences: processReferences})
+func setup(t *testing.T) (*Ranges, func()) {
+	r, err := NewRanges(Config{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.NoError(t, r.Read("range", []byte(`{"id":1,"label":"range","start":{"line":1,"character":2}}`)))
diff --git a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references.go b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references.go
index e51019a3fd90f51a6b4048cc7d0f8b4e53e337ae..491454c2a62cf663d7a257373707c062322f5f82 100644
--- a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references.go
+++ b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references.go
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ type ReferencesOffset struct {
 }
 
 type References struct {
-	Items             *cache
-	Offsets           *cache
-	CurrentOffsetId   Id
-	ProcessReferences bool
+	Items           *cache
+	Offsets         *cache
+	CurrentOffsetId Id
 }
 
 type SerializedReference struct {
@@ -34,10 +33,9 @@ func NewReferences(config Config) (*References, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &References{
-		Items:             items,
-		Offsets:           offsets,
-		CurrentOffsetId:   0,
-		ProcessReferences: config.ProcessReferences,
+		Items:           items,
+		Offsets:         offsets,
+		CurrentOffsetId: 0,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ func NewReferences(config Config) (*References, error) {
 func (r *References) Store(refId Id, references []Item) error {
 	size := len(references)
 
-	if !r.ProcessReferences || size == 0 {
+	if size == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -67,10 +65,6 @@ func (r *References) Store(refId Id, references []Item) error {
 }
 
 func (r *References) For(docs map[Id]string, refId Id) []SerializedReference {
-	if !r.ProcessReferences {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	references := r.getItems(refId)
 	if references == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references_test.go b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references_test.go
index 525d722c41614f445444bf4af932dee69f66abd0..7b47513bc53977013b8625c1b0c1a7872a5ba92b 100644
--- a/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsif_transformer/parser/references_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func TestReferencesStore(t *testing.T) {
 		refId = 3
 	)
 
-	r, err := NewReferences(Config{ProcessReferences: true})
+	r, err := NewReferences(Config{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	err = r.Store(refId, []Item{{Line: 2, DocId: docId}, {Line: 3, DocId: docId}})
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestReferencesStore(t *testing.T) {
 func TestReferencesStoreEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	const refId = 3
 
-	r, err := NewReferences(Config{ProcessReferences: true})
+	r, err := NewReferences(Config{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	err = r.Store(refId, []Item{})
diff --git a/internal/upload/rewrite.go b/internal/upload/rewrite.go
index e9a4d94e0962ed9ce9c5b3b17c01d0e48d3d8ce2..938ecef164f50a57d1dcb452c8b15f69aea90986 100644
--- a/internal/upload/rewrite.go
+++ b/internal/upload/rewrite.go
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ func handleExifUpload(ctx context.Context, r io.Reader, filename string) (io.Rea
 
 func handleLsifUpload(ctx context.Context, reader io.Reader, tempPath, filename string, preauth *api.Response) (io.Reader, error) {
 	parserConfig := parser.Config{
-		TempPath:          tempPath,
-		ProcessReferences: preauth.ProcessLsifReferences,
+		TempPath: tempPath,
 	}
 
 	p, err := parser.NewParser(reader, parserConfig)