diff --git a/internal/experimental/experimental.go b/internal/experimental/experimental.go
index d69609d97..253c0a49a 100644
--- a/internal/experimental/experimental.go
+++ b/internal/experimental/experimental.go
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ func (s *State) NavBar() bool {
 	return s.determineFeatureState("ComposeNav")
 }
 
-func (s *State) AutoFileShares() bool {
-	return s.determineFeatureState("ComposeAutoFileShares")
-}
-
 func (s *State) determineFeatureState(name string) bool {
 	if s == nil || !s.active || s.desktopValues == nil {
 		return false
diff --git a/pkg/compose/desktop.go b/pkg/compose/desktop.go
index 5e7fb8fea..a2ffb2757 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/desktop.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/desktop.go
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ func (s *composeService) SetExperiments(experiments *experimental.State) {
 }
 
 func (s *composeService) manageDesktopFileSharesEnabled(ctx context.Context) bool {
-	// there's some slightly redundancy here to avoid fetching the config if
-	// we can already tell the feature state - in practice, we
-	if !s.isDesktopIntegrationActive() || !s.experiments.AutoFileShares() {
+	if !s.isDesktopIntegrationActive() {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	// synchronized file share support in Docker Desktop is dependent upon
+	// a variety of factors (settings, OS, etc), which this endpoint abstracts
 	fileSharesConfig, err := s.desktopCli.GetFileSharesConfig(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Debugf("Failed to retrieve file shares config: %v", err)