diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-capsule-plugin.c b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-capsule-plugin.c
index c56b7e566..a7688096f 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-capsule-plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-capsule-plugin.c
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ static void
 fu_uefi_capsule_plugin_load_config(FuPlugin *plugin, FuDevice *device)
 {
 	gboolean disable_shim;
-	gboolean fallback_removable_path;
 	guint64 sz_reqd = 0;
 	g_autofree gchar *require_esp_free_space = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(GError) error_local = NULL;
@@ -454,12 +453,6 @@ fu_uefi_capsule_plugin_load_config(FuPlugin *plugin, FuDevice *device)
 	disable_shim = fu_plugin_get_config_value_boolean(plugin, "DisableShimForSecureBoot");
 	if (!disable_shim)
 		fu_device_add_private_flag(device, FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_USE_SHIM_FOR_SB);
-
-	/* check if using UEFI removable path */
-	fallback_removable_path =
-	    fu_plugin_get_config_value_boolean(plugin, "FallbacktoRemovablePath");
-	if (fallback_removable_path)
-		fu_device_add_private_flag(device, FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_FALLBACK_TO_REMOVABLE_PATH);
 }
 
 static gboolean
diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.c b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.c
index ef6a20715..6fe78427c 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.c
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.c
@@ -758,9 +758,6 @@ fu_uefi_device_init(FuUefiDevice *self)
 	fu_device_register_private_flag(FU_DEVICE(self),
 					FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_USE_SHIM_FOR_SB,
 					"use-shim-for-sb");
-	fu_device_register_private_flag(FU_DEVICE(self),
-					FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_FALLBACK_TO_REMOVABLE_PATH,
-					"fallback-to-removable-path");
 	fu_device_register_private_flag(FU_DEVICE(self),
 					FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_NO_RT_SET_VARIABLE,
 					"no-rt-set-variable");
diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.h b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.h
index 977e46a66..58aefc7c8 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.h
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/fu-uefi-device.h
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ typedef enum {
  * not using grub chainloading or capsule-on-disk.
  */
 #define FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_BOOT_ORDER_LOCK (1 << 3)
-/**
- * FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_FALLBACK_TO_REMOVABLE_PATH:
- *
- * Try to fallback to use UEFI removable path if the shim path doesn't exist.
- */
-#define FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_FALLBACK_TO_REMOVABLE_PATH (1 << 4)
 /**
  * FU_UEFI_DEVICE_FLAG_USE_SHIM_FOR_SB:
  *
diff --git a/plugins/uefi-capsule/uefi_capsule.conf b/plugins/uefi-capsule/uefi_capsule.conf
index fc1c3b417..32edc4f04 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi-capsule/uefi_capsule.conf
+++ b/plugins/uefi-capsule/uefi_capsule.conf
@@ -10,9 +10,5 @@
 # amount of free space required on the ESP, for example using 0x2000000 for 32Mb
 #RequireESPFreeSpace=
 
-# with the UEFI removable path enabled, the default esp path is set to /EFI/boot
-# the shim EFI binary and presumably this is $ESP/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
-#FallbacktoRemovablePath=false
-
 # allow ignoring the CapsuleOnDisk support advertised by the firmware
 #DisableCapsuleUpdateOnDisk=true