diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-start-controller.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-start-controller.ts
index 7f760337f406f6..9c943018e7a742 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-start-controller.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-start-controller.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { Job } from "../jobs/runner";
 import { DBWithTracing, TracedWorkspaceDB, UserDB, WorkspaceDB } from "@gitpod/gitpod-db/lib";
 import { durationLongerThanSeconds } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/timeutil";
 import { WorkspaceStarter } from "./workspace-starter";
-import { getExperimentsClientForBackend } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/experiments/configcat-server";
 import { log } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/logging";
 
 @injectable()
@@ -53,18 +52,6 @@ export class WorkspaceStartController implements Job {
                             throw new Error("cannot find owner for workspace");
                         }
 
-                        const isEnabled = await getExperimentsClientForBackend().getValueAsync(
-                            "workspace_start_controller",
-                            false,
-                            {
-                                user,
-                                projectId: workspace.projectId,
-                            },
-                        );
-                        if (!isEnabled) {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-
                         await this.workspaceStarter.reconcileWorkspaceStart(ctx, instance.id, user, workspace);
                     }
                 } catch (err) {
diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
index a1d678fd0808e3..935f6b79a847f9 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ import { WorkspaceClassesConfig } from "./workspace-classes";
 import { SYSTEM_USER } from "../authorization/authorizer";
 import { EnvVarService, ResolvedEnvVars } from "../user/env-var-service";
 import { RedlockAbortSignal } from "redlock";
-import { getExperimentsClientForBackend } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/experiments/configcat-server";
 import { ConfigProvider } from "./config-provider";
 import { isGrpcError } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/grpc";
 
@@ -382,17 +381,6 @@ export class WorkspaceStarter {
             }
         };
 
-        const runWithMutex = await getExperimentsClientForBackend().getValueAsync("workspace_start_controller", false, {
-            user,
-            projectId: workspace.projectId,
-        });
-        ctx.span.setTag("runWithMutex", runWithMutex);
-        if (!runWithMutex) {
-            const abortController = new AbortController();
-            await doReconcileWorkspaceStart(abortController.signal);
-            return;
-        }
-
         // We try to acquire a mutex here, which we intend to hold until the workspace start request is sent to ws-manager.
         // In case this container dies for whatever reason, the mutex is eventually released, and the instance can be picked up
         // by another server process (cmp. WorkspaceStartController).