diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js
index a9ed88a94a..10816387b9 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ var stream_data = require('js/stream_data.js');
 set_global('stream_data', stream_data);
 set_global('blueslip', {});
 set_global('page_params', {});
-set_global('feature_flags', {
-    load_server_counts: true,
-});
 
 var Dict = global.Dict;
 var muting = global.muting;
diff --git a/static/js/feature_flags.js b/static/js/feature_flags.js
index a41abdc713..9e9b054f42 100644
--- a/static/js/feature_flags.js
+++ b/static/js/feature_flags.js
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ var feature_flags = (function () {
 
 var exports = {};
 
-exports.load_server_counts = false;
-
 // Experimental modification to support much wider message views.
 exports.full_width = false;
 
diff --git a/static/js/unread.js b/static/js/unread.js
index 457769158f..3d45f0f7c3 100644
--- a/static/js/unread.js
+++ b/static/js/unread.js
@@ -480,9 +480,7 @@ exports.load_server_counts = function () {
 };
 
 exports.initialize = function () {
-    if (feature_flags.load_server_counts) {
-        exports.load_server_counts();
-    }
+    exports.load_server_counts();
 };
 
 return exports;