diff --git a/shared/featureconfig/config.go b/shared/featureconfig/config.go
index ad8bab1fa..f0e4cf699 100644
--- a/shared/featureconfig/config.go
+++ b/shared/featureconfig/config.go
@@ -180,11 +180,9 @@ func ConfigureBeaconChain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		log.Warn("Disabled dynamic attestation committee subnets")
 		cfg.DisableDynamicCommitteeSubnets = true
 	}
+
 	cfg.EnableSSZCache = true
-	if ctx.Bool(disableSSZCache.Name) {
-		log.Warn("Disabled ssz cache")
-		cfg.EnableSSZCache = false
-	}
+
 	if ctx.Bool(enableBackupWebhookFlag.Name) {
 		log.Warn("Allowing database backups to be triggered from HTTP webhook.")
 		cfg.EnableBackupWebhook = true
diff --git a/shared/featureconfig/flags.go b/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
index 238eada81..6a4154dd5 100644
--- a/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
+++ b/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ var (
 		Name:  "disable-fork-choice-unsafe",
 		Usage: "UNSAFE: disable fork choice for determining head of the beacon chain.",
 	}
-	// disableSSZCache see https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/pull/4558.
-	disableSSZCache = &cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "disable-ssz-cache",
-		Usage: "Disable ssz state root cache mechanism.",
-	}
 	enableBackupWebhookFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "enable-db-backup-webhook",
 		Usage: "Serve HTTP handler to initiate database backups. The handler is served on the monitoring port at path /db/backup.",
@@ -225,7 +220,6 @@ var BeaconChainFlags = append(deprecatedFlags, []cli.Flag{
 	writeSSZStateTransitionsFlag,
 	disableForkChoiceUnsafeFlag,
 	disableDynamicCommitteeSubnets,
-	disableSSZCache,
 	kafkaBootstrapServersFlag,
 	enableBackupWebhookFlag,
 	cacheFilteredBlockTreeFlag,