diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/ml_debug_section_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/ml_debug_section_widget.dart
index fd3213ca91..098845c657 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/ml_debug_section_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/settings/debug/ml_debug_section_widget.dart
@@ -60,23 +60,6 @@ class _MLDebugSectionWidgetState extends State<MLDebugSectionWidget> {
     final Logger logger = Logger("MLDebugSectionWidget");
     return Column(
       children: [
-        MenuItemWidget(
-          captionedTextWidget: const CaptionedTextWidget(
-            title:
-                "Exclude files of face IDs that are not in any cluster on applying 'only them' filter.",
-          ),
-          trailingWidget: ToggleSwitchWidget(
-            value: () => localSettings
-                .excludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter,
-            onChanged: () async {
-              await localSettings
-                  .setExcludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter(
-                !localSettings
-                    .excludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter,
-              );
-            },
-          ),
-        ),
         sectionOptionSpacing,
         MenuItemWidget(
           captionedTextWidget: FutureBuilder<IndexStatus>(
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/hierarchical_search_util.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/hierarchical_search_util.dart
index fe972c3fcf..9bb744a5aa 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/hierarchical_search_util.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/hierarchical_search_util.dart
@@ -91,13 +91,10 @@ Future<List<EnteFile>> getFilteredFiles(
           exceptClusters: selectedClusterIDs,
         );
 
-        if (localSettings
-            .excludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter) {
-          final filesOfFaceIDsNotInAnyCluster =
-              await MLDataDB.instance.getAllFileIDsOfFaceIDsNotInAnyCluster();
+        final filesOfFaceIDsNotInAnyCluster =
+            await MLDataDB.instance.getAllFileIDsOfFaceIDsNotInAnyCluster();
 
-          fileIDsToAvoid.addAll(filesOfFaceIDsNotInAnyCluster);
-        }
+        fileIDsToAvoid.addAll(filesOfFaceIDsNotInAnyCluster);
 
         final result =
             intersectionOfSelectedFaceFiltersFileIDs.difference(fileIDsToAvoid);
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart
index 11d07b1c20..e293375653 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ class LocalSettings {
   static const kRateUsPromptThreshold = 2;
   static const shouldLoopVideoKey = "video.should_loop";
   static const onGuestViewKey = "on_guest_view";
-  static const kExcludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter =
-      "excludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter";
 
   final SharedPreferences _prefs;
 
@@ -66,22 +64,6 @@ class LocalSettings {
   bool get userEnabledMultiplePart =>
       _prefs.getBool(kEnableMultiplePart) ?? false;
 
-  bool get excludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter =>
-      _prefs.getBool(
-        kExcludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter,
-      ) ??
-      true;
-
-  Future<bool> setExcludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter(
-    bool value,
-  ) async {
-    await _prefs.setBool(
-      kExcludeFilesOfFaceIDsThatAreNotInAnyClusterOnOnlyThemFilter,
-      value,
-    );
-    return value;
-  }
-
   Future<bool> setUserEnabledMultiplePart(bool value) async {
     await _prefs.setBool(kEnableMultiplePart, value);
     return value;