diff --git a/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go b/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go
index f9735a839..ab10774cb 100644
--- a/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go
+++ b/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ type ResourceExpirationEvaluator interface {
 }
 
 func NewResourceExpirationEvaluator(currentVersion apimachineryversion.Info) (ResourceExpirationEvaluator, error) {
-	ret := &resourceExpirationEvaluator{
-		// TODO https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/101951 set this back to false after beta is tagged.
-		strictRemovedHandlingInAlpha: true,
-	}
+	ret := &resourceExpirationEvaluator{}
 	if len(currentVersion.Major) > 0 {
 		currentMajor64, err := strconv.ParseInt(currentVersion.Major, 10, 32)
 		if err != nil {