diff --git a/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py b/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py
index 6f1dc953b0d690..48785b7a7b2373 100644
--- a/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py
+++ b/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 from snuba_sdk.legacy import json_to_snql
 from snuba_sdk.query import SelectableExpression
 
-from sentry import options
 from sentry.api.helpers.error_upsampling import (
     UPSAMPLED_ERROR_AGGREGATION,
     are_any_projects_error_upsampled,
@@ -928,7 +927,7 @@ def __init__(
         # account for merges, here we expand queries to include all group IDs that have
         # been merged together.
 
-        if options.get("snuba.preprocess-group-redirects") and self.dataset in {
+        if self.dataset in {
             Dataset.Events,
             Dataset.IssuePlatform,
         }:
diff --git a/tests/sentry/utils/test_snuba.py b/tests/sentry/utils/test_snuba.py
index b50763d3148255..a275d59d35e5ba 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/utils/test_snuba.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/utils/test_snuba.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError, ReadTimeoutError
 from urllib3.response import HTTPResponse
 
-from sentry import options
 from sentry.models.groupredirect import GroupRedirect
 from sentry.models.grouprelease import GroupRelease
 from sentry.models.project import Project
@@ -326,8 +325,6 @@ def test_preprocess_group_redirects(self) -> None:
             previous_group_id=g3.id,
         )
 
-        options.set("snuba.preprocess-group-redirects", True)
-
         params = SnubaQueryParams(dataset=Dataset.Events, filter_keys={"group_id": {g1.id}})
         assert params.conditions[0] == ["group_id", "IN", {g1.id, g2.id, g3.id}]