diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
index 3f1668772194a..a28a70046d995 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@
 			label="JGLOBAL_SHOW_FLAG_LABEL"
 			description="JGLOBAL_SHOW_FLAG_DESC"
 			default="1"
-			showon="show_associations:1"
 		>
 			<option value="1">JYES</option>
 			<option value="0">JNO</option>