diff --git a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getSuggestedFollowsByActor.ts b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getSuggestedFollowsByActor.ts
index 61401d9135..8feb2090f1 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getSuggestedFollowsByActor.ts
+++ b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getSuggestedFollowsByActor.ts
@@ -56,19 +56,12 @@ export default function (server: Server, ctx: AppContext) {
 
 const skeleton = async (input: SkeletonFnInput<Context, Params>) => {
   const { params, ctx } = input
-  const gates = ctx.featureGates
   const [relativeToDid] = await ctx.hydrator.actor.getDids([params.actor])
   if (!relativeToDid) {
     throw new InvalidRequestError('Actor not found')
   }
 
-  if (
-    ctx.suggestionsAgent &&
-    gates.check(
-      await gates.user({ did: params.hydrateCtx.viewer }),
-      gates.ids.NewSuggestedFollowsByActor,
-    )
-  ) {
+  if (ctx.suggestionsAgent) {
     const res =
       await ctx.suggestionsAgent.api.app.bsky.unspecced.getSuggestionsSkeleton(
         {
diff --git a/packages/bsky/src/feature-gates.ts b/packages/bsky/src/feature-gates.ts
index 3e22afa141..ccfa928060 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/src/feature-gates.ts
+++ b/packages/bsky/src/feature-gates.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ export type Config = {
 }
 
 export enum GateID {
-  NewSuggestedFollowsByActor = 'new_sugg_foll_by_actor',
+  /**
+   * Left here ensure this is interpreted as a string enum and therefore
+   * appease TS
+   */
+  _ = '',
 }
 
 /**