diff --git a/src/UserSettingsStore.js b/src/UserSettingsStore.js
index 0e9d58b270..050e28e5b7 100644
--- a/src/UserSettingsStore.js
+++ b/src/UserSettingsStore.js
@@ -207,9 +207,7 @@ export default {
                 // Make it explicit that guests get the defaults (although they shouldn't
                 // have been able to ever toggle the flags anyway)
                 const userValue = localStorage.getItem(`mx_labs_feature_${featureId}`);
-                if (userValue !== null) {
-                    return userValue === 'true';
-                }
+                return userValue === 'true';
             }
             return false;
         } else {