diff --git a/internal/resolver/resolver.go b/internal/resolver/resolver.go
index 12c96f50c84..788982af23f 100644
--- a/internal/resolver/resolver.go
+++ b/internal/resolver/resolver.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart/loader"
-	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/gates"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/gitutils"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/helmpath"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/provenance"
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/repo"
 )
 
-const FeatureGateOCI = gates.Gate("HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI")
-
 var hasGitReference = gitutils.HasGitReference
 
 // Resolver resolves dependencies from semantic version ranges to a particular version.
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager.go b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
index bf7fafe7207..f246ea25a7b 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
@@ -344,11 +344,6 @@ func (m *Manager) downloadAll(deps []*chart.Dependency) error {
 		version := ""
 
 		if registry.IsOCI(churl) {
-			if !resolver.FeatureGateOCI.IsEnabled() {
-				return errors.Wrapf(resolver.FeatureGateOCI.Error(),
-					"the repository %s is an OCI registry", churl)
-			}
-
 			churl, version, err = parseOCIRef(churl)
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not parse OCI reference")