diff --git a/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++ b/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++
index 23d432e912e..73e793b6eb1 100644
--- a/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/io/worker-entrypoint.c++
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <workerd/jsg/jsg.h>
 #include <workerd/api/global-scope.h>
 #include <workerd/api/util.h>
-#include <workerd/util/autogate.h>
 #include <workerd/util/sentry.h>
 #include <workerd/util/thread-scopes.h>
 #include <workerd/util/use-perfetto-categories.h>
@@ -314,15 +313,11 @@ kj::Promise<void> WorkerEntrypoint::request(kj::HttpMethod method,
     // Now that the IoContext is dropped (unless it had waitUntil()s), we can finish proxying
     // without pinning it or the isolate into memory.
     KJ_IF_SOME(p, proxyTask) {
-      if (util::Autogate::isEnabled(util::AutogateKey::RESPONSE_STREAM_DISCONNECTED_STATUS)) {
-        return p.catch_(
-            [metrics = kj::mv(metrics)](kj::Exception&& e) mutable -> kj::Promise<void> {
-          metrics->reportFailure(e, RequestObserver::FailureSource::DEFERRED_PROXY);
-          return kj::mv(e);
-        });
-      } else {
-        return kj::mv(p);
-      }
+      return p.catch_(
+          [metrics = kj::mv(metrics)](kj::Exception&& e) mutable -> kj::Promise<void> {
+        metrics->reportFailure(e, RequestObserver::FailureSource::DEFERRED_PROXY);
+        return kj::mv(e);
+      });
     } else {
       return kj::READY_NOW;
     }
diff --git a/src/workerd/util/autogate.c++ b/src/workerd/util/autogate.c++
index 364d34b8af8..0220db19bfb 100644
--- a/src/workerd/util/autogate.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/util/autogate.c++
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ kj::StringPtr KJ_STRINGIFY(AutogateKey key) {
       return "test-workerd"_kj;
     case AutogateKey::PYODIDE_LOAD_EXTERNAL:
       return "pyodide-load-external"_kj;
-    case AutogateKey::RESPONSE_STREAM_DISCONNECTED_STATUS:
-      return "response-stream-disconnected-status"_kj;
     case AutogateKey::NumOfKeys:
       KJ_FAIL_ASSERT("NumOfKeys should not be used in getName");
   }
diff --git a/src/workerd/util/autogate.h b/src/workerd/util/autogate.h
index fcbe917f656..8883b0aeb08 100644
--- a/src/workerd/util/autogate.h
+++ b/src/workerd/util/autogate.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ namespace workerd::util {
 enum class AutogateKey {
   TEST_WORKERD,
   PYODIDE_LOAD_EXTERNAL,
-  // Enables reporting of disconnection during deferred proxying as a new status.
-  RESPONSE_STREAM_DISCONNECTED_STATUS,
   NumOfKeys  // Reserved for iteration.
 };