diff --git a/app/src/components/AppSettings/AppUpdateModal.js b/app/src/components/AppSettings/AppUpdateModal.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1221ff0e8f9..00000000000
--- a/app/src/components/AppSettings/AppUpdateModal.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-// AlertModal for updating to newest app version
-import * as React from 'react'
-
-import {Icon, type ButtonProps} from '@opentrons/components'
-import {Portal} from '../portal'
-import {ScrollableAlertModal} from '../modals'
-import ReleaseNotes from '../ReleaseNotes'
-
-import type {ShellUpdateState} from '../../shell'
-
-type Props = {
-  update: ShellUpdateState,
-  availableVersion: ?string,
-  downloadUpdate: () => mixed,
-  applyUpdate: () => mixed,
-  closeModal: () => mixed,
-}
-
-// TODO(mc, 2018-03-19): prop or component for text-height icons
-const Spinner = () => <Icon name="ot-spinner" height="1em" spin />
-
-export default function AppUpdateModal (props: Props) {
-  const {
-    closeModal,
-    availableVersion,
-    update: {downloading, info},
-  } = props
-  const buttonProps = mapPropsToButtonProps(props)
-  const closeButtonChildren = downloading ? 'close' : 'not now'
-
-  return (
-    <Portal>
-      <ScrollableAlertModal
-        heading={`Version ${availableVersion || ''} Available`}
-        buttons={[
-          {onClick: closeModal, children: closeButtonChildren},
-          buttonProps,
-        ]}
-      >
-        <ReleaseNotes source={info && info.releaseNotes} />
-      </ScrollableAlertModal>
-    </Portal>
-  )
-}
-
-const DOWNLOAD = 'download'
-const DOWNLOAD_IN_PROGRESS = 'downloading'
-const RESTART = 'restart app'
-
-function mapPropsToButtonProps (props: Props): ButtonProps {
-  const {downloaded, checking, downloading} = props.update
-  const disabled = checking || downloading
-  const onClick = downloaded ? props.applyUpdate : props.downloadUpdate
-
-  let buttonProps: ButtonProps = {onClick, disabled}
-
-  if (downloaded) {
-    buttonProps.children = RESTART
-  } else if (downloading) {
-    buttonProps.children = (
-      <React.Fragment>
-        {`${DOWNLOAD_IN_PROGRESS} `}
-        <Spinner />
-      </React.Fragment>
-    )
-  } else {
-    buttonProps.children = DOWNLOAD
-  }
-
-  return buttonProps
-}
diff --git a/app/src/components/AppSettings/index.js b/app/src/components/AppSettings/index.js
index 7d91621d78d..01a1a278f98 100644
--- a/app/src/components/AppSettings/index.js
+++ b/app/src/components/AppSettings/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import * as React from 'react'
 import {AnalyticsSettingsCard} from '../analytics-settings'
 import AdvancedSettingsCard from './AdvancedSettingsCard'
 import AppInfoCard from './AppInfoCard'
-import AppUpdateModal from './AppUpdateModal'
 import {CardContainer, CardRow} from '../layout'
 
 type Props = {
@@ -31,5 +30,3 @@ export default function AppSettings (props: Props) {
     </CardContainer>
   )
 }
-
-export {AppUpdateModal}
diff --git a/app/src/pages/More/AppSettings.js b/app/src/pages/More/AppSettings.js
index 95695e64416..55283868a9f 100644
--- a/app/src/pages/More/AppSettings.js
+++ b/app/src/pages/More/AppSettings.js
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 // view info about the app and update
 import * as React from 'react'
 import {connect} from 'react-redux'
-import {getIn} from '@thi.ng/paths'
 import {Route, Switch, Redirect, type ContextRouter} from 'react-router'
 import {push} from 'react-router-redux'
 
-import {getConfig} from '../../config'
-
 import {
   getShellUpdateState,
   getAvailableShellUpdate,
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../shell'
 
 import Page from '../../components/Page'
-import AppSettings, {AppUpdateModal} from '../../components/AppSettings'
+import AppSettings from '../../components/AppSettings'
 import UpdateApp from '../../components/AppSettings/UpdateApp'
 import {ErrorModal} from '../../components/modals'
 
@@ -30,7 +27,6 @@ type OP = ContextRouter
 type SP = {
   update: ShellUpdateState,
   availableVersion: ?string,
-  __featureEnabled: boolean,
 }
 
 type DP = {
@@ -42,8 +38,6 @@ type DP = {
 
 type Props = OP & SP & DP
 
-const __FEATURE_FLAG = 'devInternal.newUpdateModal'
-
 export default connect(
   mapStateToProps,
   mapDispatchToProps
@@ -56,7 +50,6 @@ function AppSettingsPage (props: Props) {
     closeModal,
     update: {available, seen, error},
     match: {path},
-    __featureEnabled,
   } = props
 
   return (
@@ -72,11 +65,7 @@ function AppSettingsPage (props: Props) {
           path={`${path}/update`}
           render={() =>
             !error ? (
-              __featureEnabled ? (
-                <UpdateApp {...props} />
-              ) : (
-                <AppUpdateModal {...props} />
-              )
+              <UpdateApp {...props} />
             ) : (
               <ErrorModal
                 heading="Update Error"
@@ -101,7 +90,6 @@ function mapStateToProps (state: State): SP {
   return {
     update: getShellUpdateState(state),
     availableVersion: getAvailableShellUpdate(state),
-    __featureEnabled: !!getIn(getConfig(state), __FEATURE_FLAG),
   }
 }