diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index 3982bdc33e5..0bd17e2af72 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -657,10 +657,6 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   rolePickerDrawer?: boolean;
   /**
-  * Enable unified storage search
-  */
-  unifiedStorageSearch?: boolean;
-  /**
   * Enable sprinkles on unified storage search
   */
   unifiedStorageSearchSprinkles?: boolean;
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index ed591908042..6f2274f22e7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -1087,13 +1087,6 @@ var (
 			Stage:       FeatureStageExperimental,
 			Owner:       identityAccessTeam,
 		},
-		{
-			Name:         "unifiedStorageSearch",
-			Description:  "Enable unified storage search",
-			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
-			Owner:        grafanaSearchAndStorageSquad,
-			HideFromDocs: true,
-		},
 		{
 			Name:         "unifiedStorageSearchSprinkles",
 			Description:  "Enable sprinkles on unified storage search",
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index 15376f39fc1..c4d2c026d9a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ alertingQueryAndExpressionsStepMode,GA,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,true
 improvedExternalSessionHandling,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
 useSessionStorageForRedirection,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
 rolePickerDrawer,experimental,@grafana/identity-access-team,false,false,false
-unifiedStorageSearch,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
 unifiedStorageSearchSprinkles,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
 managedDualWriter,experimental,@grafana/search-and-storage,false,false,false
 pluginsSriChecks,GA,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,false,false,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index e778a6fc3d1..97ecf868a64 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -455,10 +455,6 @@ const (
 	// Enables the new role picker drawer design
 	FlagRolePickerDrawer = "rolePickerDrawer"
 
-	// FlagUnifiedStorageSearch
-	// Enable unified storage search
-	FlagUnifiedStorageSearch = "unifiedStorageSearch"
-
 	// FlagUnifiedStorageSearchSprinkles
 	// Enable sprinkles on unified storage search
 	FlagUnifiedStorageSearchSprinkles = "unifiedStorageSearchSprinkles"
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index 124a4977c07..64d6ff7b5dd 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -3697,7 +3697,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "unifiedStorageSearch",
         "resourceVersion": "1764664939750",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2024-09-30T19:46:14Z"
+        "creationTimestamp": "2024-09-30T19:46:14Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2026-01-12T10:02:12Z"
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Enable unified storage search",
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/README.md b/pkg/storage/unified/README.md
index aef27df8e05..9cd0d1fd01d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/README.md
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/README.md
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ kubernetesDashboards = true
 kubernetesFolders = true
 unifiedStorage = true
 unifiedStorageHistoryPruner = true
-unifiedStorageSearch = true
 unifiedStorageSearchPermissionFiltering = false
 unifiedStorageSearchSprinkles = false
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search.go
index bca5fb98491..ade86760502 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search.go
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ func newRebuildRequest(key NamespacedResource, minBuildTime, lastImportTime time
 
 func (s *searchSupport) getOrCreateIndex(ctx context.Context, stats *SearchStats, key NamespacedResource, reason string) (ResourceIndex, error) {
 	if s == nil || s.search == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("search is not configured properly (missing unifiedStorageSearch feature toggle?)")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("search is not configured properly (missing enable_search config?)")
 	}
 
 	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "resource.searchSupport.getOrCreateIndex")
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
index 20a0874b598..d450e9ae24b 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func NewSearchOptions(
 	ownsIndexFn func(key resource.NamespacedResource) (bool, error),
 ) (resource.SearchOptions, error) {
 	//nolint:staticcheck // not yet migrated to OpenFeature
-	if cfg.EnableSearch || features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagUnifiedStorageSearch) || features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagProvisioning) {
+	if cfg.EnableSearch || features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagProvisioning) {
 		root := cfg.IndexPath
 		if root == "" {
 			root = filepath.Join(cfg.DataPath, "unified-search", "bleve")
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go
index ce7dd5f6795..cdcc798c93a 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/folder/folders_test.go
@@ -2054,9 +2054,7 @@ func TestIntegrationDeleteFolderWithProvisionedDashboards(t *testing.T) {
 						DualWriterMode: modeDw,
 					},
 				},
-				EnableFeatureToggles: []string{
-					featuremgmt.FlagUnifiedStorageSearch,
-				},
+				UnifiedStorageEnableSearch: true,
 			}
 
 			setupProvisioningDir(t, &ops)
@@ -2163,9 +2161,7 @@ func TestIntegrationProvisionedFolderPropagatesLabelsAndAnnotations(t *testing.T
 				DualWriterMode: mode3,
 			},
 		},
-		EnableFeatureToggles: []string{
-			featuremgmt.FlagUnifiedStorageSearch,
-		},
+		UnifiedStorageEnableSearch: true,
 	}
 
 	setupProvisioningDir(t, &ops)