diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index a269d5b6718..621225de4e3 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   tableSharedCrosshair?: boolean;
   regressionTransformation?: boolean;
   displayAnonymousStats?: boolean;
-  alertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki?: boolean;
   lokiQueryHints?: boolean;
   kubernetesFeatureToggles?: boolean;
   alertingPreviewUpgrade?: boolean;
diff --git a/pkg/services/annotations/annotationsimpl/loki/historian_store.go b/pkg/services/annotations/annotationsimpl/loki/historian_store.go
index 88ea9f6eedd..451375b5212 100644
--- a/pkg/services/annotations/annotationsimpl/loki/historian_store.go
+++ b/pkg/services/annotations/annotationsimpl/loki/historian_store.go
@@ -294,5 +294,6 @@ func useStore(cfg setting.UnifiedAlertingStateHistorySettings, ft featuremgmt.Fe
 	}
 
 	// We should only query Loki if annotations do not exist in the database.
-	return backend == historian.BackendTypeLoki
+	// To be doubly sure, ensure that the feature toggle to only use Loki is enabled.
+	return backend == historian.BackendTypeLoki && ft.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagAlertStateHistoryLokiOnly)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index 5221d50ca86..044b05ae577 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -1228,16 +1228,6 @@ var (
 			AllowSelfServe: false,
 			Expression:     "true", // enabled by default
 		},
-		{
-			Name:              "alertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki",
-			Description:       "Enable using Loki as the source for panel annotations generated by alert rules",
-			Stage:             FeatureStageExperimental,
-			Owner:             grafanaAlertingSquad,
-			HideFromAdminPage: true,
-			HideFromDocs:      true,
-			RequiresRestart:   true,
-			Created:           time.Date(2023, time.November, 30, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-		},
 		{
 			// this is mainly used a a way to quickly disable query hints as a safe guard for our infrastructure
 			Name:           "lokiQueryHints",
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index e531d86e62b..392de9008c5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ pluginsSkipHostEnvVars,experimental,@grafana/plugins-platform-backend,2023-11-15
 tableSharedCrosshair,experimental,@grafana/grafana-bi-squad,2023-12-12,false,false,false,true
 regressionTransformation,preview,@grafana/grafana-bi-squad,2023-11-24,false,false,false,true
 displayAnonymousStats,GA,@grafana/identity-access-team,2023-11-29,false,false,false,true
-alertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,2023-11-30,false,false,true,false
 lokiQueryHints,GA,@grafana/observability-logs,2023-12-18,false,false,false,true
 kubernetesFeatureToggles,experimental,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad,2023-12-22,false,false,false,true
 alertingPreviewUpgrade,preview,@grafana/alerting-squad,2024-01-03,false,false,true,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
index a9fe7957842..ee666c677b2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.go
@@ -591,10 +591,6 @@ const (
 	// Enables anonymous stats to be shown in the UI for Grafana
 	FlagDisplayAnonymousStats = "displayAnonymousStats"
 
-	// FlagAlertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki
-	// Enable using Loki as the source for panel annotations generated by alert rules
-	FlagAlertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki = "alertStateHistoryAnnotationsFromLoki"
-
 	// FlagLokiQueryHints
 	// Enables query hints for Loki
 	FlagLokiQueryHints = "lokiQueryHints"