diff --git a/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py b/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py
index d438197329939..07c51ceb38286 100644
--- a/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py
+++ b/src/lightning/fabric/accelerators/xla.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def register_accelerators(cls, accelerator_registry: _AcceleratorRegistry) -> No
 
 def _using_pjrt() -> bool:
     # `using_pjrt` is removed in torch_xla 2.5
-    if _XLA_GREATER_EQUAL_2_5:
+    if True:
         from torch_xla import runtime as xr
 
         return xr.device_type() is not None