diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/with-cdk-app.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/with-cdk-app.ts
index f4f229dd3..5e498e671 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/with-cdk-app.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/with-cdk-app.ts
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ export class TestFixture extends ShellHelper {
       // use events because bar renders bad in tests
       '--progress', 'events',
       ...(skipStackRename ? stackNames : this.fullStackName(stackNames)),
-      ...(options.telemetryFile ? ['--unstable=telemetry', `--telemetry-file=${options.telemetryFile}`] : []),
+      ...(options.telemetryFile ? [`--telemetry-file=${options.telemetryFile}`] : []),
     ];
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/cli-telemetry/cdk-cli-telemetry-send-to-file-unstable.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/cli-telemetry/cdk-cli-telemetry-send-to-file-unstable.integtest.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 736d96c35..000000000
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/cli-integ-tests/cli-telemetry/cdk-cli-telemetry-send-to-file-unstable.integtest.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { integTest, withDefaultFixture } from '../../../lib';
-
-jest.setTimeout(2 * 60 * 60_000); // Includes the time to acquire locks, worst-case single-threaded runtime
-
-integTest(
-  'sending cli telemetry to file fails if not invoked with --unstable',
-  withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
-    const telemetryFile = path.join(fixture.integTestDir, `telemetry-${Date.now()}.json`);
-    try {
-      await fixture.cdk(['list', `--telemetry-file=${telemetryFile}`]);
-      throw new Error('Expected command to fail');
-    } catch (error) {
-      expect(fs.existsSync(telemetryFile)).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(fixture.output.toString()).toContain('Unstable feature use');
-    }
-  }),
-);
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts
index a81563db7..d06cd93eb 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ integTest(
   'cdk synth with telemetry and validation error leads to invoke failure',
   withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
     const telemetryFile = path.join(fixture.integTestDir, `telemetry-${Date.now()}.json`);
-    const output = await fixture.cdk(['synth', '--unstable=telemetry', `--telemetry-file=${telemetryFile}`], {
+    const output = await fixture.cdk(['synth', `--telemetry-file=${telemetryFile}`], {
       allowErrExit: true,
       modEnv: {
         INTEG_STACK_SET: 'stage-with-errors',
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts
index 0e80a3a55..3f3ba6729 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ integTest(
     const telemetryFile = path.join(fixture.integTestDir, `telemetry-${Date.now()}.json`);
 
     const synthOutput = await fixture.cdk(
-      ['synth', fixture.fullStackName('test-1'), '--unstable=telemetry', `--telemetry-file=${telemetryFile}`],
+      ['synth', fixture.fullStackName('test-1'), `--telemetry-file=${telemetryFile}`],
       { modEnv: { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT: TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT }, verboseLevel: 3 }, // trace mode
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts
index 4e2f68df1..cba6bc509 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ export async function exec(args: string[], synthesizer?: Synthesizer): Promise<n
     caBundlePath: configuration.settings.get(['caBundlePath']),
   });
 
-  if (argv['telemetry-file'] && !configuration.settings.get(['unstable']).includes('telemetry')) {
-    throw new ToolkitError('Unstable feature use: \'telemetry-file\' is unstable. It must be opted in via \'--unstable\', e.g. \'cdk deploy --unstable=telemetry --telemetry-file=my/file/path\'');
-  }
-
   try {
     await ioHost.startTelemetry(argv, configuration.context);
   } catch (e: any) {