diff --git a/lib/activate/activate.c b/lib/activate/activate.c
index b898df656..311cbb4a6 100644
--- a/lib/activate/activate.c
+++ b/lib/activate/activate.c
@@ -2461,7 +2461,6 @@ int lv_deactivate(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *lvid_s, const struct logi
 	const struct lv_activate_opts laopts = { .skip_in_use = 1 };
 	struct dm_list *snh;
 	int r = 0;
-	unsigned tmp_state;
 
 	if (!activation())
 		return 1;
@@ -2534,9 +2533,6 @@ int lv_deactivate(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *lvid_s, const struct logi
 	}
 	critical_section_dec(cmd, "deactivated");
 
-	tmp_state = cmd->disable_dm_devs;
-	cmd->disable_dm_devs = 1;
-
 	if (!lv_info(cmd, lv, 0, &info, 0, 0) || info.exists) {
 		/* Turn into log_error, but we do not log error */
 		log_debug_activation("Deactivated volume is still %s present.",
@@ -2544,7 +2540,6 @@ int lv_deactivate(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *lvid_s, const struct logi
 		r = 0;
 	}
 
-	cmd->disable_dm_devs = tmp_state;
 out:
 
 	return r;
diff --git a/lib/activate/dev_manager.c b/lib/activate/dev_manager.c
index f4e47b531..a7a2e98ae 100644
--- a/lib/activate/dev_manager.c
+++ b/lib/activate/dev_manager.c
@@ -1062,8 +1062,7 @@ int dev_manager_info(struct cmd_context *cmd,
 	if (!(dlid = build_dm_uuid(cmd->mem, lv, layer)))
 		goto_out;
 
-	if (!cmd->disable_dm_devs &&
-	    cmd->cache_dm_devs &&
+	if (cmd->cache_dm_devs &&
 	    !dm_device_list_find_by_uuid(cmd->cache_dm_devs, dlid, NULL)) {
 		log_debug("Cached as inactive %s.", name);
 		if (dminfo)
@@ -2436,8 +2435,7 @@ static int _add_dev_to_dtree(struct dev_manager *dm, struct dm_tree *dtree,
 	if (!(dlid = build_dm_uuid(dm->track_pending_delete ? dm->cmd->pending_delete_mem : dm->mem, lv, layer)))
 		return_0;
 
-	if (!dm->cmd->disable_dm_devs &&
-	    dm->cmd->cache_dm_devs) {
+	if (dm->cmd->cache_dm_devs) {
 		if (!dm_device_list_find_by_uuid(dm->cmd->cache_dm_devs, dlid, &dev)) {
 			log_debug("Cached as not present %s.", name);
 			return 1;
diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
index 043afbf76..8c1d81d6d 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.h
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ struct cmd_context {
 	unsigned event_activation:1;		/* whether event_activation is set */
 	unsigned udevoutput:1;
 	unsigned online_vg_file_removed:1;
-	unsigned disable_dm_devs:1;		/* temporarily disable use of dm devs cache */
 	unsigned filter_regex_set_preferred_name_disable:1; /* prevent dev_set_preferred_name */
 	unsigned device_ids_check_product_uuid:1;
 	unsigned device_ids_check_hostname:1;