diff --git a/lightningd/plugin.c b/lightningd/plugin.c
index ddc67fcb4..5c68d86cd 100644
--- a/lightningd/plugin.c
+++ b/lightningd/plugin.c
@@ -1551,9 +1551,7 @@ const char *plugin_send_getmanifest(struct plugin *p)
 	p->stdin_conn = io_new_conn(p, stdinfd, plugin_stdin_conn_init, p);
 	req = jsonrpc_request_start(p, "getmanifest", p->log,
 				    NULL, plugin_manifest_cb, p);
-	/* Adding allow-deprecated-apis is part of the deprecation cycle! */
-	if (!deprecated_apis)
-		json_add_bool(req->stream, "allow-deprecated-apis", deprecated_apis);
+	json_add_bool(req->stream, "allow-deprecated-apis", deprecated_apis);
 	jsonrpc_request_end(req);
 	plugin_request_send(p, req);
 	p->plugin_state = AWAITING_GETMANIFEST_RESPONSE;