diff --git a/quiche/common/quiche_feature_flags_list.h b/quiche/common/quiche_feature_flags_list.h
index eed37fe..f3dbac2 100755
--- a/quiche/common/quiche_feature_flags_list.h
+++ b/quiche/common/quiche_feature_flags_list.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 QUICHE_FLAG(bool, quiche_reloadable_flag_quic_ignore_gquic_probing, true, true, "If true, QUIC server will not respond to gQUIC probing packet(PING + PADDING) but treat it as a regular packet.")
 QUICHE_FLAG(bool, quiche_reloadable_flag_quic_limit_new_streams_per_loop_2, true, true, "If true, when the peer sends connection options \\\'SLP1\\\', \\\'SLP2\\\' and \\\'SLPF\\\', internet facing GFEs will only allow a limited number of new requests to be processed per event loop, and postpone the rest to the following event loops. Also guard QuicConnection to iterate through all decrypters at each encryption level to get cipher id for a request.")
 QUICHE_FLAG(bool, quiche_reloadable_flag_quic_new_error_code_for_invalid_hostname, true, true, "If true, TlsServerHandshaker will close connection with QUIC_HANDSHAKE_FAILED_INVALID_HOSTNAME, instead of QUIC_HANDSHAKE_FAILED, when the hostname in ClientHello is invalid.")
-QUICHE_FLAG(bool, quiche_reloadable_flag_quic_new_error_code_when_packets_buffered_too_long, true, true, "If true, dispatcher sends error code QUIC_HANDSHAKE_FAILED_PACKETS_BUFFERED_TOO_LONG when handshake fails due to packets buffered for too long.")
 QUICHE_FLAG(bool, quiche_reloadable_flag_quic_no_path_degrading_before_handshake_confirmed, true, true, "If true, an endpoint does not detect path degrading or blackholing until handshake gets confirmed.")
 QUICHE_FLAG(bool, quiche_reloadable_flag_quic_no_write_control_frame_upon_connection_close, false, true, "If trrue, early return before write control frame in OnCanWrite() if the connection is already closed.")
 QUICHE_FLAG(bool, quiche_reloadable_flag_quic_no_write_control_frame_upon_connection_close2, false, false, "If true, QuicSession will block outgoing control frames when the connection is closed.")
diff --git a/quiche/quic/core/quic_dispatcher.cc b/quiche/quic/core/quic_dispatcher.cc
index d739cfb..48c006c 100644
--- a/quiche/quic/core/quic_dispatcher.cc
+++ b/quiche/quic/core/quic_dispatcher.cc
@@ -1145,13 +1145,7 @@
     QuicConnectionId server_connection_id,
     BufferedPacketList early_arrived_packets) {
   QUIC_CODE_COUNT(quic_reject_buffered_packets_expired);
-  QuicErrorCode error_code = QUIC_HANDSHAKE_FAILED;
-  if (GetQuicReloadableFlag(
-          quic_new_error_code_when_packets_buffered_too_long)) {
-    QUIC_RELOADABLE_FLAG_COUNT(
-        quic_new_error_code_when_packets_buffered_too_long);
-    error_code = QUIC_HANDSHAKE_FAILED_PACKETS_BUFFERED_TOO_LONG;
-  }
+  QuicErrorCode error_code = QUIC_HANDSHAKE_FAILED_PACKETS_BUFFERED_TOO_LONG;
   QuicSocketAddress self_address, peer_address;
   if (!early_arrived_packets.buffered_packets.empty()) {
     self_address = early_arrived_packets.buffered_packets.front().self_address;