diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster.ml b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster.ml
index 355bf17552..498a0ea411 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster.ml
@@ -65,15 +65,12 @@ let create ~__context ~pIF ~cluster_stack ~pool_auto_join ~token_timeout
       let hostuuid = Inventory.lookup Inventory._installation_uuid in
       let hostname = Db.Host.get_hostname ~__context ~self:host in
       let member =
-        if Xapi_cluster_helpers.cluster_health_enabled ~__context then
-          Extended
-            {
-              ip= Ipaddr.of_string_exn (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
-            ; hostuuid
-            ; hostname
-            }
-        else
-          IPv4 (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
+        Extended
+          {
+            ip= Ipaddr.of_string_exn (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
+          ; hostuuid
+          ; hostname
+          }
       in
       let token_timeout_ms = Int64.of_float (token_timeout *. 1000.0) in
       let token_timeout_coefficient_ms =
@@ -298,8 +295,6 @@ let pool_resync ~__context ~self:_ =
    find or create a matching cluster_host which is also enabled *)
 
 let cstack_sync ~__context ~self =
-  if Xapi_cluster_helpers.cluster_health_enabled ~__context then (
-    debug "%s: sync db data with cluster stack" __FUNCTION__ ;
-    Watcher.on_corosync_update ~__context ~cluster:self
-      ["Updates due to cluster api calls"]
-  )
+  debug "%s: sync db data with cluster stack" __FUNCTION__ ;
+  Watcher.on_corosync_update ~__context ~cluster:self
+    ["Updates due to cluster api calls"]
diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_helpers.ml b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_helpers.ml
index b46389f8a8..2582790e92 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_helpers.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_helpers.ml
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ let with_cluster_operation ~__context ~(self : [`Cluster] API.Ref.t) ~doc ~op
       with _ -> ()
   )
 
-let cluster_health_enabled ~__context =
-  let pool = Helpers.get_pool ~__context in
-  let restrictions = Db.Pool.get_restrictions ~__context ~self:pool in
-  List.assoc_opt "restrict_cluster_health" restrictions = Some "false"
-
 let corosync3_enabled ~__context =
   let pool = Helpers.get_pool ~__context in
   let restrictions = Db.Pool.get_restrictions ~__context ~self:pool in
@@ -147,23 +142,21 @@ let maybe_generate_alert ~__context ~num_hosts ~hosts_left ~hosts_joined ~quorum
              ~cls:`Host ~obj_uuid:host_uuid ~body
     )
   in
-  if cluster_health_enabled ~__context then (
-    List.iter (generate_alert false) hosts_left ;
-    List.iter (generate_alert true) hosts_joined ;
-    (* only generate this alert when the number of hosts is decreasing *)
-    if hosts_left <> [] && num_hosts <= quorum then
-      let pool = Helpers.get_pool ~__context in
-      let pool_uuid = Db.Pool.get_uuid ~__context ~self:pool in
-      let name, priority = Api_messages.cluster_quorum_approaching_lost in
-      let body =
-        Printf.sprintf
-          "The cluster is losing quorum: currently %d host(s), need %d host(s) \
-           for a quorum"
-          num_hosts quorum
-      in
-      Helpers.call_api_functions ~__context (fun rpc session_id ->
-          ignore
-          @@ Client.Client.Message.create ~rpc ~session_id ~name ~priority
-               ~cls:`Pool ~obj_uuid:pool_uuid ~body
-      )
-  )
+  List.iter (generate_alert false) hosts_left ;
+  List.iter (generate_alert true) hosts_joined ;
+  (* only generate this alert when the number of hosts is decreasing *)
+  if hosts_left <> [] && num_hosts <= quorum then
+    let pool = Helpers.get_pool ~__context in
+    let pool_uuid = Db.Pool.get_uuid ~__context ~self:pool in
+    let name, priority = Api_messages.cluster_quorum_approaching_lost in
+    let body =
+      Printf.sprintf
+        "The cluster is losing quorum: currently %d host(s), need %d host(s) \
+         for a quorum"
+        num_hosts quorum
+    in
+    Helpers.call_api_functions ~__context (fun rpc session_id ->
+        ignore
+        @@ Client.Client.Message.create ~rpc ~session_id ~name ~priority
+             ~cls:`Pool ~obj_uuid:pool_uuid ~body
+    )
diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_host.ml b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_host.ml
index 9644ca8cd7..e022f75c70 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_host.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_cluster_host.ml
@@ -126,15 +126,12 @@ let join_internal ~__context ~self =
       let host = Db.Cluster_host.get_host ~__context ~self in
       let hostname = Db.Host.get_hostname ~__context ~self:host in
       let member =
-        if Xapi_cluster_helpers.cluster_health_enabled ~__context then
-          Extended
-            {
-              ip= Ipaddr.of_string_exn (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
-            ; hostuuid
-            ; hostname
-            }
-        else
-          IPv4 (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
+        Extended
+          {
+            ip= Ipaddr.of_string_exn (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
+          ; hostuuid
+          ; hostname
+          }
       in
       let ip_list =
         List.filter_map
@@ -341,17 +338,14 @@ let enable ~__context ~self =
       let hostuuid = Inventory.lookup Inventory._installation_uuid in
       let hostname = Db.Host.get_hostname ~__context ~self:host in
       let member =
-        if Xapi_cluster_helpers.cluster_health_enabled ~__context then
-          Cluster_interface.(
-            Extended
-              {
-                ip= Ipaddr.of_string_exn (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
-              ; hostuuid
-              ; hostname
-              }
-          )
-        else
-          Cluster_interface.(IPv4 (ipstr_of_address ip_addr))
+        Cluster_interface.(
+          Extended
+            {
+              ip= Ipaddr.of_string_exn (ipstr_of_address ip_addr)
+            ; hostuuid
+            ; hostname
+            }
+        )
       in
       let cluster_ref = Db.Cluster_host.get_cluster ~__context ~self in
       let cluster_stack =
diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_clustering.ml b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_clustering.ml
index ec6efe81d0..d2b61be2f5 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_clustering.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_clustering.ml
@@ -675,21 +675,19 @@ module Watcher = struct
     let is_master = Helpers.is_pool_master ~__context ~host in
     let daemon_enabled = Daemon.is_enabled () in
     if is_master && daemon_enabled then (
-      if Xapi_cluster_helpers.cluster_health_enabled ~__context then
-        if Atomic.compare_and_set cluster_change_watcher false true then (
-          debug "%s: create watcher for corosync-notifyd on coordinator"
-            __FUNCTION__ ;
-          Atomic.set finish_watch false ;
-          let _ : Thread.t =
-            Thread.create (fun () -> watch_cluster_change ~__context ~host) ()
-          in
-          ()
-        ) else
-          (* someone else must have gone into the if branch above and created the thread
-             before us, leave it to them *)
-          debug
-            "%s: not create watcher for corosync-notifyd as it already exists"
-            __FUNCTION__ ;
+      if Atomic.compare_and_set cluster_change_watcher false true then (
+        debug "%s: create watcher for corosync-notifyd on coordinator"
+          __FUNCTION__ ;
+        Atomic.set finish_watch false ;
+        let _ : Thread.t =
+          Thread.create (fun () -> watch_cluster_change ~__context ~host) ()
+        in
+        ()
+      ) else
+        (* someone else must have gone into the if branch above and created the thread
+           before us, leave it to them *)
+        debug "%s: not create watcher for corosync-notifyd as it already exists"
+          __FUNCTION__ ;
 
       if Xapi_cluster_helpers.corosync3_enabled ~__context then
         if Atomic.compare_and_set cluster_stack_watcher false true then (