diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/main.go
index b515337d..3ecf1ba0 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-toolkit/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	debugflag  = flag.Bool("debug", false, "enable debug output")
-	forceflag  = flag.Bool("force", false, "force execution of prestart hook in experimental mode")
 	configflag = flag.String("config", "", "configuration file")
 )
 
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ func doPrestart() {
 	hook := getHookConfig()
 	cli := hook.NvidiaContainerCLI
 
-	if !*forceflag && info.ResolveAutoMode(&logInterceptor{}, hook.NVIDIAContainerRuntime.Mode) != "legacy" {
+	if info.ResolveAutoMode(&logInterceptor{}, hook.NVIDIAContainerRuntime.Mode) != "legacy" {
 		log.Panicln("invoking the NVIDIA Container Runtime Hook directly (e.g. specifying the docker --gpus flag) is not supported. Please use the NVIDIA Container Runtime instead.")
 	}