diff --git a/src/workerd/api/encoding.c++ b/src/workerd/api/encoding.c++
index 19f7712e52a..66b965f5aa8 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/encoding.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/api/encoding.c++
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <workerd/io/features.h>
 #include <workerd/jsg/jsg.h>
-#include <workerd/util/autogate.h>
 #include <workerd/util/strings.h>
 
 #include <unicode/ucnv.h>
@@ -523,16 +522,6 @@ jsg::Ref<TextEncoder> TextEncoder::constructor(jsg::Lock& js) {
 }
 
 jsg::JsUint8Array TextEncoder::encode(jsg::Lock& js, jsg::Optional<jsg::JsString> input) {
-  if (!workerd::util::Autogate::isEnabled(workerd::util::AutogateKey::ENABLE_FAST_TEXTENCODER)) {
-    auto str = input.orDefault(js.str());
-    auto view = JSG_REQUIRE_NONNULL(jsg::BufferSource::tryAlloc(js, str.utf8Length(js)), RangeError,
-        "Cannot allocate space for TextEncoder.encode");
-    [[maybe_unused]] auto result = str.writeInto(
-        js, view.asArrayPtr().asChars(), jsg::JsString::WriteFlags::REPLACE_INVALID_UTF8);
-    KJ_DASSERT(result.written == view.size());
-    return jsg::JsUint8Array(view.getHandle(js).As<v8::Uint8Array>());
-  }
-
   jsg::JsString str = input.orDefault(js.str());
 
   size_t utf8_length = 0;
@@ -710,15 +699,6 @@ size_t bestFit(const char16_t* str, size_t bufferSize) {
 
 TextEncoder::EncodeIntoResult TextEncoder::encodeInto(
     jsg::Lock& js, jsg::JsString input, jsg::JsUint8Array buffer) {
-  if (!workerd::util::Autogate::isEnabled(workerd::util::AutogateKey::ENABLE_FAST_TEXTENCODER)) {
-    auto result = input.writeInto(
-        js, buffer.asArrayPtr<char>(), jsg::JsString::WriteFlags::REPLACE_INVALID_UTF8);
-    return TextEncoder::EncodeIntoResult{
-      .read = static_cast<int>(result.read),
-      .written = static_cast<int>(result.written),
-    };
-  }
-
   auto outputBuf = buffer.asArrayPtr<char>();
   size_t bufferSize = outputBuf.size();