diff --git a/Sources/protoc-gen-swift/GeneratorOptions.swift b/Sources/protoc-gen-swift/GeneratorOptions.swift
index bf9d9cdbe..457be129b 100644
--- a/Sources/protoc-gen-swift/GeneratorOptions.swift
+++ b/Sources/protoc-gen-swift/GeneratorOptions.swift
@@ -79,11 +79,7 @@ class GeneratorOptions {
     var visibility: Visibility = .internal
     var swiftProtobufModuleName: String? = nil
     var implementationOnlyImports: Bool = false
-#if swift(>=6.0)
-    var useAccessLevelOnImports = true
-#else
     var useAccessLevelOnImports = false
-#endif
     var experimentalStripNonfunctionalCodegen: Bool = false
 
     for pair in parameter.parsedPairs {