diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/services/Ob1G5CollectionService.java b/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/services/Ob1G5CollectionService.java
index 2c843592e4..ccfa545f5e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/services/Ob1G5CollectionService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/services/Ob1G5CollectionService.java
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ public void instantCreateBondIfAllowed() {
 
 
     private boolean getInitiateBondingFlag() {
-        return Pref.getBoolean("ob1_initiate_bonding_flag", true);
+        return true; // There is no reason not to initiate bonding
     }
 
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/utilitymodels/IdempotentMigrations.java b/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/utilitymodels/IdempotentMigrations.java
index a9803735e7..65c0c5776a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/utilitymodels/IdempotentMigrations.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/eveningoutpost/dexdrip/utilitymodels/IdempotentMigrations.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ private static void legacySettingsFix() {
         Pref.setBoolean("always_get_new_keys", true);
         Pref.setBoolean("run_ble_scan_constantly", false);
         Pref.setBoolean("run_G5_ble_tasks_on_uithread", false);
+        Pref.setBoolean("ob1_initiate_bonding_flag", true);
     }
     private static void legacySettingsMoveLanguageFromNoToNb() {
         // Check if the user's language preference is set to "no"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_data_source.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_data_source.xml
index 07ef37e6e7..b5495d3fe4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_data_source.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_data_source.xml
@@ -400,12 +400,6 @@
                     android:key="ob1_special_pairing_workaround"
                     android:summary="Some Samsung devices can have an error where they lose the pairing information. This attempts to work around the issue."
                     android:title="@string/special_pairing_workaround" />
-                <CheckBoxPreference
-                    android:defaultValue="true"
-                    android:key="ob1_initiate_bonding_flag"
-                    android:summary="@string/summary_ob1_initiate_bonding_flag"
-                    android:title="@string/title_ob1_initiate_bonding_flag"
-                    />
                 <EditTextPreference
                     android:defaultValue=""
                     android:inputType="number"