diff --git a/src/featureFlags.js b/src/featureFlags.js
index 13c424184768..f07229d492e1 100644
--- a/src/featureFlags.js
+++ b/src/featureFlags.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import log from './util/log'
 
 let defaults = {
   optimizeUniversalDefaults: false,
+  generalizedModifiers: true,
 }
 
 let featureFlags = {
diff --git a/tests/arbitrary-variants.test.js b/tests/arbitrary-variants.test.js
index 39484315d066..d259971fe57a 100644
--- a/tests/arbitrary-variants.test.js
+++ b/tests/arbitrary-variants.test.js
@@ -709,9 +709,6 @@ it('should support supports', () => {
 
 it('should be possible to use modifiers and arbitrary groups', () => {
   let config = {
-    experimental: {
-      generalizedModifiers: true,
-    },
     content: [
       {
         raw: html`
@@ -813,9 +810,6 @@ it('should be possible to use modifiers and arbitrary groups', () => {
 
 it('should be possible to use modifiers and arbitrary peers', () => {
   let config = {
-    experimental: {
-      generalizedModifiers: true,
-    },
     content: [
       {
         raw: html`
diff --git a/tests/match-utilities.test.js b/tests/match-utilities.test.js
index bae11e5a450a..587a46866858 100644
--- a/tests/match-utilities.test.js
+++ b/tests/match-utilities.test.js
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ import { run, html, css } from './util/run'
 
 test('match utilities with modifiers', async () => {
   let config = {
-    experimental: {
-      generalizedModifiers: true,
-    },
-
     content: [
       {
         raw: html`<div class="test test/foo test-1/foo test-2/foo test/[foo] test-1/[foo]"></div> `,
@@ -66,9 +62,6 @@ test('match utilities with modifiers', async () => {
 
 test('match utilities with modifiers in the config', async () => {
   let config = {
-    experimental: {
-      generalizedModifiers: true,
-    },
     content: [
       {
         raw: html`<div class="test test/foo test-1/foo test/[bar] test-1/[bar]"></div> `,
@@ -126,9 +119,6 @@ test('match utilities with modifiers in the config', async () => {
 
 test('match utilities can omit utilities by returning null', async () => {
   let config = {
-    experimental: {
-      generalizedModifiers: true,
-    },
     content: [
       {
         raw: html`<div class="test test/good test/bad"></div> `,