diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 7dc071bc4988..885075689a03 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -413,9 +413,6 @@ var config = {
     //     // ./src/react/features/transcribing/transcriber-langs.json.
     //     preferredLanguage: 'en-US',
 
-    //     // Disable start transcription for all participants.
-    //     disableStartForAll: false,
-
     //     // Enables automatic turning on transcribing when recording is started
     //     autoTranscribeOnRecord: false,
     // },
diff --git a/react/features/base/config/configType.ts b/react/features/base/config/configType.ts
index 25fcf614fbf7..c8dd86419035 100644
--- a/react/features/base/config/configType.ts
+++ b/react/features/base/config/configType.ts
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ export interface IConfig {
     transcribingEnabled?: boolean;
     transcription?: {
         autoTranscribeOnRecord?: boolean;
-        disableStartForAll?: boolean;
         enabled?: boolean;
         preferredLanguage?: string;
         translationLanguages?: Array<string>;
diff --git a/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts b/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts
index a4c7106af0a8..faba4ed5d459 100644
--- a/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts
+++ b/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
     PARTICIPANT_UPDATED
 } from '../base/participants/actionTypes';
 import MiddlewareRegistry from '../base/redux/MiddlewareRegistry';
-import { toggleRequestingSubtitles } from '../subtitles/actions.any';
 
 import {
     _TRANSCRIBER_JOINED,
@@ -32,30 +31,14 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ dispatch, getState }) => next => action => {
     } = getState()['features/transcribing'];
 
     switch (action.type) {
-    case _TRANSCRIBER_JOINED: {
+    case _TRANSCRIBER_JOINED:
         notifyTranscribingStatusChanged(true);
 
-        const state = getState();
-        const { transcription } = state['features/base/config'];
-        const { _requestingSubtitles } = state['features/subtitles'];
-
-        if (!_requestingSubtitles && !transcription?.disableStartForAll) {
-            dispatch(toggleRequestingSubtitles());
-        }
         break;
-    }
-    case _TRANSCRIBER_LEFT: {
+    case _TRANSCRIBER_LEFT:
         notifyTranscribingStatusChanged(false);
 
-        const state = getState();
-        const { transcription } = state['features/base/config'];
-        const { _requestingSubtitles } = state['features/subtitles'];
-
-        if (_requestingSubtitles && !transcription?.disableStartForAll) {
-            dispatch(toggleRequestingSubtitles());
-        }
         break;
-    }
     case HIDDEN_PARTICIPANT_JOINED:
         if (action.displayName === TRANSCRIBER_DISPLAY_NAME) {
             dispatch(transcriberJoined(action.id));