diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index b28974801a5..af2a4ec9a4a 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ const (
 	// owner: @derekwaynecarr
 	//
 	// Enables kubelet support to size memory backed volumes
+	// This is a kubelet only feature gate.
+	// Code can be removed in 1.35 without any consideration for emulated versions.
 	SizeMemoryBackedVolumes featuregate.Feature = "SizeMemoryBackedVolumes"
 
 	// owner: @mattcary
diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index e34c75c2ab9..5d1572c902f 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	SizeMemoryBackedVolumes: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.20"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.22"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: true, LockToDefault: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
 	},
 
 	StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC: {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go
index 89766f64cbc..5dcf9c0f7b5 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go
@@ -21,20 +21,18 @@ package emptydir
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/swap"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/swap"
+
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	utiltesting "k8s.io/client-go/util/testing"
-	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	volumetest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/testing"
 	volumeutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
@@ -963,27 +961,7 @@ func TestCalculateEmptyDirMemorySize(t *testing.T) {
 		nodeAllocatableMemory resource.Quantity
 		emptyDirSizeLimit     resource.Quantity
 		expectedResult        resource.Quantity
-		featureGateEnabled    bool
 	}{
-		"SizeMemoryBackedVolumesDisabled": {
-			pod: &v1.Pod{
-				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
-					Containers: []v1.Container{
-						{
-							Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
-								Requests: v1.ResourceList{
-									v1.ResourceName("memory"): resource.MustParse("10Gi"),
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			nodeAllocatableMemory: resource.MustParse("16Gi"),
-			emptyDirSizeLimit:     resource.MustParse("1Gi"),
-			expectedResult:        resource.MustParse("0"),
-			featureGateEnabled:    false,
-		},
 		"EmptyDirLocalLimit": {
 			pod: &v1.Pod{
 				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
@@ -1001,7 +979,6 @@ func TestCalculateEmptyDirMemorySize(t *testing.T) {
 			nodeAllocatableMemory: resource.MustParse("16Gi"),
 			emptyDirSizeLimit:     resource.MustParse("1Gi"),
 			expectedResult:        resource.MustParse("1Gi"),
-			featureGateEnabled:    true,
 		},
 		"PodLocalLimit": {
 			pod: &v1.Pod{
@@ -1020,7 +997,6 @@ func TestCalculateEmptyDirMemorySize(t *testing.T) {
 			nodeAllocatableMemory: resource.MustParse("16Gi"),
 			emptyDirSizeLimit:     resource.MustParse("0"),
 			expectedResult:        resource.MustParse("10Gi"),
-			featureGateEnabled:    true,
 		},
 		"NodeAllocatableLimit": {
 			pod: &v1.Pod{
@@ -1039,13 +1015,11 @@ func TestCalculateEmptyDirMemorySize(t *testing.T) {
 			nodeAllocatableMemory: resource.MustParse("16Gi"),
 			emptyDirSizeLimit:     resource.MustParse("0"),
 			expectedResult:        resource.MustParse("16Gi"),
-			featureGateEnabled:    true,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for testCaseName, testCase := range testCases {
 		t.Run(testCaseName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.SizeMemoryBackedVolumes, testCase.featureGateEnabled)
 			spec := &volume.Spec{
 				Volume: &v1.Volume{
 					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
index 484130ce6c8..cc31d6e54fc 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
@@ -288,51 +288,6 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("LocalStorageSoftEvictionNotOverwriteTerminationGracePeriodS
 	})
 })
 
-// This test validates that in-memory EmptyDir's are evicted when the Kubelet does
-// not have Sized Memory Volumes enabled. When Sized volumes are enabled, it's
-// not possible to exhaust the quota.
-var _ = SIGDescribe("LocalStorageCapacityIsolationMemoryBackedVolumeEviction", framework.WithSlow(), framework.WithSerial(), framework.WithDisruptive(), feature.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation, nodefeature.Eviction, func() {
-	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("localstorage-eviction-test")
-	f.NamespacePodSecurityLevel = admissionapi.LevelPrivileged
-	evictionTestTimeout := 7 * time.Minute
-	ginkgo.Context(fmt.Sprintf(testContextFmt, "evictions due to pod local storage violations"), func() {
-		tempSetCurrentKubeletConfig(f, func(ctx context.Context, initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
-			// setting a threshold to 0% disables; non-empty map overrides default value (necessary due to omitempty)
-			initialConfig.EvictionHard = map[string]string{string(evictionapi.SignalMemoryAvailable): "0%"}
-			if initialConfig.FeatureGates == nil {
-				initialConfig.FeatureGates = make(map[string]bool)
-			}
-			initialConfig.FeatureGates["SizeMemoryBackedVolumes"] = false
-		})
-
-		sizeLimit := resource.MustParse("100Mi")
-		useOverLimit := 200 /* Mb */
-		useUnderLimit := 80 /* Mb */
-		containerLimit := v1.ResourceList{v1.ResourceEphemeralStorage: sizeLimit}
-
-		runEvictionTest(f, evictionTestTimeout, noPressure, noStarvedResource, logDiskMetrics, []podEvictSpec{
-			{
-				evictionPriority: 1, // Should be evicted due to disk limit
-				pod: diskConsumingPod("emptydir-memory-over-volume-sizelimit", useOverLimit, &v1.VolumeSource{
-					EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{Medium: "Memory", SizeLimit: &sizeLimit},
-				}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}),
-			},
-			{
-				evictionPriority: 0, // Should not be evicted, as container limits do not account for memory backed volumes
-				pod: diskConsumingPod("emptydir-memory-over-container-sizelimit", useOverLimit, &v1.VolumeSource{
-					EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{Medium: "Memory"},
-				}, v1.ResourceRequirements{Limits: containerLimit}),
-			},
-			{
-				evictionPriority: 0,
-				pod: diskConsumingPod("emptydir-memory-innocent", useUnderLimit, &v1.VolumeSource{
-					EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{Medium: "Memory", SizeLimit: &sizeLimit},
-				}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}),
-			},
-		})
-	})
-})
-
 // LocalStorageCapacityIsolationEviction tests that container and volume local storage limits are enforced through evictions
 var _ = SIGDescribe("LocalStorageCapacityIsolationEviction", framework.WithSlow(), framework.WithSerial(), framework.WithDisruptive(), feature.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation, nodefeature.Eviction, func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("localstorage-eviction-test")
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index d4c0b0fef87..04f70a2450f 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -1148,6 +1148,10 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.22"
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: true
+    preRelease: GA
+    version: "1.32"
 - name: StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false