diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 81d95fbbb79..115f995df26 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	CSIMigrationRBD: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha}, // Off by default (requires RBD CSI driver)
 
-	CSIMigrationvSphere: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA}, // LockToDefault when CSI driver with GA support for Windows, raw block and xfs features are available
+	CSIMigrationvSphere: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.29
 
 	CSINodeExpandSecret: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go b/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go
index 4c06c224fe7..b4d2d8b20c1 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csimigration/plugin_manager_test.go
@@ -91,62 +91,6 @@ func TestIsMigratable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCheckMigrationFeatureFlags(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name                    string
-		pluginFeature           featuregate.Feature
-		pluginFeatureEnabled    bool
-		pluginUnregsiterFeature featuregate.Feature
-		pluginUnregsiterEnabled bool
-		expectMigrationComplete bool
-		expectErr               bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:                    "plugin specific migration feature enabled with plugin unregister disabled",
-			pluginFeature:           features.CSIMigrationvSphere,
-			pluginFeatureEnabled:    true,
-			pluginUnregsiterFeature: features.InTreePluginvSphereUnregister,
-			pluginUnregsiterEnabled: false,
-			expectMigrationComplete: false,
-			expectErr:               false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:                    "plugin specific migration feature and plugin unregister disabled",
-			pluginFeature:           features.CSIMigrationvSphere,
-			pluginFeatureEnabled:    false,
-			pluginUnregsiterFeature: features.InTreePluginvSphereUnregister,
-			pluginUnregsiterEnabled: false,
-			expectMigrationComplete: false,
-			expectErr:               false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:                    "all features enabled",
-			pluginFeature:           features.CSIMigrationvSphere,
-			pluginFeatureEnabled:    true,
-			pluginUnregsiterFeature: features.InTreePluginvSphereUnregister,
-			pluginUnregsiterEnabled: true,
-			expectMigrationComplete: true,
-			expectErr:               false,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, test := range testCases {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("Testing %v", test.name), func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, test.pluginFeature, test.pluginFeatureEnabled)()
-			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, test.pluginUnregsiterFeature, test.pluginUnregsiterEnabled)()
-			migrationComplete, err := CheckMigrationFeatureFlags(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, test.pluginFeature, test.pluginUnregsiterFeature)
-			if err != nil && test.expectErr == false {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
-			}
-			if err == nil && test.expectErr == true {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected validation pass")
-			}
-			if migrationComplete != test.expectMigrationComplete {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected migrationComplete result. Exp: %v, got %v", test.expectMigrationComplete, migrationComplete)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestMigrationFeatureFlagStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name                          string