diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba680795..5ed2219f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   - use more subtle styling when a reaction involves the local radicle identity (italic text vs border & background)
   - show "you" instead of local identity's alias
   - on hover show the truncated DId next to each identity
-- **settings:** add config to toggle excluding temporary files created by the extension, e.g. those used to produce the diff of a patch's changed files, from the list of recently opened files. This is enabled by default. This currently works only partly, but should automatically be fully working when [the underlying VS Code bug](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/157395#issuecomment-2080293320) is fixed. ([#94](https://github.com/cytechmobile/radicle-vscode-extension/issues/94))
 - **patch-list:** show diff for copied and moved files of a patch too when available ([#100](https://github.com/cytechmobile/radicle-vscode-extension/issues/100))
 - **patch-list:** show path to containing directory for each changed file of a patch ([#100](https://github.com/cytechmobile/radicle-vscode-extension/issues/100))
 - **patch-list:** feat(patch-list): increase count of fetched patches per status to 500 ([#100](https://github.com/cytechmobile/radicle-vscode-extension/issues/100))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e9c3483..3b1dc47a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -443,16 +443,6 @@
       }
     ],
     "configuration": [
-      {
-        "properties": {
-          "radicle.hideTempFiles": {
-            "scope": "application",
-            "type": "boolean",
-            "default": "true",
-            "description": "Exclude temporary files generated by the extension (e.g. old/new versions of files changed in patches) from being listed among the recently opened or in search."
-          }
-        }
-      },
       {
         "title": "Advanced",
         "properties": {
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 552a29ec..00000000
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import { sep } from 'node:path'
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-
-export const extTempDir = `${tmpdir()}${sep}radicle`
diff --git a/src/helpers/config.ts b/src/helpers/config.ts
index 75e9d936..a07df37a 100644
--- a/src/helpers/config.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/config.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export interface ExtensionConfig {
   'radicle.advanced.pathToRadBinary': string
   'radicle.advanced.pathToNodeHome': string
   'radicle.advanced.httpApiEndpoint': string
-  'radicle.hideTempFiles': boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -33,10 +32,7 @@ export function getConfig<K extends keyof ExtensionConfig>(
     case 'radicle.advanced.httpApiEndpoint':
       // if the config has the value of the empty string (default) then return `undefined`
       // @ts-expect-error
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
       return config.get<ExtensionConfig[K]>(configKey)?.trim() || undefined
-    case 'radicle.hideTempFiles':
-      return config.get<ExtensionConfig[K]>(configKey)
     default:
       return assertUnreachable(configKey)
   }
@@ -56,8 +52,6 @@ export function setConfig<K extends keyof ExtensionConfig>(
     case 'radicle.advanced.pathToNodeHome':
     case 'radicle.advanced.httpApiEndpoint':
       return config.update(configKey, value, ConfigurationTarget.Global)
-    case 'radicle.hideTempFiles':
-      return config.update(configKey, value, ConfigurationTarget.Global)
     default:
       return assertUnreachable(configKey)
   }
diff --git a/src/helpers/configWatcher.ts b/src/helpers/configWatcher.ts
index 4d227904..bba7f18d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/configWatcher.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/configWatcher.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { workspace } from 'vscode'
 import {
-  validateHideTempFilesConfigAlignment,
   validateHttpdConnection,
   validateRadCliInstallation,
   validateRadicleIdentityAuthentication,
@@ -52,11 +51,6 @@ const configWatchers = [
       usePatchStore().resetAllPatches()
     },
   },
-  {
-    configKey: 'radicle.hideTempFiles',
-    onConfigChange: validateHideTempFilesConfigAlignment,
-    onBeforeWatcherRegistration: validateHideTempFilesConfigAlignment,
-  },
 ] satisfies OnConfigChangeParam[]
 
 /**
@@ -65,7 +59,6 @@ const configWatchers = [
  */
 export function registerAllConfigWatchers(): void {
   configWatchers.forEach((cw) => {
-    cw.onBeforeWatcherRegistration?.()
     onConfigChange(cw.configKey, cw.onConfigChange)
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/ux/settings.ts b/src/ux/settings.ts
index ddf13dfa..eb76ffa0 100644
--- a/src/ux/settings.ts
+++ b/src/ux/settings.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-import { sep } from 'node:path'
-import { ConfigurationTarget, commands, workspace } from 'vscode'
-import { extTempDir } from '../constants'
-import { getConfig } from '../helpers'
-import { log } from '../utils'
+import { commands, workspace } from 'vscode'
+import type { getConfig } from '../helpers'
 
 /**
  * Opens the Settings UI with the options filtered to show only the specified config
@@ -19,48 +16,3 @@ export function openSettingsFocusedAtConfig(config: Parameters<typeof getConfig>
     config,
   )
 }
-
-/**
- * Checks extension config for user's desired behaviour and ensure's the
- * native vscode config is set to match.
- */
-export function validateHideTempFilesConfigAlignment() {
-  const excludeGlob = `${extTempDir}${sep}**`
-
-  const shouldExclude = getConfig('radicle.hideTempFiles')
-
-  const searchExcludeConfigKey = 'search.exclude'
-  const searchExcludeConfig = workspace.getConfiguration().get<object>(searchExcludeConfigKey)
-
-  if (!searchExcludeConfig) {
-    log(
-      `Didn't find any configuration for key "${searchExcludeConfigKey}". Bailing validation of config alignment.`,
-      'warn',
-    )
-
-    return
-  }
-
-  const isAlreadyConfigedToExclude = Boolean(
-    Object.entries(searchExcludeConfig).find(
-      ([key, value]) => key === excludeGlob && value === true,
-    ),
-  )
-
-  if (shouldExclude && !isAlreadyConfigedToExclude) {
-    const newSearchExcludeConfig = { ...searchExcludeConfig, [excludeGlob]: true }
-    workspace
-      .getConfiguration()
-      .update(searchExcludeConfigKey, newSearchExcludeConfig, ConfigurationTarget.Global)
-  } else if (!shouldExclude && isAlreadyConfigedToExclude) {
-    // @ts-expect-error Type '{}' has no matching index signature for type 'string'.
-    const { [excludeGlob]: _, ...searchExcludeConfigWithoutExcludeGlob } = searchExcludeConfig
-    workspace
-      .getConfiguration()
-      .update(
-        searchExcludeConfigKey,
-        searchExcludeConfigWithoutExcludeGlob,
-        ConfigurationTarget.Global,
-      )
-  }
-}