diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp
index e04c55d362d..f3c72dfc0b1 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahConcurrentMark.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
   void work(uint worker_id) {
     ShenandoahHeap* heap = ShenandoahHeap::heap();
     ShenandoahConcurrentWorkerSession worker_session(worker_id);
-    ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetJoiner stsj(ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers);
+    ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetJoiner stsj;
     ShenandoahReferenceProcessor* rp = heap->ref_processor();
     assert(rp != nullptr, "need reference processor");
     StringDedup::Requests requests;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp
index 367c1262c1a..d1b2a676999 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ public:
   void work(uint worker_id) {
     if (_concurrent) {
       ShenandoahConcurrentWorkerSession worker_session(worker_id);
-      ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetJoiner stsj(ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers);
+      ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetJoiner stsj;
       ShenandoahEvacOOMScope oom_evac_scope;
       do_work();
     } else {
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ public:
   void work(uint worker_id) {
     if (CONCURRENT) {
       ShenandoahConcurrentWorkerSession worker_session(worker_id);
-      ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetJoiner stsj(ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers);
+      ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetJoiner stsj;
       do_work<ShenandoahConcUpdateRefsClosure>();
     } else {
       ShenandoahParallelWorkerSession worker_session(worker_id);
@@ -2238,15 +2238,11 @@ bool ShenandoahHeap::uncommit_bitmap_slice(ShenandoahHeapRegion *r) {
 }
 
 void ShenandoahHeap::safepoint_synchronize_begin() {
-  if (ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers) {
-    SuspendibleThreadSet::synchronize();
-  }
+  SuspendibleThreadSet::synchronize();
 }
 
 void ShenandoahHeap::safepoint_synchronize_end() {
-  if (ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers) {
-    SuspendibleThreadSet::desynchronize();
-  }
+  SuspendibleThreadSet::desynchronize();
 }
 
 void ShenandoahHeap::entry_uncommit(double shrink_before, size_t shrink_until) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.inline.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.inline.hpp
index 0c21fdd486b..87c3ea50ba6 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.inline.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.inline.hpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ inline bool ShenandoahHeap::cancelled_gc() const {
 }
 
 inline bool ShenandoahHeap::check_cancelled_gc_and_yield(bool sts_active) {
-  if (sts_active && ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers && !cancelled_gc()) {
+  if (sts_active && !cancelled_gc()) {
     if (SuspendibleThreadSet::should_yield()) {
       SuspendibleThreadSet::yield();
     }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahMark.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahMark.cpp
index ffae4f068bc..4725b8c3dfa 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahMark.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahMark.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void ShenandoahMark::mark_loop_work(T* cl, ShenandoahLiveData* live_data, uint w
     if (work == 0) {
       // No work encountered in current stride, try to terminate.
       // Need to leave the STS here otherwise it might block safepoints.
-      ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetLeaver stsl(CANCELLABLE && ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers);
+      ShenandoahSuspendibleThreadSetLeaver stsl(CANCELLABLE);
       ShenandoahTerminatorTerminator tt(heap);
       if (terminator->offer_termination(&tt)) return;
     }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp
index fae08c1e418..91114906d19 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp
@@ -331,9 +331,6 @@
           "How many times to maximum attempt to flush SATB buffers at the " \
           "end of concurrent marking.")                                     \
                                                                             \
-  product(bool, ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers, true, EXPERIMENTAL,           \
-          "Suspend concurrent GC worker threads at safepoints")             \
-                                                                            \
   product(bool, ShenandoahSATBBarrier, true, DIAGNOSTIC,                    \
           "Turn on/off SATB barriers in Shenandoah")                        \
                                                                             \
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/shenandoah/TestAllocObjects.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/shenandoah/TestAllocObjects.java
index 002991196c7..32178555c9f 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/shenandoah/TestAllocObjects.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/shenandoah/TestAllocObjects.java
@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@
  * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
  *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=aggressive
  *      TestAllocObjects
- *
- * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
- *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=aggressive
- *      -XX:+ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers
- *      TestAllocObjects
- *
  */
 
 /*
@@ -97,11 +91,6 @@
  * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
  *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=adaptive
  *      TestAllocObjects
- *
- * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
- *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=adaptive
- *      -XX:+ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers
- *      TestAllocObjects
  */
 
 /*
@@ -112,11 +101,6 @@
  * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
  *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=static
  *      TestAllocObjects
- *
- * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
- *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=static
- *      -XX:+ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers
- *      TestAllocObjects
  */
 
 /*
@@ -127,11 +111,6 @@
  * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
  *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=compact
  *      TestAllocObjects
- *
- * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
- *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=compact
- *      -XX:+ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers
- *      TestAllocObjects
  */
 
 /*
@@ -177,11 +156,6 @@
  * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
  *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCMode=iu
  *      TestAllocObjects
- *
- * @run main/othervm -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
- *      -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCMode=iu
- *      -XX:+ShenandoahSuspendibleWorkers
- *      TestAllocObjects
  */
 
 public class TestAllocObjects {