diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/AppContextDefaultValues.Defaults.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/AppContextDefaultValues.Defaults.cs
index 6f42414b2d..1a1d572ffb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/AppContextDefaultValues.Defaults.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netfx/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/AppContextDefaultValues.Defaults.cs
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ static partial void PopulateDefaultValuesPartial(string platformIdentifier, stri
                 case ".NETCore":
                 case ".NETFramework":
                     {
-                        if (version <= 40702)
-                        {
-                            LocalAppContext.DefineSwitchDefault(LocalAppContextSwitches.MakeReadAsyncBlockingString, true);
-                        }
+                        LocalAppContext.DefineSwitchDefault(LocalAppContextSwitches.MakeReadAsyncBlockingString, true);
                         break;
                     }
             }