diff --git a/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md b/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md
index 84fd9017c97d2a5..04734f3df46f4fc 100644
--- a/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md
+++ b/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ If set to any value, Renovate will use the Docker Hub API (`https://hub.docker.c
 If set to an integer, Renovate will use this as max page number for docker tags lookup on docker registries, instead of the default 20 pages.
 This is useful for registries which ignores the `n` parameter in the query string and only return 50 tags per page.
 
-## `RENOVATE_X_EAGER_GLOBAL_EXTENDS`
-
-Resolve and merge `globalExtends` presets before other global config, instead of after.
-
 ## `RENOVATE_X_EXEC_GPID_HANDLE`
 
 If set, Renovate will terminate the whole process group of a terminated child process spawned by Renovate.
diff --git a/lib/workers/global/index.spec.ts b/lib/workers/global/index.spec.ts
index a75815c02521651..6ee3c4a84e18594 100644
--- a/lib/workers/global/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/global/index.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ describe('workers/global/index', () => {
     initPlatform.mockImplementation((input) => Promise.resolve(input));
     delete process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY;
     delete process.env.AWS_SESSION_TOKEN;
-    delete process.env.RENOVATE_X_EAGER_GLOBAL_EXTENDS;
   });
 
   describe('getRepositoryConfig', () => {
@@ -88,21 +87,6 @@ describe('workers/global/index', () => {
     expect(addSecretForSanitizing).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
-  it('resolves global presets first', async () => {
-    process.env.RENOVATE_X_EAGER_GLOBAL_EXTENDS = 'true';
-    parseConfigs.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-      repositories: [],
-      globalExtends: [':pinVersions'],
-      hostRules: [{ matchHost: 'github.com', token: 'abc123' }],
-    });
-    presets.resolveConfigPresets.mockResolvedValueOnce({});
-    await expect(globalWorker.start()).resolves.toBe(0);
-    expect(presets.resolveConfigPresets).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      extends: [':pinVersions'],
-    });
-    expect(parseConfigs).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-
   it('resolves global presets immediately', async () => {
     parseConfigs.mockResolvedValueOnce({
       repositories: [],
diff --git a/lib/workers/global/index.ts b/lib/workers/global/index.ts
index fe7ecf904c2073b..ea7c208a4c31860 100644
--- a/lib/workers/global/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/global/index.ts
@@ -144,17 +144,10 @@ export async function start(): Promise<number> {
       config = await getGlobalConfig();
       if (config?.globalExtends) {
         // resolve global presets immediately
-        if (process.env.RENOVATE_X_EAGER_GLOBAL_EXTENDS) {
-          config = mergeChildConfig(
-            await resolveGlobalExtends(config.globalExtends),
-            config,
-          );
-        } else {
-          config = mergeChildConfig(
-            config,
-            await resolveGlobalExtends(config.globalExtends),
-          );
-        }
+        config = mergeChildConfig(
+          await resolveGlobalExtends(config.globalExtends),
+          config,
+        );
       }
 
       // Set allowedHeaders in case hostRules headers are configured in file config