diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java
index f51262f8dd1a..0177b35ba5bf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java
@@ -59,14 +59,7 @@ public class XPackSettings {
     public static final Setting<Boolean> GRAPH_ENABLED = Setting.boolSetting("xpack.graph.enabled", true, Setting.Property.NodeScope);
 
     /** Setting for enabling or disabling machine learning. Defaults to true. */
-    public static final Setting<Boolean> MACHINE_LEARNING_ENABLED = Setting.boolSetting(
-        "xpack.ml.enabled",
-        IS_DARWIN_AARCH64 == false,
-        value -> {
-            if (value && IS_DARWIN_AARCH64) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("[xpack.ml.enabled] can not be set to [true] on [Mac OS X/aarch64]");
-            }
-        },
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> MACHINE_LEARNING_ENABLED = Setting.boolSetting("xpack.ml.enabled", true,
         Setting.Property.NodeScope);
 
     /** Setting for enabling or disabling auditing. Defaults to false. */