diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle b/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
index 1d7d06ee9..5e87df290 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ android {
             buildConfigField "boolean", "OFFER_MQTT", "true"
             buildConfigField "boolean", "NON_RELEASE", "DEBUG || !IS_TAGGED_BUILD"
             buildConfigField "boolean", "HAVE_KNOWN_PLAYERS", "false"
-            buildConfigField "boolean", "DO_MQTT_GAME_GONE", "true"
             buildConfigField "boolean", "FOR_FDROID", "false"
         }
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/MQTTUtils.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/MQTTUtils.java
index 73fe9324a..983b14405 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/MQTTUtils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/MQTTUtils.java
@@ -477,13 +477,9 @@ public class MQTTUtils extends Thread implements IMqttActionListener, MqttCallba
 
     public static void gameDied( Context context, String devID, int gameID )
     {
-        if ( BuildConfig.DO_MQTT_GAME_GONE ) {
-            String[] topic = { devID };
-            byte[] packet = XwJNI.dvc_makeMQTTNoSuchGame( gameID, topic );
-            addToSendQueue( context, topic[0], packet );
-        } else {
-            Log.e( TAG, "gameDied() not handled" ); // fix me
-        }
+        String[] topic = { devID };
+        byte[] packet = XwJNI.dvc_makeMQTTNoSuchGame( gameID, topic );
+        addToSendQueue( context, topic[0], packet );
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -606,16 +602,12 @@ public class MQTTUtils extends Thread implements IMqttActionListener, MqttCallba
 
     public static void handleGameGone( Context context, CommsAddrRec from, int gameID )
     {
-        if ( BuildConfig.DO_MQTT_GAME_GONE ) {
-            String player = XwJNI.kplr_nameForMqttDev( from.mqtt_devID );
-            ConnExpl expl = null == player ? null
-                : new ConnExpl( CommsConnType.COMMS_CONN_MQTT, player );
-            new MQTTServiceHelper( context, from )
-                .postEvent( MultiService.MultiEvent.MESSAGE_NOGAME, gameID,
-                            expl );
-        } else {
-            Log.d( TAG, "not posting game-gone for now (gameID: %d)" , gameID );
-        }
+        String player = XwJNI.kplr_nameForMqttDev( from.mqtt_devID );
+        ConnExpl expl = null == player ? null
+            : new ConnExpl( CommsConnType.COMMS_CONN_MQTT, player );
+        new MQTTServiceHelper( context, from )
+            .postEvent( MultiService.MultiEvent.MESSAGE_NOGAME, gameID,
+                        expl );
     }
 
     public static void fcmConfirmed( Context context, boolean working )