diff --git a/go/res/values-v26/bools.xml b/go/res/values-v26/bools.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc4a7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/res/values-v26/bools.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/* Copyright 2017, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+
+<resources>
+    <bool name="notification_badging_enabled">false</bool>
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/SettingsActivity.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/SettingsActivity.java
index 9046372..5bdc1f5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
                 getPreferenceScreen().removePreference(
                         findPreference(SessionCommitReceiver.ADD_ICON_PREFERENCE_KEY));
                 getPreferenceScreen().removePreference(iconBadgingPref);
+            } else if (!getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.notification_badging_enabled)) {
+                getPreferenceScreen().removePreference(iconBadgingPref);
             } else {
                 // Listen to system notification badge settings while this UI is active.
                 mIconBadgingObserver = new IconBadgingObserver(
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java
index 7964dd1..a2d8435 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/BaseFlags.java
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
     public static final boolean PULLDOWN_SEARCH = false;
     // When enabled the status bar may show dark icons based on the top of the wallpaper.
     public static final boolean LIGHT_STATUS_BAR = false;
-    // When enabled icons are badged with the number of notifications associated with that app.
-    public static final boolean BADGE_ICONS = true;
     // When enabled, icons not supporting {@link AdaptiveIconDrawable} will be wrapped in {@link FixedScaleDrawable}.
     public static final boolean LEGACY_ICON_TREATMENT = true;
     // When enabled, adaptive icons would have shadows baked when being stored to icon cache.
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java
index 6a70989..9126626 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationListener.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import android.util.Pair;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherModel;
-import com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageUserKey;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.SettingsObserver;
 
@@ -164,9 +163,6 @@
     }
 
     public static void setNotificationsChangedListener(NotificationsChangedListener listener) {
-        if (!FeatureFlags.BADGE_ICONS) {
-            return;
-        }
         sNotificationsChangedListener = listener;
 
         NotificationListener notificationListener = getInstanceIfConnected();