diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt
index d99933c9368ce..ad0b5c6ce5575 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/models/metadata/GameSettings.kt
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ class GameSettings {
 
     var autoPlay = GameSettingsAutoPlay()
 
-    var enableEspionageOption = false
-
     // This is a string not an enum so if tabs change it won't screw up the json serialization
     var lastOverviewPage = EmpireOverviewCategories.Cities.name
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/popups/options/DebugTab.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/popups/options/DebugTab.kt
index bb2e64285398e..07908efa3dacf 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/popups/options/DebugTab.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/popups/options/DebugTab.kt
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ fun debugTab(
             curGameInfo.gameParameters.godMode = it
         }).colspan(2).row()
     }
-    add("Enable espionage option".toCheckBox(game.settings.enableEspionageOption) {
-        game.settings.enableEspionageOption = it
-    }).colspan(2).row()
 
     add("Save games compressed".toCheckBox(UncivFiles.saveZipped) {
         UncivFiles.saveZipped = it
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/GameOptionsTable.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/GameOptionsTable.kt
index c378a6fd36203..e1543a86706cb 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/GameOptionsTable.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/GameOptionsTable.kt
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ class GameOptionsTable(
             it.addRagingBarbariansCheckbox()
             it.addOneCityChallengeCheckbox()
             it.addNuclearWeaponsCheckbox()
-            if (UncivGame.Current.settings.enableEspionageOption)
-                it.addEnableEspionageCheckbox()
+            it.addEnableEspionageCheckbox()
             it.addNoStartBiasCheckbox()
             it.addRandomPlayersCheckbox()
             it.addRandomCityStatesCheckbox()