diff --git a/lib/gui/app/components/settings/settings.tsx b/lib/gui/app/components/settings/settings.tsx
index 70b8d996..d6ac584b 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/components/settings/settings.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/components/settings/settings.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import GithubSvg from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/svgs/brands/github.svg';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
-import * as os from 'os';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Flex, Checkbox, Txt } from 'rendition';
 
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ import * as analytics from '../../modules/analytics';
 import { open as openExternal } from '../../os/open-external/services/open-external';
 import { Modal } from '../../styled-components';
 
-const platform = os.platform();
-
 interface Setting {
 	name: string;
 	label: string | JSX.Element;
@@ -39,16 +36,6 @@ async function getSettingsList(): Promise<Setting[]> {
 			name: 'errorReporting',
 			label: 'Anonymously report errors and usage statistics to balena.io',
 		},
-		{
-			name: 'unmountOnSuccess',
-			/**
-			 * On Windows, "Unmounting" basically means "ejecting".
-			 * On top of that, Windows users are usually not even
-			 * familiar with the meaning of "unmount", which comes
-			 * from the UNIX world.
-			 */
-			label: `${platform === 'win32' ? 'Eject' : 'Auto-unmount'} on success`,
-		},
 	];
 	if (['appimage', 'nsis', 'dmg'].includes(packageType)) {
 		list.push({
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts b/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
index 6d220fb9..25c9cd7a 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ export async function writeConfigFile(
 
 const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: _.Dictionary<any> = {
 	errorReporting: true,
-	unmountOnSuccess: true,
 	updatesEnabled: ['appimage', 'nsis', 'dmg'].includes(packageJSON.packageType),
 	desktopNotifications: true,
 	autoBlockmapping: true,
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts b/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
index 09a78e2d..220fe64a 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
@@ -151,11 +151,7 @@ async function performWrite(
 	let cancelled = false;
 	let skip = false;
 	ipc.serve();
-	const {
-		unmountOnSuccess,
-		autoBlockmapping,
-		decompressFirst,
-	} = await settings.getAll();
+	const { autoBlockmapping, decompressFirst } = await settings.getAll();
 	return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		ipc.server.on('error', (error) => {
 			terminateServer();
@@ -174,7 +170,6 @@ async function performWrite(
 			driveCount: drives.length,
 			uuid: flashState.getFlashUuid(),
 			flashInstanceUuid: flashState.getFlashUuid(),
-			unmountOnSuccess,
 		};
 
 		ipc.server.on('fail', ({ device, error }) => {
@@ -211,7 +206,6 @@ async function performWrite(
 				destinations: drives,
 				SourceType: image.SourceType.name,
 				autoBlockmapping,
-				unmountOnSuccess,
 				decompressFirst,
 			});
 		});
@@ -290,7 +284,6 @@ export async function flash(
 		uuid: flashState.getFlashUuid(),
 		status: 'started',
 		flashInstanceUuid: flashState.getFlashUuid(),
-		unmountOnSuccess: await settings.get('unmountOnSuccess'),
 	};
 
 	analytics.logEvent('Flash', analyticsData);
@@ -345,7 +338,6 @@ export async function cancel(type: string) {
 		driveCount: drives.length,
 		uuid: flashState.getFlashUuid(),
 		flashInstanceUuid: flashState.getFlashUuid(),
-		unmountOnSuccess: await settings.get('unmountOnSuccess'),
 		status,
 	};
 	analytics.logEvent('Cancel', analyticsData);
diff --git a/lib/gui/modules/child-writer.ts b/lib/gui/modules/child-writer.ts
index 713151ba..dec36144 100644
--- a/lib/gui/modules/child-writer.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/modules/child-writer.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ async function writeAndValidate({
 interface WriteOptions {
 	image: SourceMetadata;
 	destinations: DrivelistDrive[];
-	unmountOnSuccess: boolean;
 	autoBlockmapping: boolean;
 	decompressFirst: boolean;
 	SourceType: string;
@@ -257,13 +256,12 @@ ipc.connectTo(IPC_SERVER_ID, () => {
 		const imagePath = options.image.path;
 		log(`Image: ${imagePath}`);
 		log(`Devices: ${destinations.join(', ')}`);
-		log(`Umount on success: ${options.unmountOnSuccess}`);
 		log(`Auto blockmapping: ${options.autoBlockmapping}`);
 		log(`Decompress first: ${options.decompressFirst}`);
 		const dests = options.destinations.map((destination) => {
 			return new BlockDevice({
 				drive: destination,
-				unmountOnSuccess: options.unmountOnSuccess,
+				unmountOnSuccess: true,
 				write: true,
 				direct: true,
 			});
diff --git a/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.ts b/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.ts
index b892904b..f3621855 100644
--- a/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/gui/modules/progress-status.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
-import * as settings from '../../../lib/gui/app/models/settings';
 import * as progressStatus from '../../../lib/gui/app/modules/progress-status';
 
 describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
 				eta: 15,
 				speed: 100000000000000,
 			};
-
-			settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', true);
 		});
 
 		it('should report 0% if percentage == 0 but speed != 0', function () {
@@ -40,22 +37,14 @@ describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
 			);
 		});
 
-		it('should handle percentage == 0, flashing, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+		it('should handle percentage == 0, flashing', function () {
 			this.state.speed = 0;
 			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
 				'0% Flashing...',
 			);
 		});
 
-		it('should handle percentage == 0, flashing, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-			this.state.speed = 0;
-			settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false);
-			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
-				'0% Flashing...',
-			);
-		});
-
-		it('should handle percentage == 0, verifying, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+		it('should handle percentage == 0, verifying', function () {
 			this.state.speed = 0;
 			this.state.type = 'verifying';
 			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
@@ -63,31 +52,14 @@ describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
 			);
 		});
 
-		it('should handle percentage == 0, verifying, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-			this.state.speed = 0;
-			this.state.type = 'verifying';
-			settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false);
-			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
-				'0% Validating...',
-			);
-		});
-
-		it('should handle percentage == 50, flashing, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+		it('should handle percentage == 50, flashing', function () {
 			this.state.percentage = 50;
 			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
 				'50% Flashing...',
 			);
 		});
 
-		it('should handle percentage == 50, flashing, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-			this.state.percentage = 50;
-			settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false);
-			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
-				'50% Flashing...',
-			);
-		});
-
-		it('should handle percentage == 50, verifying, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+		it('should handle percentage == 50, verifying', function () {
 			this.state.percentage = 50;
 			this.state.type = 'verifying';
 			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
@@ -95,31 +67,14 @@ describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
 			);
 		});
 
-		it('should handle percentage == 50, verifying, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-			this.state.percentage = 50;
-			this.state.type = 'verifying';
-			settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false);
-			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
-				'50% Validating...',
-			);
-		});
-
-		it('should handle percentage == 100, flashing, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+		it('should handle percentage == 100, flashing', function () {
 			this.state.percentage = 100;
 			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
 				'Finishing...',
 			);
 		});
 
-		it('should handle percentage == 100, flashing, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
-			this.state.percentage = 100;
-			settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false);
-			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
-				'Finishing...',
-			);
-		});
-
-		it('should handle percentage == 100, verifying, unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+		it('should handle percentage == 100, verifying', function () {
 			this.state.percentage = 100;
 			this.state.type = 'verifying';
 			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
@@ -127,9 +82,8 @@ describe('Browser: progressStatus', function () {
 			);
 		});
 
-		it('should handle percentage == 100, validatinf, !unmountOnSuccess', function () {
+		it('should handle percentage == 100, validating', function () {
 			this.state.percentage = 100;
-			settings.set('unmountOnSuccess', false);
 			expect(progressStatus.titleFromFlashState(this.state)).to.equal(
 				'Finishing...',
 			);