diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go
index d62a7df75..7872589be 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ func runPrune(ctx context.Context, opts PruneOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, term
 }
 
 func runPruneWithRepo(ctx context.Context, opts PruneOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, repo *repository.Repository, ignoreSnapshots restic.IDSet, term *termstatus.Terminal) error {
-	// we do not need index updates while pruning!
-	repo.DisableAutoIndexUpdate()
-
 	if repo.Cache == nil {
 		Print("warning: running prune without a cache, this may be very slow!\n")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/repository/packer_manager.go b/internal/repository/packer_manager.go
index c7599f5af..76734fb87 100644
--- a/internal/repository/packer_manager.go
+++ b/internal/repository/packer_manager.go
@@ -200,8 +200,5 @@ func (r *Repository) savePacker(ctx context.Context, t restic.BlobType, p *packe
 	r.idx.StorePack(id, p.Packer.Blobs())
 
 	// Save index if full
-	if r.noAutoIndexUpdate {
-		return nil
-	}
 	return r.idx.SaveFullIndex(ctx, r)
 }
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index d9dfc4556..f0ef93ecf 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ type Repository struct {
 
 	opts Options
 
-	noAutoIndexUpdate bool
-
 	packerWg *errgroup.Group
 	uploader *packerUploader
 	treePM   *packerManager
@@ -130,12 +128,6 @@ func New(be backend.Backend, opts Options) (*Repository, error) {
 	return repo, nil
 }
 
-// DisableAutoIndexUpdate deactives the automatic finalization and upload of new
-// indexes once these are full
-func (r *Repository) DisableAutoIndexUpdate() {
-	r.noAutoIndexUpdate = true
-}
-
 // setConfig assigns the given config and updates the repository parameters accordingly
 func (r *Repository) setConfig(cfg restic.Config) {
 	r.cfg = cfg
@@ -526,10 +518,6 @@ func (r *Repository) Flush(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Save index after flushing only if noAutoIndexUpdate is not set
-	if r.noAutoIndexUpdate {
-		return nil
-	}
 	return r.idx.SaveIndex(ctx, r)
 }