diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts
index afe86a78ee..ca06824506 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/feature.ts
@@ -40,24 +40,32 @@ class FeatureController extends Controller {
         this.tagService = featureTagService;
         this.service = featureToggleServiceV2;
 
-        this.get('/', this.getAllToggles);
-        this.post('/', this.createToggle, CREATE_FEATURE);
-        this.get('/:featureName', this.getToggle);
-        this.put('/:featureName', this.updateToggle, UPDATE_FEATURE);
-        this.delete('/:featureName', this.archiveToggle, DELETE_FEATURE);
+        if (!config.disableLegacyFeaturesApi) {
+            this.get('/', this.getAllToggles);
+            this.post('/', this.createToggle, CREATE_FEATURE);
+            this.get('/:featureName', this.getToggle);
+            this.put('/:featureName', this.updateToggle, UPDATE_FEATURE);
+            this.delete('/:featureName', this.archiveToggle, DELETE_FEATURE);
+            this.post('/:featureName/toggle', this.toggle, UPDATE_FEATURE);
+            this.post('/:featureName/toggle/on', this.toggleOn, UPDATE_FEATURE);
+            this.post(
+                '/:featureName/toggle/off',
+                this.toggleOff,
+                UPDATE_FEATURE,
+            );
+            this.delete(
+                '/:featureName/tags/:type/:value',
+                this.removeTag,
+                UPDATE_FEATURE,
+            );
+            this.post('/:featureName/stale/on', this.staleOn, UPDATE_FEATURE);
+            this.post('/:featureName/stale/off', this.staleOff, UPDATE_FEATURE);
+        }
+
         this.post('/validate', this.validate, NONE);
-        this.post('/:featureName/toggle', this.toggle, UPDATE_FEATURE);
-        this.post('/:featureName/toggle/on', this.toggleOn, UPDATE_FEATURE);
-        this.post('/:featureName/toggle/off', this.toggleOff, UPDATE_FEATURE);
-        this.post('/:featureName/stale/on', this.staleOn, UPDATE_FEATURE);
-        this.post('/:featureName/stale/off', this.staleOff, UPDATE_FEATURE);
+
         this.get('/:featureName/tags', this.listTags);
         this.post('/:featureName/tags', this.addTag, UPDATE_FEATURE);
-        this.delete(
-            '/:featureName/tags/:type/:value',
-            this.removeTag,
-            UPDATE_FEATURE,
-        );
     }
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts
index 7c29cfb2c9..baaab64880 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/index.ts
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ class AdminApi extends Controller {
 
         this.app.get('/', this.index);
 
-        if (!config.disableLegacyFeaturesApi) {
-            this.app.use(
-                '/features',
-                new FeatureController(config, services).router,
-            );
-        }
+        this.app.use(
+            '/features',
+            new FeatureController(config, services).router,
+        );
 
         this.app.use(
             '/feature-types',
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts
index a8a2182130..1550ce0516 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts
@@ -697,8 +697,51 @@ test('should not hit endpoints if disable configuration is set', async () => {
         .get('/api/admin/features')
         .expect(404);
 
-    return appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures.request
+    await appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures.request
         .get('/api/admin/features/featureX')
         .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
         .expect(404);
+
+    await appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures.request
+        .post(`/api/admin/features/featureZ/stale/on`)
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        .expect(404);
+});
+
+test('should hit stale and tags endpoint if legacy api is disabled', async () => {
+    const appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures = await setupAppWithCustomConfig(
+        db.stores,
+        {
+            disableLegacyFeaturesApi: true,
+        },
+    );
+
+    const feature = {
+        name: 'test.feature.disabled.api',
+        type: 'killswitch',
+    };
+
+    await appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures.request
+        .post('/api/admin/projects/default/features')
+        .send(feature);
+
+    await appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures.request
+        .post(`/api/admin/features/${feature.name}/tags`)
+        .send({
+            value: 'TeamGreen',
+            type: 'simple',
+        })
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+
+    await appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures.request
+        .get(`/api/admin/features/${feature.name}/tags`)
+        .expect((res) => {
+            console.log(res.body);
+            expect(res.body.tags[0].value).toBe('TeamGreen');
+        });
+
+    await appWithDisabledLegacyFeatures.request
+        .post('/api/admin/features/validate')
+        .send({ name: 'validateThis' })
+        .expect(200);
 });