diff --git a/lightningd/plugin.c b/lightningd/plugin.c
index f28ab277e..c72b62a47 100644
--- a/lightningd/plugin.c
+++ b/lightningd/plugin.c
@@ -1525,15 +1525,9 @@ plugin_populate_init_request(struct plugin *plugin, struct jsonrpc_request *req)
 				continue;
 
 			json_add_bool(req->stream, name, *opt->value->as_bool);
-			if (!deprecated_apis)
-				continue;
-		}
-		if (opt->value->as_int) {
+		} else if (opt->value->as_int) {
 			json_add_s64(req->stream, name, *opt->value->as_int);
-			if (!deprecated_apis)
-				continue;
-		}
-		if (opt->value->as_str) {
+		} else if (opt->value->as_str) {
 			json_add_string(req->stream, name, opt->value->as_str);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/test_plugin.py b/tests/test_plugin.py
index d04e28a52..debb158fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def test_option_passthrough(node_factory, directory):
     n.stop()
 
 
-@unittest.skipIf(DEPRECATED_APIS, "We test the new API.")
 def test_option_types(node_factory):
     """Ensure that desired types of options are
        respected in output """
@@ -121,25 +120,6 @@ def test_option_types(node_factory):
     assert not n.daemon.running
     assert n.daemon.is_in_stderr("--flag_opt: doesn't allow an argument")
 
-    plugin_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'tests/plugins/options.py')
-    n = node_factory.get_node(options={
-        'plugin': plugin_path,
-        'str_opt': 'ok',
-        'int_opt': 22,
-        'bool_opt': 1,
-        'flag_opt': None,
-        'allow-deprecated-apis': True
-    })
-
-    # because of how the python json parser works, since we're adding the deprecated
-    # string option after the 'typed' option in the JSON, the string option overwrites
-    # the earlier typed option in JSON parsing, resulting in a option set of only strings
-    assert n.daemon.is_in_log(r"option str_opt ok <class 'str'>")
-    assert n.daemon.is_in_log(r"option int_opt 22 <class 'str'>")
-    assert n.daemon.is_in_log(r"option bool_opt 1 <class 'str'>")
-    assert n.daemon.is_in_log(r"option flag_opt True <class 'bool'>")
-    n.stop()
-
 
 def test_millisatoshi_passthrough(node_factory):
     """ Ensure that Millisatoshi arguments and return work.