diff --git a/backend/scripts/repl b/backend/scripts/repl
index ab026e5fd2..eec5ba5aa8 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/repl
+++ b/backend/scripts/repl
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ export PENPOT_FLAGS="\
        enable-access-tokens \
        enable-tiered-file-data-storage \
        enable-file-validation \
-       enable-file-schema-validation \
-       disable-feature-design-tokens";
+       enable-file-schema-validation";
 
 # Default deletion delay for devenv
 export PENPOT_DELETION_DELAY="24h"
diff --git a/backend/scripts/start-dev b/backend/scripts/start-dev
index bb9e23acaa..65ccbc9c15 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/start-dev
+++ b/backend/scripts/start-dev
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ export PENPOT_FLAGS="\
        enable-access-tokens \
        enable-tiered-file-data-storage \
        enable-file-validation \
-       enable-file-schema-validation \
-       disable-feature-design-tokens";
+       enable-file-schema-validation";
 
 export OPTIONS="
        -A:jmx-remote -A:dev \
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/features.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/features.cljs
index b4684d58d2..991e17d7eb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/features.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/features.cljs
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@
        (when *assert*
          (->> (rx/from cfeat/no-migration-features)
               ;; text editor v2 isn't enabled by default even in devenv
-              (rx/filter #(not (or (contains? cfeat/backend-only-features %) (= "text-editor/v2" %))))
+              (rx/filter #(not (or (contains? cfeat/backend-only-features %)
+                                   (= "text-editor/v2" %)
+                                   (= "design-tokens/v1" %))))
               (rx/observe-on :async)
               (rx/map enable-feature))))