diff --git a/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useFeatureFlag.ts b/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useFeatureFlag.ts
index 4f2bb23c4..f6a8a84a8 100644
--- a/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useFeatureFlag.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/esm-react-utils/src/useFeatureFlag.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ import { featureFlagsStore } from '@openmrs/esm-feature-flags';
 export function useFeatureFlag(flagName: string) {
   const { flags } = useStore(featureFlagsStore);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!flags[flagName]) {
-      console.error(
-        `useFeatureFlag: Attempted to get value of non-existent flag "${flagName}". Did you forget to call registerFeatureFlag?`,
-      );
-    }
-  }, [flags[flagName]]);
-
-  return flags[flagName]?.enabled;
+  // Return false if flag does not exist or if it's off
+  return flags[flagName]?.enabled ?? false;
 }