diff --git a/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go b/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go
index 3f965931596..3cfca74a637 100644
--- a/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go
+++ b/core/services/relay/evm/evm.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (r *Relayer) NewMercuryProvider(rargs commontypes.RelayArgs, pargs commonty
 	}
 
 	// initialize trigger capability service lazily
-	if relayConfig.EnableTriggerCapability && r.triggerCapability == nil {
+	if r.triggerCapability == nil {
 		if r.capabilitiesRegistry == nil {
 			lggr.Errorw("trigger capability is enabled but capabilities registry is not set")
 		} else {