diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go
index d5a1053d77d..df727802648 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/tabletmanager/throttler_topo/throttler_test.go
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func TestThrottleViaApplySchema(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NotNil(t, keyspace.Keyspace.ThrottlerConfig.ThrottledApps)
 		// ThrottledApps will actually be empty at this point, but more specifically we want to see that "online-ddl" is not there.
 		appRule, ok := keyspace.Keyspace.ThrottlerConfig.ThrottledApps[throttlerapp.OnlineDDLName.String()]
-		assert.True(t, ok, "app rule: %v", appRule)
+		assert.False(t, ok, "app rule: %v", appRule)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/go/vt/schemamanager/tablet_executor.go b/go/vt/schemamanager/tablet_executor.go
index bd521703723..60e86bf7faf 100644
--- a/go/vt/schemamanager/tablet_executor.go
+++ b/go/vt/schemamanager/tablet_executor.go
@@ -249,14 +249,12 @@ func (exec *TabletExecutor) executeAlterMigrationThrottle(ctx context.Context, a
 			throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps = make(map[string]*topodatapb.ThrottledAppRule)
 		}
 		if req.ThrottledApp != nil && req.ThrottledApp.Name != "" {
-			// TODO(shlomi) in v22: replace the following line with the commented out block
-			throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
-			// timeNow := time.Now()
-			// if protoutil.TimeFromProto(req.ThrottledApp.ExpiresAt).After(timeNow) {
-			// 	throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
-			// } else {
-			// 	delete(throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps, req.ThrottledApp.Name)
-			// }
+			timeNow := time.Now()
+			if protoutil.TimeFromProto(req.ThrottledApp.ExpiresAt).After(timeNow) {
+				throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
+			} else {
+				delete(throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps, req.ThrottledApp.Name)
+			}
 		}
 
 		return throttlerConfig
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go b/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go
index 3bfce2204a2..c3dc22d21b4 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go
@@ -2098,14 +2098,12 @@ func (s *VtctldServer) UpdateThrottlerConfig(ctx context.Context, req *vtctldata
 			throttlerConfig.CheckAsCheckSelf = false
 		}
 		if req.ThrottledApp != nil && req.ThrottledApp.Name != "" {
-			// TODO(shlomi) in v22: replace the following line with the commented out block
-			throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
-			// 	timeNow := time.Now()
-			// if protoutil.TimeFromProto(req.ThrottledApp.ExpiresAt).After(timeNow) {
-			// 	throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
-			// } else {
-			// 	delete(throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps, req.ThrottledApp.Name)
-			// }
+			timeNow := time.Now()
+			if protoutil.TimeFromProto(req.ThrottledApp.ExpiresAt).After(timeNow) {
+				throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
+			} else {
+				delete(throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps, req.ThrottledApp.Name)
+			}
 		}
 		return throttlerConfig
 	}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/executorcontext/vcursor_impl.go b/go/vt/vtgate/executorcontext/vcursor_impl.go
index d6aac5cf5b0..c1f341b38cf 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/executorcontext/vcursor_impl.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/executorcontext/vcursor_impl.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql/collations"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql/config"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql/sqlerror"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/protoutil"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/sqltypes"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/callerid"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/discovery"
@@ -1439,14 +1440,12 @@ func (vc *VCursorImpl) ThrottleApp(ctx context.Context, throttledAppRule *topoda
 			throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps = make(map[string]*topodatapb.ThrottledAppRule)
 		}
 		if req.ThrottledApp != nil && req.ThrottledApp.Name != "" {
-			// TODO(shlomi) in v22: replace the following line with the commented out block
-			throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
-			// timeNow := time.Now()
-			// if protoutil.TimeFromProto(req.ThrottledApp.ExpiresAt).After(timeNow) {
-			// 	throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
-			// } else {
-			// 	delete(throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps, req.ThrottledApp.Name)
-			// }
+			timeNow := time.Now()
+			if protoutil.TimeFromProto(req.ThrottledApp.ExpiresAt).After(timeNow) {
+				throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps[req.ThrottledApp.Name] = req.ThrottledApp
+			} else {
+				delete(throttlerConfig.ThrottledApps, req.ThrottledApp.Name)
+			}
 		}
 		return throttlerConfig
 	}