diff --git a/cmd/nitro/init.go b/cmd/nitro/init.go
index 97678a7d23..ea48ec8784 100644
--- a/cmd/nitro/init.go
+++ b/cmd/nitro/init.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func isLeveldbNotExistError(err error) bool {
 
 func openInitializeChainDb(ctx context.Context, stack *node.Node, config *NodeConfig, chainId *big.Int, cacheConfig *core.CacheConfig, persistentConfig *conf.PersistentConfig, l1Client arbutil.L1Interface, rollupAddrs chaininfo.RollupAddresses) (ethdb.Database, *core.BlockChain, error) {
 	if !config.Init.Force {
-		if readOnlyDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithFreezerWithExtraOptions("l2chaindata", 0, 0, "", "l2chaindata/", true, persistentConfig.Pebble.ExtraOptions("l2chaindata")); err == nil {
+		if readOnlyDb, err := stack.OpenDatabaseWithFreezerWithExtraOptions("l2chaindata", 0, 0, config.Persistent.Ancient, "l2chaindata/", true, persistentConfig.Pebble.ExtraOptions("l2chaindata")); err == nil {
 			if chainConfig := gethexec.TryReadStoredChainConfig(readOnlyDb); chainConfig != nil {
 				readOnlyDb.Close()
 				if !arbmath.BigEquals(chainConfig.ChainID, chainId) {
diff --git a/das/local_file_storage_service.go b/das/local_file_storage_service.go
index 6b0a5f0070..621cf3efdb 100644
--- a/das/local_file_storage_service.go
+++ b/das/local_file_storage_service.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (s *LocalFileStorageService) Put(ctx context.Context, data []byte, expiry u
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !s.enableLegacyLayout && s.layout.expiryEnabled {
+	if !s.enableLegacyLayout {
 		if err := createHardLink(batchPath, s.layout.expiryPath(key, expiry)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("couldn't create by-expiry-path index entry: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -360,11 +360,9 @@ func migrate(fl *flatLayout, tl *trieLayout) error {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if tl.expiryEnabled {
-				expiryPath := tl.expiryPath(batch.key, uint64(batch.expiry.Unix()))
-				if err = createHardLink(newPath, expiryPath); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
+			expiryPath := tl.expiryPath(batch.key, uint64(batch.expiry.Unix()))
+			if err = createHardLink(newPath, expiryPath); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 			migrated++
 		}
@@ -698,10 +696,8 @@ func (l *trieLayout) startMigration() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if l.expiryEnabled {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(l.root, byExpiryTimestamp+migratingSuffix), 0o700); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(l.root, byExpiryTimestamp+migratingSuffix), 0o700); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 
@@ -726,10 +722,8 @@ func (l *trieLayout) commitMigration() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if l.expiryEnabled {
-		if err := removeSuffix(byExpiryTimestamp); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if err := removeSuffix(byExpiryTimestamp); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	syscall.Sync()
diff --git a/das/local_file_storage_service_test.go b/das/local_file_storage_service_test.go
index 0b2ba9749d..cc27e293e3 100644
--- a/das/local_file_storage_service_test.go
+++ b/das/local_file_storage_service_test.go
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ func TestMigrationNoExpiry(t *testing.T) {
 	countEntries(t, &s.layout, 4)
 	getByHashAndCheck(t, s, "a", "b", "c", "d")
 
-	_, err = s.layout.iterateBatchesByTimestamp(time.Unix(int64(now+10), 0))
-	if err == nil {
-		Fail(t, "can't iterate by timestamp when expiry is disabled")
-	}
+	// Can still iterate by timestamp even if expiry disabled
+	countTimestampEntries(t, &s.layout, time.Unix(int64(now+11), 0), 4)
+
 }
 
 func TestMigrationExpiry(t *testing.T) {