diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/plugin.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/plugin.tsx
index 6907815f5317d..e7b92c5f5f756 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import type {
 import { DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES, AppNavLinkStatus } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { Storage } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/public';
 import type { TimelineState } from '@kbn/timelines-plugin/public';
-import type { ThreatIntelligence } from './threat_intelligence';
 import type {
   PluginSetup,
   PluginStart,
@@ -332,11 +331,8 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin<PluginSetup, PluginStart, SetupPlugins, S
         management: new subPluginClasses.Management(),
         landingPages: new subPluginClasses.LandingPages(),
         cloudSecurityPosture: new subPluginClasses.CloudSecurityPosture(),
+        threatIntelligence: new subPluginClasses.ThreatIntelligence(),
       };
-
-      if (this.experimentalFeatures.threatIntelligenceEnabled) {
-        this._subPlugins.threatIntelligence = new subPluginClasses.ThreatIntelligence();
-      }
     }
     return this._subPlugins;
   }
@@ -350,8 +346,7 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin<PluginSetup, PluginStart, SetupPlugins, S
     plugins: StartPlugins
   ): Promise<StartedSubPlugins> {
     const subPlugins = await this.subPlugins();
-
-    const startPlugins: StartedSubPlugins = {
+    return {
       overview: subPlugins.overview.start(),
       alerts: subPlugins.alerts.start(storage),
       cases: subPlugins.cases.start(),
@@ -365,15 +360,8 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin<PluginSetup, PluginStart, SetupPlugins, S
       management: subPlugins.management.start(core, plugins),
       landingPages: subPlugins.landingPages.start(),
       cloudSecurityPosture: subPlugins.cloudSecurityPosture.start(),
+      threatIntelligence: subPlugins.threatIntelligence.start(),
     };
-
-    if (this.experimentalFeatures.threatIntelligenceEnabled) {
-      startPlugins.threatIntelligence = (
-        subPlugins.threatIntelligence as ThreatIntelligence
-      ).start();
-    }
-
-    return startPlugins;
   }
   /**
    * Lazily instantiate a `SecurityAppStore`. We lazily instantiate this because it requests large dynamic imports. We instantiate it once because each subPlugin needs to share the same reference.
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/threat_intelligence/routes.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/threat_intelligence/routes.tsx
index 65b1440c49d2c..578ca28a5a9cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/threat_intelligence/routes.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/threat_intelligence/routes.tsx
@@ -6,20 +6,29 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
+import { Redirect } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { TrackApplicationView } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/public';
 import { ThreatIntelligencePage } from './pages/threat_intelligence';
 import { SecurityPageName, THREAT_INTELLIGENCE_PATH } from '../../common/constants';
 import type { SecuritySubPluginRoutes } from '../app/types';
+import { useIsExperimentalFeatureEnabled } from '../common/hooks/use_experimental_features';
 
-const ThreatIntelligenceRoutes = () => (
-  <TrackApplicationView viewId={SecurityPageName.threatIntelligence}>
-    <ThreatIntelligencePage />
-  </TrackApplicationView>
-);
+const ThreatIntelligenceRoutes = () => {
+  const enabled = useIsExperimentalFeatureEnabled('threatIntelligenceEnabled');
+  if (!enabled) {
+    return <Redirect to="/" />;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <TrackApplicationView viewId={SecurityPageName.threatIntelligence}>
+      <ThreatIntelligencePage />
+    </TrackApplicationView>
+  );
+};
 
 export const routes: SecuritySubPluginRoutes = [
   {
     path: THREAT_INTELLIGENCE_PATH,
-    render: ThreatIntelligenceRoutes,
+    component: ThreatIntelligenceRoutes,
   },
 ];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/types.ts
index 470adff13e934..1104ff630b61a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/types.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export interface SubPlugins {
   management: Management;
   landingPages: LandingPages;
   cloudSecurityPosture: CloudSecurityPosture;
-  threatIntelligence?: ThreatIntelligence; // the Threat Intelligence plugin is temporarily hidden behind a feature flag
+  threatIntelligence: ThreatIntelligence;
 }
 
 // TODO: find a better way to defined these types
@@ -148,5 +148,5 @@ export interface StartedSubPlugins {
   management: ReturnType<Management['start']>;
   landingPages: ReturnType<LandingPages['start']>;
   cloudSecurityPosture: ReturnType<CloudSecurityPosture['start']>;
-  threatIntelligence?: ReturnType<ThreatIntelligence['start']>;
+  threatIntelligence: ReturnType<ThreatIntelligence['start']>;
 }