diff --git a/cmd/prometheus/main.go b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
index 6bcb3bff88..f99cc9db3f 100644
--- a/cmd/prometheus/main.go
+++ b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
@@ -308,10 +308,6 @@ func (c *flagConfig) setFeatureListOptions(logger *slog.Logger) error {
 		return errors.New("cannot enable otlp-deltatocumulative and otlp-native-delta-ingestion features at the same time")
 	}
 
-	if c.web.NativeOTLPDeltaIngestion && !c.web.EnableTypeAndUnitLabels {
-		return errors.New("cannot enable otlp-native-delta-ingestion feature without enabling type and unit labels feature")
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/feature_flags.md b/docs/feature_flags.md
index fce044bc3c..a8d0edf123 100644
--- a/docs/feature_flags.md
+++ b/docs/feature_flags.md
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Examples of equivalent durations:
 
 `--enable-feature=otlp-native-delta-ingestion`
 
-When enabled, allows for the native ingestion of delta OTLP metrics, storing the raw sample values without conversion. This cannot be enabled in conjunction with `otlp-deltatocumulative`, and `type-and-unit-labels` must be enabled.
+When enabled, allows for the native ingestion of delta OTLP metrics, storing the raw sample values without conversion. This cannot be enabled in conjunction with `otlp-deltatocumulative`.  It is recommended to enable `type-and-unit-labels`.
 
 Currently, the StartTimeUnixNano field is ignored. Delta metrics are given a `__temporality__` label with a value of "delta" and a `__type__` label with a value of "gauge"/"gaugehistogram". 
 
diff --git a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
index 4163de2482..d7a13e36f8 100644
--- a/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
+++ b/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
@@ -211,20 +211,18 @@ func createAttributes(resource pcommon.Resource, attributes pcommon.Map, scope s
 		unitNamer := otlptranslator.UnitNamer{UTF8Allowed: settings.AllowUTF8}
 
 		if metadata.Type != prompb.MetricMetadata_UNKNOWN {
-			typeValue := strings.ToLower(metadata.Type.String())
-			l["__type__"] = typeValue
+			l["__type__"] = strings.ToLower(metadata.Type.String())
 		}
 		if metadata.Unit != "" {
 			l["__unit__"] = unitNamer.Build(metadata.Unit)
 		}
-
-		if settings.AllowDeltaTemporality && hasTemporality {
-			switch temporality {
-			case pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative:
-				l["__temporality__"] = "cumulative"
-			case pmetric.AggregationTemporalityDelta:
-				l["__temporality__"] = "delta"
-			}
+	}
+	if settings.AllowDeltaTemporality && hasTemporality {
+		switch temporality {
+		case pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative:
+			l["__temporality__"] = "cumulative"
+		case pmetric.AggregationTemporalityDelta:
+			l["__temporality__"] = "delta"
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_handler.go b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
index 9c86abf4c6..81e2681088 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_handler.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
@@ -545,11 +545,6 @@ func NewOTLPWriteHandler(logger *slog.Logger, _ prometheus.Registerer, appendabl
 		panic("cannot enable native delta ingestion and delta2cumulative conversion at the same time")
 	}
 
-	if opts.NativeDelta && !opts.EnableTypeAndUnitLabels {
-		// This should be validated when iterating through feature flags, so not expected to fail here.
-		panic("cannot enable native delta ingestion without enabling type and unit labels")
-	}
-
 	ex := &rwExporter{
 		writeHandler: &writeHandler{
 			logger:     logger,