diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/completionProvider.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/completionProvider.ts
index f12308bbdd1f3e72e1445980131385e1ae1bef75..d7e91555cc2bb883bd2d30e4c9ef59034ef0b88d 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/completionProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/completionProvider.ts
@@ -123,19 +123,13 @@
     let items: CompletionItem[] = []
 
     if (!important) {
-      let shouldSortVariants = !semver.gte(state.version, '2.99.0')
-
       items.push(
         ...Object.entries(state.variants)
           .filter(([variant]) => !existingVariants.includes(variant))
           .map(([variant, definition], index) => {
-            let resultingVariants = [...existingVariants, variant]
-
-            if (shouldSortVariants) {
-              resultingVariants = resultingVariants.sort(
-                (a, b) => allVariants.indexOf(b) - allVariants.indexOf(a)
-              )
-            }
+            let resultingVariants = [...existingVariants, variant].sort(
+              (a, b) => allVariants.indexOf(b) - allVariants.indexOf(a)
+            )
 
             return {
               label: variant + sep,
@@ -152,7 +146,7 @@                 newText: resultingVariants[resultingVariants.length - 1] + sep,
                 range: replacementRange,
               },
               additionalTextEdits:
-                shouldSortVariants && resultingVariants.length > 1
+                resultingVariants.length > 1
                   ? [
                       {
                         newText:
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getRecommendedVariantOrderDiagnostics.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getRecommendedVariantOrderDiagnostics.ts
index 236195719ef87e1f693a7ccb1e2f23ad0ccd5652..bfcd601cab369acff2231fece7f925f859b40805 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getRecommendedVariantOrderDiagnostics.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getRecommendedVariantOrderDiagnostics.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { findClassListsInDocument, getClassNamesInClassList } from '../util/find'
 import * as jit from '../util/jit'
 import { getVariantsFromClassName } from '../util/getVariantsFromClassName'
 import { equalExact } from '../util/array'
-import semver from 'semver'
 
 export async function getRecommendedVariantOrderDiagnostics(
   state: State,
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@   document: TextDocument,
   settings: Settings
 ): Promise<RecommendedVariantOrderDiagnostic[]> {
   if (!state.jit) return []
-
-  if (semver.gte(state.version, '2.99.0')) return []
 
   let severity = settings.tailwindCSS.lint.recommendedVariantOrder
   if (severity === 'ignore') return []