diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index f1374c312..6da3aa512 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -1136,14 +1136,13 @@ func (s *erasureSets) HealFormat(ctx context.Context, dryRun bool) (res madmin.H
 
 					xldisk, ok := disk.(*xlStorageDiskIDCheck)
 					if ok {
-						if driveQuorum {
-							commonWrites, commonDeletes := calcCommonWritesDeletes(currentDisksInfo[m], (s.setDriveCount+1)/2)
-							xldisk.totalWrites.Store(commonWrites)
-							xldisk.totalDeletes.Store(commonDeletes)
-							xldisk.storage.setWriteAttribute(commonWrites)
-							xldisk.storage.setDeleteAttribute(commonDeletes)
+						_, commonDeletes := calcCommonWritesDeletes(currentDisksInfo[m], (s.setDriveCount+1)/2)
+						xldisk.totalDeletes.Store(commonDeletes)
+						xldisk.storage.setDeleteAttribute(commonDeletes)
+
+						if globalDriveMonitoring {
+							go xldisk.monitorDiskWritable(xldisk.diskCtx)
 						}
-						go xldisk.monitorDiskWritable(xldisk.diskCtx)
 					}
 				} else {
 					disk.Close() // Close the remote storage client, re-initialize with healthchecks.
diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index 800a23d8a..0d8d0bba3 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/event"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/pubsub"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/certs"
+	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
 	xnet "github.com/minio/pkg/v2/net"
 )
 
@@ -413,6 +414,8 @@ var (
 	globalLocalDrives   []StorageAPI
 	globalLocalDrivesMu sync.RWMutex
 
+	globalDriveMonitoring = env.Get("_MINIO_DRIVE_ACTIVE_MONITORING", config.EnableOn) == config.EnableOn
+
 	// Is MINIO_CI_CD set?
 	globalIsCICD bool
 
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
index f7b6c8006..8aef3db5d 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config"
 	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@ type xlStorageDiskIDCheck struct {
 	diskID       string
 	storage      *xlStorage
 	health       *diskHealthTracker
+	healthCheck  bool
 
 	// driveStartChecking is a threshold above which we will start to check
 	// the state of disks, generally this value is less than driveMaxConcurrent
@@ -226,20 +226,18 @@ func newXLStorageDiskIDCheck(storage *xlStorage, healthCheck bool) *xlStorageDis
 	xl := xlStorageDiskIDCheck{
 		storage:            storage,
 		health:             newDiskHealthTracker(driveMaxConcurrent),
+		healthCheck:        healthCheck && globalDriveMonitoring,
 		driveMaxConcurrent: driveMaxConcurrent,
 		driveStartChecking: driveStartChecking,
 	}
 
-	if driveQuorum {
-		xl.totalWrites.Store(xl.storage.getWriteAttribute())
-		xl.totalDeletes.Store(xl.storage.getDeleteAttribute())
-	}
-
+	xl.totalWrites.Store(xl.storage.getWriteAttribute())
+	xl.totalDeletes.Store(xl.storage.getDeleteAttribute())
 	xl.diskCtx, xl.diskCancel = context.WithCancel(context.TODO())
 	for i := range xl.apiLatencies[:] {
 		xl.apiLatencies[i] = &lockedLastMinuteLatency{}
 	}
-	if healthCheck && diskActiveMonitoring {
+	if xl.healthCheck {
 		go xl.monitorDiskWritable(xl.diskCtx)
 	}
 	return &xl
@@ -347,10 +345,8 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) DiskInfo(ctx context.Context, opts DiskInfoOption
 	defer si(&err)
 
 	if opts.NoOp {
-		if driveQuorum {
-			info.Metrics.TotalWrites = p.totalWrites.Load()
-			info.Metrics.TotalDeletes = p.totalDeletes.Load()
-		}
+		info.Metrics.TotalWrites = p.totalWrites.Load()
+		info.Metrics.TotalDeletes = p.totalDeletes.Load()
 		info.Metrics.TotalTokens = uint32(p.driveMaxConcurrent)
 		info.Metrics.TotalWaiting = uint32(p.health.waiting.Load())
 		info.Metrics.TotalErrorsTimeout = p.totalErrsTimeout.Load()
@@ -362,10 +358,8 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) DiskInfo(ctx context.Context, opts DiskInfoOption
 		if opts.Metrics {
 			info.Metrics = p.getMetrics()
 		}
-		if driveQuorum {
-			info.Metrics.TotalWrites = p.totalWrites.Load()
-			info.Metrics.TotalDeletes = p.totalDeletes.Load()
-		}
+		info.Metrics.TotalWrites = p.totalWrites.Load()
+		info.Metrics.TotalDeletes = p.totalDeletes.Load()
 		info.Metrics.TotalTokens = uint32(p.driveMaxConcurrent)
 		info.Metrics.TotalWaiting = uint32(p.health.waiting.Load())
 		info.Metrics.TotalErrorsTimeout = p.totalErrsTimeout.Load()
@@ -521,7 +515,7 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) RenameData(ctx context.Context, srcVolume, srcPat
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		if driveQuorum && err == nil && !skipAccessChecks(dstVolume) {
+		if err == nil && !skipAccessChecks(dstVolume) {
 			p.storage.setWriteAttribute(p.totalWrites.Add(1))
 		}
 		done(&err)
@@ -571,7 +565,7 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) DeleteVersions(ctx context.Context, volume string
 		return errs
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		if driveQuorum && !skipAccessChecks(volume) {
+		if !skipAccessChecks(volume) {
 			var permanentDeletes uint64
 			var deleteMarkers uint64
 
@@ -638,7 +632,7 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) DeleteVersion(ctx context.Context, volume, path s
 	defer func() {
 		defer done(&err)
 
-		if driveQuorum && err == nil && !skipAccessChecks(volume) {
+		if err == nil && !skipAccessChecks(volume) {
 			if opts.UndoWrite {
 				p.storage.setWriteAttribute(p.totalWrites.Add(^uint64(0)))
 				return
@@ -828,19 +822,6 @@ const (
 	diskHealthFaulty
 )
 
-// diskActiveMonitoring indicates if we have enabled "active" disk monitoring
-var diskActiveMonitoring = true
-
-// Indicates if users want to enable drive_quorum feature
-var driveQuorum bool
-
-func init() {
-	diskActiveMonitoring = (env.Get("_MINIO_DRIVE_ACTIVE_MONITORING", config.EnableOn) == config.EnableOn) ||
-		(env.Get("_MINIO_DISK_ACTIVE_MONITORING", config.EnableOn) == config.EnableOn)
-
-	driveQuorum = env.Get("_MINIO_DRIVE_QUORUM", config.EnableOff) == config.EnableOn
-}
-
 type diskHealthTracker struct {
 	// atomic time of last success
 	lastSuccess int64