diff --git a/internal/fs/fs.go b/internal/fs/fs.go
index bf8b54ce38..b4ae402d0c 100644
--- a/internal/fs/fs.go
+++ b/internal/fs/fs.go
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	// File chunk size to read from GCS in one call. Specified in MB.
 	SequentialReadSizeMb int32
 
-	// Allows ignoring interrupts.
-	IgnoreInterrupts bool
-
 	// MountConfig has all the config specified by the user using configFile flag.
 	MountConfig *config.MountConfig
 }
@@ -179,7 +176,6 @@ func NewFileSystem(
 		inodeAttributeCacheTTL:     cfg.InodeAttributeCacheTTL,
 		dirTypeCacheTTL:            cfg.DirTypeCacheTTL,
 		renameDirLimit:             cfg.RenameDirLimit,
-		ignoreInterrupts:           cfg.IgnoreInterrupts,
 		sequentialReadSizeMb:       cfg.SequentialReadSizeMb,
 		uid:                        cfg.Uid,
 		gid:                        cfg.Gid,
@@ -346,7 +342,6 @@ type fileSystem struct {
 	inodeAttributeCacheTTL     time.Duration
 	dirTypeCacheTTL            time.Duration
 	renameDirLimit             int64
-	ignoreInterrupts           bool
 	sequentialReadSizeMb       int32
 
 	// The user and group owning everything in the file system.
@@ -1315,7 +1310,7 @@ func (fs *fileSystem) StatFS(
 }
 
 func (fs *fileSystem) ignoreInterruptsIfFlagIsSet(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
-	if fs.ignoreInterrupts {
+	if fs.mountConfig.FileSystemConfig.IgnoreInterrupts {
 		return context.WithoutCancel(ctx)
 	}
 	return ctx
diff --git a/internal/fs/interrupt_test.go b/internal/fs/interrupt_test.go
index 35bb23b8b3..58c32dca15 100644
--- a/internal/fs/interrupt_test.go
+++ b/internal/fs/interrupt_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/googlecloudplatform/gcsfuse/v2/internal/config"
 	"github.com/jacobsa/ogletest"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ var ignoreInterruptsTest = []struct {
 func TestIgnoreInterruptsIfFlagIsSet(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range ignoreInterruptsTest {
 		t.Run(tt.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			fs := &fileSystem{ignoreInterrupts: tt.ignoreInterrupts}
+			fs := &fileSystem{mountConfig: &config.MountConfig{FileSystemConfig: config.FileSystemConfig{IgnoreInterrupts: tt.ignoreInterrupts}}}
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 			// Call the method and cancel the context
diff --git a/mount.go b/mount.go
index da32ea06ea..e769de31e8 100644
--- a/mount.go
+++ b/mount.go
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ be interacting with the file system.`)
 		FilePerms:                  os.FileMode(flags.FileMode),
 		DirPerms:                   os.FileMode(flags.DirMode),
 		RenameDirLimit:             flags.RenameDirLimit,
-		IgnoreInterrupts:           flags.IgnoreInterrupts,
 		SequentialReadSizeMb:       flags.SequentialReadSizeMb,
 		EnableNonexistentTypeCache: flags.EnableNonexistentTypeCache,
 		MountConfig:                mountConfig,