Solution:
Your priority might not be enough. Try like this.
add_filter('acf/settings/remove_wp_meta_box', '__return_false', 20);
EDIT
Please try to initialize ACF with this code
function my_acf_init() {
acf_update_setting('remove_wp_meta_box', false);
}
add_action('acf/init', 'my_acf_init');