diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config.go
index f68e8da3c0f..1e195414720 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&currentConfig.TerseErrors, "queryserver-config-terse-errors", defaultConfig.TerseErrors, "prevent bind vars from escaping in returned errors")
 	flag.StringVar(&deprecatedPoolNamePrefix, "pool-name-prefix", "", "Deprecated")
 	flag.BoolVar(&currentConfig.WatchReplication, "watch_replication_stream", false, "When enabled, vttablet will stream the MySQL replication stream from the local server, and use it to update schema when it sees a DDL.")
-	flag.BoolVar(&currentConfig.TrackSchemaVersions, "track_schema_versions", true, "When enabled, vttablet will store versions of schemas at each position that a DDL is applied and allow retrieval of the schema corresponding to a position")
+	flag.BoolVar(&currentConfig.TrackSchemaVersions, "track_schema_versions", false, "When enabled, vttablet will store versions of schemas at each position that a DDL is applied and allow retrieval of the schema corresponding to a position")
 	flag.BoolVar(&deprecatedAutocommit, "enable-autocommit", true, "This flag is deprecated. Autocommit is always allowed.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&currentConfig.TwoPCEnable, "twopc_enable", defaultConfig.TwoPCEnable, "if the flag is on, 2pc is enabled. Other 2pc flags must be supplied.")
 	flag.StringVar(&currentConfig.TwoPCCoordinatorAddress, "twopc_coordinator_address", defaultConfig.TwoPCCoordinatorAddress, "address of the (VTGate) process(es) that will be used to notify of abandoned transactions.")
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config_test.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config_test.go
index bcb5e684a30..082c02c794f 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletenv/config_test.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func TestFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		StreamBufferSize:            32768,
 		QueryCacheSize:              5000,
 		SchemaReloadIntervalSeconds: 1800,
-		TrackSchemaVersions:         true,
+		TrackSchemaVersions:         false,
 		MessagePostponeParallelism:  4,
 		CacheResultFields:           true,
 		TxThrottlerConfig:           "target_replication_lag_sec: 2\nmax_replication_lag_sec: 10\ninitial_rate: 100\nmax_increase: 1\nemergency_decrease: 0.5\nmin_duration_between_increases_sec: 40\nmax_duration_between_increases_sec: 62\nmin_duration_between_decreases_sec: 20\nspread_backlog_across_sec: 20\nage_bad_rate_after_sec: 180\nbad_rate_increase: 0.1\nmax_rate_approach_threshold: 0.9\n",