diff --git a/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/boundedstaleness_test.go b/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/boundedstaleness_test.go
index 2cdfc0a03566..a056d8ba5ee2 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/boundedstaleness_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/boundedstaleness_test.go
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ func TestBoundedStalenessDataDriven(t *testing.T) {
 		tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, 3, clusterArgs)
 		defer tc.Stopper().Stop(ctx)
 
+		// This test may probabilistically execute its SQL as a secondary tenant. It
+		// also traces queries and makes assertions on whether log lines indicate
+		// requests were served via follower reads. As these log lines originate
+		// down in kvserver we disable their redaction.
+		systemTenantSQL := sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(tc.StorageClusterConn())
+		systemTenantSQL.Exec(t, `SET CLUSTER SETTING server.secondary_tenants.redact_trace.enabled = 'false'`)
+
 		savedTraceStmt := ""
 		datadriven.RunTest(t, path, func(t *testing.T, d *datadriven.TestData) string {
 			// Early exit non-query execution related commands.
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/followerreads_test.go b/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/followerreads_test.go
index d208aada388d..2c1d8e09b39a 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/followerreads_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/kvccl/kvfollowerreadsccl/followerreads_test.go
@@ -568,13 +568,17 @@ func TestFollowerReadsWithStaleDescriptor(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, 4,
 		base.TestClusterArgs{
 			ReplicationMode: base.ReplicationManual,
-			ServerArgs:      base.TestServerArgs{UseDatabase: "t"},
+			ServerArgs: base.TestServerArgs{
+				DisableDefaultTestTenant: true,
+				UseDatabase:              "t",
+			},
 			// n4 pretends to have low latency to n2 and n3, so that it tries to use
 			// them for follower reads.
 			// Also, we're going to collect a trace of the test's final query.
 			ServerArgsPerNode: map[int]base.TestServerArgs{
 				3: {
-					UseDatabase: "t",
+					DisableDefaultTestTenant: true,
+					UseDatabase:              "t",
 					Knobs: base.TestingKnobs{
 						KVClient: &kvcoord.ClientTestingKnobs{
 							// Inhibit the checking of connection health done by the