diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/BUILD.bazel
index 6518d3f9246c..2cb8d1ce8217 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/BUILD.bazel
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/sql",
         "//pkg/sql/catalog/descpb",
         "//pkg/sql/flowinfra",
-        "//pkg/util",
         "@com_github_cockroachdb_errors//:errors",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/settings.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/settings.go
index c62bdc03716a..f4b5f8b57482 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/settings.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeedbase/settings.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 )
 
@@ -221,5 +220,5 @@ var UseMuxRangeFeed = settings.RegisterBoolSetting(
 	settings.TenantWritable,
 	"changefeed.mux_rangefeed.enabled",
 	"if true, changefeed uses multiplexing rangefeed RPC",
-	util.ConstantWithMetamorphicTestBool("changefeed.mux_rangefeed.enabled", false),
+	false,
 )