diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpcc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpcc.go
index 9d9650804bde..94e9c9024f11 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpcc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpcc.go
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ type tpccOptions struct {
 	// also be doing a rolling-restart into the new binary while the cluster
 	// is running, but that feels like jamming too much into the tpcc setup.
 	Start func(context.Context, test.Test, cluster.Cluster)
-	// EnableCircuitBreakers causes the kv.replica_circuit_breaker.slow_replication_threshold
-	// setting to be populated, which enables per-Replica circuit breakers.
-	//
-	// TODO(tbg): remove this once https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/issues/74705 is completed.
-	EnableCircuitBreakers bool
 	// SkipPostRunCheck, if set, skips post TPC-C run checks.
 	SkipPostRunCheck              bool
 	DisableDefaultScheduledBackup bool
@@ -165,10 +160,6 @@ func setupTPCC(
 		opts.Start(ctx, t, c)
 		db := c.Conn(ctx, t.L(), 1)
 		defer db.Close()
-		if opts.EnableCircuitBreakers {
-			_, err := db.Exec(`SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.replica_circuit_breaker.slow_replication_threshold = '15s'`)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-		}
 
 		if t.SkipInit() {
 			return
@@ -508,10 +499,9 @@ func registerTPCC(r registry.Registry) {
 			headroomWarehouses := int(float64(maxWarehouses) * 0.7)
 			t.L().Printf("computed headroom warehouses of %d\n", headroomWarehouses)
 			runTPCC(ctx, t, c, tpccOptions{
-				Warehouses:            headroomWarehouses,
-				Duration:              120 * time.Minute,
-				SetupType:             usingImport,
-				EnableCircuitBreakers: true,
+				Warehouses: headroomWarehouses,
+				Duration:   120 * time.Minute,
+				SetupType:  usingImport,
 			})
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/parallel_test.go b/pkg/sql/logictest/parallel_test.go
index 537e1a60574b..ed8e07320542 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/parallel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/parallel_test.go
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ func (t *parallelTest) setup(ctx context.Context, spec *parTestSpec) {
 		r0.Exec(t, `UPDATE system.zones SET config = $2 WHERE id = $1`, objID, buf)
 	}
 
+	// Disable the circuit breakers on this cluster because they can lead to
+	// rare test flakes since the machine is likely to be overloaded when
+	// running TestParallel.
+	r0.Exec(t, `SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.replica_circuit_breaker.slow_replication_threshold = '0s'`)
+
 	if testing.Verbose() || log.V(1) {
 		log.Infof(t.ctx, "Creating database")
 	}