diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt b/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
index 575b0be14d72..3e09f53cb62b 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ sql.metrics.statement_details.enabled	boolean	true	collect per-statement query s
 sql.metrics.statement_details.gateway_node.enabled	boolean	true	save the gateway node for each statement fingerprint. If false, the value will be stored as 0.
 sql.metrics.statement_details.index_recommendation_collection.enabled	boolean	true	generate an index recommendation for each fingerprint ID
 sql.metrics.statement_details.max_mem_reported_idx_recommendations	integer	5000	the maximum number of reported index recommendation info stored in memory
-sql.metrics.statement_details.plan_collection.enabled	boolean	true	periodically save a logical plan for each fingerprint
+sql.metrics.statement_details.plan_collection.enabled	boolean	false	periodically save a logical plan for each fingerprint
 sql.metrics.statement_details.plan_collection.period	duration	5m0s	the time until a new logical plan is collected
 sql.metrics.statement_details.threshold	duration	0s	minimum execution time to cause statement statistics to be collected. If configured, no transaction stats are collected.
 sql.metrics.transaction_details.enabled	boolean	true	collect per-application transaction statistics
diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
index 1878111d94f2..c7f6cdedc925 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 <tr><td><code>sql.metrics.statement_details.gateway_node.enabled</code></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>save the gateway node for each statement fingerprint. If false, the value will be stored as 0.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>sql.metrics.statement_details.index_recommendation_collection.enabled</code></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>generate an index recommendation for each fingerprint ID</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>sql.metrics.statement_details.max_mem_reported_idx_recommendations</code></td><td>integer</td><td><code>5000</code></td><td>the maximum number of reported index recommendation info stored in memory</td></tr>
-<tr><td><code>sql.metrics.statement_details.plan_collection.enabled</code></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>periodically save a logical plan for each fingerprint</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>sql.metrics.statement_details.plan_collection.enabled</code></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>false</code></td><td>periodically save a logical plan for each fingerprint</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>sql.metrics.statement_details.plan_collection.period</code></td><td>duration</td><td><code>5m0s</code></td><td>the time until a new logical plan is collected</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>sql.metrics.statement_details.threshold</code></td><td>duration</td><td><code>0s</code></td><td>minimum execution time to cause statement statistics to be collected. If configured, no transaction stats are collected.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>sql.metrics.transaction_details.enabled</code></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>collect per-application transaction statistics</td></tr>
diff --git a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/cluster_settings.go b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/cluster_settings.go
index 551a64545ad9..be6db3e12dfb 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sqlstats/cluster_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sqlstats/cluster_settings.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var SampleLogicalPlans = settings.RegisterBoolSetting(
 	settings.TenantWritable,
 	"sql.metrics.statement_details.plan_collection.enabled",
 	"periodically save a logical plan for each fingerprint",
-	true,
+	false,
 ).WithPublic()
 
 // LogicalPlanCollectionPeriod specifies the interval between collections of