diff --git a/internal/beatcmd/beat_test.go b/internal/beatcmd/beat_test.go
index 4f71188a9d8..2599647fc21 100644
--- a/internal/beatcmd/beat_test.go
+++ b/internal/beatcmd/beat_test.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func TestRunManager(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		"instrumentation": map[string]interface{}{
-			"enabled":     true,
+			"enabled":     false,
 			"environment": "testenv",
 		},
 	}, m)
diff --git a/internal/beatcmd/reloader.go b/internal/beatcmd/reloader.go
index fe72f860892..297fa328cc9 100644
--- a/internal/beatcmd/reloader.go
+++ b/internal/beatcmd/reloader.go
@@ -194,8 +194,9 @@ func (r *Reloader) reload(inputConfig, outputConfig, apmTracingConfig *config.C)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("APM tracing config for elastic not found")
 		}
-		// set enabled manually as APMConfig doesn't contain it
-		c.SetBool("enabled", -1, true)
+		// set enabled manually as APMConfig doesn't contain it.
+		// TODO set "enable" to true after the issue https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/5211 gets resolved.
+		c.SetBool("enabled", -1, false)
 		wrappedApmTracingConfig = config.MustNewConfigFrom(map[string]interface{}{
 			"instrumentation": c,
 		})
diff --git a/internal/beatcmd/reloader_test.go b/internal/beatcmd/reloader_test.go
index 0dbd88195f3..83a7fb38b6e 100644
--- a/internal/beatcmd/reloader_test.go
+++ b/internal/beatcmd/reloader_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestReloaderNewRunnerParams(t *testing.T) {
 	args := <-calls
 	assert.NotNil(t, args.Logger)
 	assert.Equal(t, info, args.Info)
-	assert.Equal(t, config.MustNewConfigFrom(`{"revision": 1, "input": 123, "output.console.enabled": true, "instrumentation.enabled":true, "instrumentation.environment":"test"}`), args.Config)
+	assert.Equal(t, config.MustNewConfigFrom(`{"revision": 1, "input": 123, "output.console.enabled": true, "instrumentation.enabled":false, "instrumentation.environment":"test"}`), args.Config)
 }
 
 func expectNoEvent(t testing.TB, ch <-chan struct{}, message string) {