diff --git a/db/config.cc b/db/config.cc
index 5dc5cd0427..f0cdd3e9ef 100644
--- a/db/config.cc
+++ b/db/config.cc
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ db::config::config(std::shared_ptr<db::extensions> exts)
     , developer_mode(this, "developer_mode", value_status::Used, DEVELOPER_MODE_DEFAULT, "Relax environment checks. Setting to true can reduce performance and reliability significantly.")
     , skip_wait_for_gossip_to_settle(this, "skip_wait_for_gossip_to_settle", value_status::Used, -1, "An integer to configure the wait for gossip to settle. -1: wait normally, 0: do not wait at all, n: wait for at most n polls. Same as -Dcassandra.skip_wait_for_gossip_to_settle in cassandra.")
     , force_gossip_generation(this, "force_gossip_generation", liveness::LiveUpdate, value_status::Used, -1 , "Force gossip to use the generation number provided by user")
-    , experimental(this, "experimental", value_status::Used, false, "[Deprecated] Set to true to unlock all experimental features (except 'consistent-topology-changes' feature, which should be enabled explicitly via 'experimental-features' option). Please use 'experimental-features', instead.")
+    , experimental(this, "experimental", value_status::Unused, false, "[Deprecated] Set to true to unlock all experimental features (except 'consistent-topology-changes' feature, which should be enabled explicitly via 'experimental-features' option). Please use 'experimental-features', instead.")
     , experimental_features(this, "experimental_features", value_status::Used, {}, experimental_features_help_string())
     , lsa_reclamation_step(this, "lsa_reclamation_step", value_status::Used, 1, "Minimum number of segments to reclaim in a single step")
     , prometheus_port(this, "prometheus_port", value_status::Used, 9180, "Prometheus port, set to zero to disable")
@@ -1147,13 +1147,6 @@ db::fs::path db::config::get_conf_sub(db::fs::path sub) {
 }
 
 bool db::config::check_experimental(experimental_features_t::feature f) const {
-    if (experimental()
-        && f != experimental_features_t::feature::UNUSED
-        && f != experimental_features_t::feature::CONSISTENT_TOPOLOGY_CHANGES
-        && f != experimental_features_t::feature::BROADCAST_TABLES
-        && f != experimental_features_t::feature::TABLETS) {
-            return true;
-    }
     const auto& optval = experimental_features();
     return find(begin(optval), end(optval), enum_option<experimental_features_t>{f}) != end(optval);
 }
diff --git a/db/config.hh b/db/config.hh
index d73e13581c..553bba1b1b 100644
--- a/db/config.hh
+++ b/db/config.hh
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ namespace db {
 
 /// Enumeration of all valid values for the `experimental` config entry.
 struct experimental_features_t {
-    // NOTE: CONSISTENT_TOPOLOGY_CHANGES and BROADCAST_TABLES features are not enabled via `experimental` umbrella flag.
-    // These options should be enabled explicitly.
     enum class feature {
         UNUSED,
         UDF,
diff --git a/test/boost/config_test.cc b/test/boost/config_test.cc
index d88a46312c..5549ad1912 100644
--- a/test/boost/config_test.cc
+++ b/test/boost/config_test.cc
@@ -1035,18 +1035,6 @@ SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_parse_experimental_features_invalid) {
     return make_ready_future();
 }
 
-SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_parse_experimental_true) {
-    auto cfg_ptr = std::make_unique<config>();
-    config& cfg = *cfg_ptr;
-    cfg.read_from_yaml("experimental: true", throw_on_error);
-    BOOST_CHECK(!cfg.check_experimental(ef::UNUSED));
-    BOOST_CHECK(cfg.check_experimental(ef::UDF));
-    BOOST_CHECK(cfg.check_experimental(ef::ALTERNATOR_STREAMS));
-    BOOST_CHECK(!cfg.check_experimental(ef::CONSISTENT_TOPOLOGY_CHANGES));
-    BOOST_CHECK(cfg.check_experimental(ef::KEYSPACE_STORAGE_OPTIONS));
-    return make_ready_future();
-}
-
 SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_parse_experimental_false) {
     auto cfg_ptr = std::make_unique<config>();
     config& cfg = *cfg_ptr;
diff --git a/tools/schema_loader.cc b/tools/schema_loader.cc
index 3ca25f53c6..208025404e 100644
--- a/tools/schema_loader.cc
+++ b/tools/schema_loader.cc
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ future<schema_ptr> load_one_schema_from_file(std::filesystem::path path) {
 
 schema_ptr load_system_schema(std::string_view keyspace, std::string_view table) {
     db::config cfg;
-    cfg.experimental.set(true);
     cfg.experimental_features.set(db::experimental_features_t::all());
     const std::unordered_map<std::string_view, std::vector<schema_ptr>> schemas{
         {db::schema_tables::NAME, db::schema_tables::all_tables(db::schema_features::full())},