diff --git a/nano/node/message_processor.cpp b/nano/node/message_processor.cpp
index dc1684789a..4e82a23ee2 100644
--- a/nano/node/message_processor.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/message_processor.cpp
@@ -242,15 +242,7 @@ class process_visitor : public nano::message_visitor
 
 	void telemetry_req (nano::telemetry_req const & message) override
 	{
-		// Send an empty telemetry_ack if we do not want, just to acknowledge that we have received the message to
-		// remove any timeouts on the server side waiting for a message.
-		nano::telemetry_ack telemetry_ack{ node.network_params.network };
-		if (!node.flags.disable_providing_telemetry_metrics)
-		{
-			auto telemetry_data = node.local_telemetry ();
-			telemetry_ack = nano::telemetry_ack{ node.network_params.network, telemetry_data };
-		}
-		channel->send (telemetry_ack, nullptr, nano::transport::buffer_drop_policy::no_socket_drop);
+		// Ignore telemetry requests as telemetry is being periodically broadcasted since V25+
 	}
 
 	void telemetry_ack (nano::telemetry_ack const & message) override
diff --git a/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp b/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp
index be7772dfe3..2f8b508dac 100644
--- a/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class node_flags final
 	bool disable_request_loop{ false }; // For testing only
 	bool disable_tcp_realtime{ false };
 	bool disable_providing_telemetry_metrics{ false };
-	bool disable_ongoing_telemetry_requests{ false };
+	bool disable_ongoing_telemetry_requests{ true };
 	bool disable_block_processor_unchecked_deletion{ false };
 	bool disable_block_processor_republishing{ false };
 	bool allow_bootstrap_peers_duplicates{ false };
diff --git a/nano/node/telemetry.hpp b/nano/node/telemetry.hpp
index 55bd8aaf77..f53bffea1a 100644
--- a/nano/node/telemetry.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/telemetry.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class telemetry
 public:
 	struct config
 	{
-		bool enable_ongoing_requests{ true };
+		bool enable_ongoing_requests{ false };
 		bool enable_ongoing_broadcasts{ true };
 
 		config (nano::node_config const & config, nano::node_flags const & flags) :