diff --git a/apps/agent-control-plane/values.yaml b/apps/agent-control-plane/values.yaml
index 72f4066..deb99da 100644
--- a/apps/agent-control-plane/values.yaml
+++ b/apps/agent-control-plane/values.yaml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ postgresSweep:
   enabled: true
 
 syntheticLiveVerify:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
   schedule: "*/5 * * * *"
   baseUrl: http://agent-control-plane:80
   actor:
diff --git a/tests/test_agent_control_plane_registry_overlay.py b/tests/test_agent_control_plane_registry_overlay.py
index 5068ea1..a81c0c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_agent_control_plane_registry_overlay.py
+++ b/tests/test_agent_control_plane_registry_overlay.py
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ def test_opencode_policy_and_eval_overlay_are_mounted(self) -> None:
             "evals.yaml",
         )
 
-    def test_synthetic_live_verify_uses_dedicated_probe_actor(self) -> None:
+    def test_synthetic_live_verify_keeps_dedicated_probe_actor_disabled(self) -> None:
         synthetic = self.control_plane_values["syntheticLiveVerify"]
 
-        self.assertTrue(synthetic["enabled"])
+        self.assertFalse(synthetic["enabled"])
         self.assertEqual(synthetic["schedule"], "*/5 * * * *")
         self.assertEqual(synthetic["baseUrl"], "http://agent-control-plane:80")
         self.assertEqual(