diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 2880a9362e..a546e6e8c3 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ om_enable_rabbitmq_tls: "{{ rabbitmq_enable_tls | bool }}"
 # CA certificate bundle in containers using oslo.messaging with RabbitMQ TLS.
 om_rabbitmq_cacert: "{{ rabbitmq_cacert }}"
 
-om_enable_rabbitmq_high_availability: true
+om_enable_rabbitmq_high_availability: false
 
 ####################
 # Networking options
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/rabbitmq-enable-ha-queues-by-default-8a5bf2b3c18ae55b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/rabbitmq-enable-ha-queues-by-default-8a5bf2b3c18ae55b.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bf295d80bd..0000000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/rabbitmq-enable-ha-queues-by-default-8a5bf2b3c18ae55b.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-upgrade:
-  - |
-    The variable ``om_enable_rabbitmq_high_availability`` is now set to
-    ``True`` by default. An upgrade will therefore require some manual steps to
-    migrate from transient to durable queues. Note that this will be caught by
-    a precheck.
-
-    See docs for details:
-    https://docs.openstack.org/kolla-ansible/zed/reference/message-queues/rabbitmq.html#high-availability
diff --git a/tests/upgrade.sh b/tests/upgrade.sh
index eaec0b1825..45ea07dd54 100755
--- a/tests/upgrade.sh
+++ b/tests/upgrade.sh
@@ -12,36 +12,8 @@ function upgrade {
 
     source $KOLLA_ANSIBLE_VENV_PATH/bin/activate
 
-    kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv prechecks --skip-tags rabbitmq-ha-precheck &> /tmp/logs/ansible/upgrade-prechecks
+    kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv prechecks &> /tmp/logs/ansible/upgrade-prechecks
     kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv pull &> /tmp/logs/ansible/pull-upgrade
-
-    # NOTE(mattcrees): As om_enable_rabbitmq_high_availability now defaults to
-    # true in Bobcat, we need to perform a migration to durable queues.
-    # TODO(mattcrees): Remove these steps in Caracal (and the precheck flag above).
-    SERVICE_TAGS="heat,keystone,neutron,nova"
-    if [[ $SCENARIO == "zun" ]] || [[ $SCENARIO == "cephadm" ]]; then
-        SERVICE_TAGS+=",cinder"
-    fi
-    if [[ $SCENARIO == "scenario_nfv" ]]; then
-        SERVICE_TAGS+=",barbican"
-    fi
-    if [[ $SCENARIO == "ironic" ]]; then
-        SERVICE_TAGS+=",ironic"
-    fi
-    if [[ $SCENARIO == "masakari" ]]; then
-        SERVICE_TAGS+=",masakari"
-    fi
-    if [[ $SCENARIO == "ovn" ]] || [[ $SCENARIO == "octavia" ]]; then
-        SERVICE_TAGS+=",octavia"
-    fi
-    if [[ $SCENARIO == "magnum" ]]; then
-        SERVICE_TAGS+=",magnum,designate"
-    fi
-    kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv stop --tags $SERVICE_TAGS --yes-i-really-really-mean-it &> /tmp/logs/ansible/stop
-    kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv genconfig &> /tmp/logs/ansible/genconfig
-    kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv reconfigure --tags rabbitmq &> /tmp/logs/ansible/reconfigure-rabbitmq
-    kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv rabbitmq-reset-state &> /tmp/logs/ansible/rabbitmq-reset-state
-
     kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv upgrade &> /tmp/logs/ansible/upgrade
 
     kolla-ansible -i ${RAW_INVENTORY} -vvv post-deploy &> /tmp/logs/ansible/upgrade-post-deploy