diff --git a/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml b/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml
index 0b8b25e55d4..98f229a7a81 100644
--- a/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/benchmarks.yml
@@ -109,13 +109,6 @@ only-profiling-heap:
     DD_PROFILING_ALLOCATION_ENABLED: "true"
     DD_PROFILING_EXPERIMENTAL_HEAP_ENABLED: "true"
 
-only-profiling-crashtracking:
-  extends: .benchmarks
-  variables:
-    DD_BENCHMARKS_CONFIGURATION: only-profiling
-    DD_PROFILING_ENABLED: "true"
-    DD_PROFILING_EXPERIMENTAL_CRASH_TRACKING_ENABLED: "true"
-
 profiling-and-tracing:
   extends: .benchmarks
   variables:
diff --git a/lib/datadog/core/configuration/settings.rb b/lib/datadog/core/configuration/settings.rb
index 52d6603cdf6..db7e0596337 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/core/configuration/settings.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/core/configuration/settings.rb
@@ -453,12 +453,15 @@ def initialize(*_)
 
             # Enables reporting of information when the Ruby VM crashes.
             #
+            # This feature is no longer experimental, and we plan to deprecate this setting and replace it with a
+            # properly-named one soon.
+            #
             # @default `DD_PROFILING_EXPERIMENTAL_CRASH_TRACKING_ENABLED` environment variable as a boolean,
-            # otherwise `false`
+            # otherwise `true`
             option :experimental_crash_tracking_enabled do |o|
               o.type :bool
               o.env 'DD_PROFILING_EXPERIMENTAL_CRASH_TRACKING_ENABLED'
-              o.default false
+              o.default true
             end
           end
 
diff --git a/lib/datadog/profiling/component.rb b/lib/datadog/profiling/component.rb
index bdac9c4eab8..5147a2298f1 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/profiling/component.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/profiling/component.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def self.build_profiler_component(settings:, agent_settings:, optional_tracer:)
         # and thus can't really provide a valid configuration to talk to a Datadog agent. Thus, in this situation,
         # we can't use the crashtracker, even if enabled.
         unless transport.respond_to?(:exporter_configuration)
-          Datadog.logger.warn(
+          Datadog.logger.debug(
             'Cannot enable profiling crash tracking as a custom settings.profiling.exporter.transport is configured'
           )
           return
diff --git a/spec/datadog/core/configuration/settings_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/core/configuration/settings_spec.rb
index 25de36b083c..c4c232de10e 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/core/configuration/settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/core/configuration/settings_spec.rb
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@
           context 'is not defined' do
             let(:environment) { nil }
 
-            it { is_expected.to be false }
+            it { is_expected.to be true }
           end
 
           [true, false].each do |value|
@@ -843,10 +843,10 @@
 
       describe '#experimental_crash_tracking_enabled=' do
         it 'updates the #experimental_crash_tracking_enabled setting' do
-          expect { settings.profiling.advanced.experimental_crash_tracking_enabled = true }
+          expect { settings.profiling.advanced.experimental_crash_tracking_enabled = false }
             .to change { settings.profiling.advanced.experimental_crash_tracking_enabled }
-            .from(false)
-            .to(true)
+            .from(true)
+            .to(false)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/datadog/profiling/component_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/profiling/component_spec.rb
index ec694568277..0cc26457523 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/profiling/component_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/profiling/component_spec.rb
@@ -547,8 +547,6 @@
       end
 
       context 'when crash tracking is enabled' do
-        before { settings.profiling.advanced.experimental_crash_tracking_enabled = true }
-
         it 'initializes the crash tracker' do
           expect(Datadog::Profiling::Crashtracker).to receive(:new).with(
             exporter_configuration: array_including(:agent),
@@ -564,11 +562,11 @@
 
           before do
             settings.profiling.exporter.transport = custom_transport
-            allow(Datadog.logger).to receive(:warn)
+            allow(Datadog.logger).to receive(:debug)
           end
 
-          it 'warns that crash tracking will not be enabled' do
-            expect(Datadog.logger).to receive(:warn).with(/Cannot enable profiling crash tracking/)
+          it 'debug logs that crash tracking will not be enabled' do
+            expect(Datadog.logger).to receive(:debug).with(/Cannot enable profiling crash tracking/)
 
             build_profiler_component
           end