diff --git a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/export.go b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/export.go
index adc747bd0c44..7b45671fd864 100644
--- a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/export.go
+++ b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/export.go
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ func exportConfig(
 		} else {
 			scalarVal := ""
 			switch x := curValue.(type) {
-			case int:
-				scalarVal = strconv.Itoa(x)
 			case float64:
 				scalarVal = strconv.FormatFloat(x, 'f', -1, 64)
 			case string:
diff --git a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/get.go b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/get.go
index bf7966407714..e098badca95f 100644
--- a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/get.go
+++ b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/cluster/config/get.go
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ output, use the 'edit' and 'export' commands respectively.`,
 			if !exists {
 				out.Die("Property '%s' not found", key)
 			} else {
+				// currentConfig is the result of json.Unmarshal into a
+				// map[string]interface{}. Due to json rules, all numbers
+				// are float64. We do not want to print floats, especially
+				// for large numbers.
+				if f64, ok := val.(float64); ok {
+					val = int64(f64)
+				}
 				// Intentionally bare output, so that the output can be readily
 				// consumed in a script.
 				bytes, err := yaml.Marshal(val)
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/cluster_config_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/cluster_config_test.py
index 8e3ce71d2d6b..f968db328d42 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/cluster_config_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/cluster_config_test.py
@@ -939,11 +939,6 @@ def yamlize(input) -> str:
 
             expect_cli_readback = yamlize(e.yamlval)
 
-            # Hack around scientific notation for large int values.
-            # This may be an RPK bug?
-            if cli_readback.find("e+") != -1:
-                cli_readback = str(int(float(cli_readback)))
-
             self.logger.info(
                 f"CLI readback '{cli_readback}' expect '{expect_cli_readback}'"
             )
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/rpk_start_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/rpk_start_test.py
index e978693e0b1a..f2c62cfaba86 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/rpk_start_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/rpk_start_test.py
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ def test_container_mode(self):
         expected_cluster_properties = {
             "auto_create_topics_enabled": "true",
             "group_topic_partitions": "3",
-            # RPK returns scientific notation for large int values.
-            # https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/issues/6070
-            "storage_min_free_bytes": "1.048576e+07",
+            "storage_min_free_bytes": "10485760",
             "topic_partitions_per_shard": "1000"
         }