diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java
index 410ad097f6a3e..b3072a693ee81 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApi2Test.java
@@ -1336,6 +1336,13 @@ public void testPreciseBacklog() throws PulsarClientException, PulsarAdminExcept
 
     @Test
     public void testDeleteTenant() throws Exception {
+        // Disabled conf: systemTopicEnabled. see: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/17070
+        boolean originalSystemTopicEnabled = conf.isSystemTopicEnabled();
+        if (originalSystemTopicEnabled) {
+            internalCleanup();
+            conf.setSystemTopicEnabled(false);
+            setup();
+        }
         pulsar.getConfiguration().setForceDeleteNamespaceAllowed(false);
 
         String tenant = "test-tenant-1";
@@ -1384,6 +1391,12 @@ public void testDeleteTenant() throws Exception {
         assertFalse(pulsar.getLocalMetadataStore().exists(partitionedTopicPath).join());
         assertFalse(pulsar.getLocalMetadataStore().exists(localPoliciesPath).join());
         assertFalse(pulsar.getLocalMetadataStore().exists(bundleDataPath).join());
+        // Reset conf: systemTopicEnabled
+        if (originalSystemTopicEnabled) {
+            internalCleanup();
+            conf.setSystemTopicEnabled(true);
+            setup();
+        }
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
index ece5f8d830213..329f4ba4cdebd 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminApiTest.java
@@ -2919,6 +2919,7 @@ public MockedPulsarService(ServiceConfiguration conf) {
         @Override
         protected void setup() throws Exception {
             super.conf.setLoadManagerClassName(conf.getLoadManagerClassName());
+            super.conf.setSystemTopicEnabled(conf.isSystemTopicEnabled());
             super.internalSetup();
         }