diff --git a/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/001_emergency_vacuum.pl b/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/001_emergency_vacuum.pl
index 37550b67a4d..2692b35f346 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/001_emergency_vacuum.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/001_emergency_vacuum.pl
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('main');
 $node->init;
 $node->append_conf(
 	'postgresql.conf', qq[
-autovacuum = off # run autovacuum only when to anti wraparound
 autovacuum_naptime = 1s
 # so it's easier to verify the order of operations
 autovacuum_max_workers = 1
@@ -27,23 +26,25 @@ log_autovacuum_min_duration = 0
 $node->start;
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', 'CREATE EXTENSION xid_wraparound');
 
-# Create tables for a few different test scenarios
+# Create tables for a few different test scenarios. We disable autovacuum
+# on these tables to run it only to prevent wraparound.
 $node->safe_psql(
 	'postgres', qq[
-CREATE TABLE large(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10));
+CREATE TABLE large(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10))
+   WITH (autovacuum_enabled = off);
 INSERT INTO large(data) SELECT generate_series(1,30000);
 
-CREATE TABLE large_trunc(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10));
+CREATE TABLE large_trunc(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10))
+   WITH (autovacuum_enabled = off);
 INSERT INTO large_trunc(data) SELECT generate_series(1,30000);
 
-CREATE TABLE small(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10));
+CREATE TABLE small(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10))
+   WITH (autovacuum_enabled = off);
 INSERT INTO small(data) SELECT generate_series(1,15000);
 
-CREATE TABLE small_trunc(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10));
+CREATE TABLE small_trunc(id serial primary key, data text, filler text default repeat(random()::text, 10))
+   WITH (autovacuum_enabled = off);
 INSERT INTO small_trunc(data) SELECT generate_series(1,15000);
-
-CREATE TABLE autovacuum_disabled(id serial primary key, data text) WITH (autovacuum_enabled=false);
-INSERT INTO autovacuum_disabled(data) SELECT generate_series(1,1000);
 ]);
 
 # Bump the query timeout to avoid false negatives on slow test systems.
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ $background_psql->query_safe(
 	DELETE FROM large_trunc WHERE id > 10000;
 	DELETE FROM small WHERE id % 2 = 0;
 	DELETE FROM small_trunc WHERE id > 1000;
-	DELETE FROM autovacuum_disabled WHERE id % 2 = 0;
 ]);
 
 # Consume 2 billion XIDs, to get us very close to wraparound
@@ -107,20 +107,18 @@ $ret = $node->safe_psql(
 	'postgres', qq[
 SELECT relname, age(relfrozenxid) > current_setting('autovacuum_freeze_max_age')::int
 FROM pg_class
-WHERE relname IN ('large', 'large_trunc', 'small', 'small_trunc', 'autovacuum_disabled')
+WHERE relname IN ('large', 'large_trunc', 'small', 'small_trunc')
 ORDER BY 1
 ]);
 
-is( $ret, "autovacuum_disabled|f
-large|f
+is( $ret, "large|f
 large_trunc|f
 small|f
 small_trunc|f", "all tables are vacuumed");
 
 # Check if vacuum failsafe was triggered for each table.
 my $log_contents = slurp_file($node->logfile, $log_offset);
-foreach my $tablename ('large', 'large_trunc', 'small', 'small_trunc',
-	'autovacuum_disabled')
+foreach my $tablename ('large', 'large_trunc', 'small', 'small_trunc')
 {
 	like(
 		$log_contents,
diff --git a/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/002_limits.pl b/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/002_limits.pl
index c02c2871678..aca3fa15149 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/002_limits.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/002_limits.pl
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('wraparound');
 $node->init;
 $node->append_conf(
 	'postgresql.conf', qq[
-autovacuum = off # run autovacuum only to prevent wraparound
 autovacuum_naptime = 1s
 log_autovacuum_min_duration = 0
 ]);
 $node->start;
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', 'CREATE EXTENSION xid_wraparound');
 
-# Create a test table
+# Create a test table. We disable autovacuum on the table to run it only
+# to prevent wraparound.
 $node->safe_psql(
 	'postgres', qq[
-CREATE TABLE wraparoundtest(t text);
+CREATE TABLE wraparoundtest(t text) WITH (autovacuum_enabled = off);
 INSERT INTO wraparoundtest VALUES ('start');
 ]);
 
diff --git a/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/003_wraparounds.pl b/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/003_wraparounds.pl
index 88063b4b52d..3eaa46a94d0 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/003_wraparounds.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/xid_wraparound/t/003_wraparounds.pl
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('wraparound');
 $node->init;
 $node->append_conf(
 	'postgresql.conf', qq[
-autovacuum = off # run autovacuum only when to anti wraparound
 autovacuum_naptime = 1s
 # so it's easier to verify the order of operations
 autovacuum_max_workers = 1
@@ -30,10 +29,11 @@ log_autovacuum_min_duration = 0
 $node->start;
 $node->safe_psql('postgres', 'CREATE EXTENSION xid_wraparound');
 
-# Create a test table
+# Create a test table. We disable autovacuum on the table to run
+# it only to prevent wraparound.
 $node->safe_psql(
 	'postgres', qq[
-CREATE TABLE wraparoundtest(t text);
+CREATE TABLE wraparoundtest(t text) WITH (autovacuum_enabled = off);
 INSERT INTO wraparoundtest VALUES ('beginning');
 ]);