diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildAndTest.yml b/.github/workflows/buildAndTest.yml
index 1af6cdc0fef..84cec511a35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildAndTest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildAndTest.yml
@@ -183,4 +183,5 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ matrix.os-arch == 'ubuntu-x86_64' && matrix.llvm-build == 'in-tree' }}
       run: |
         export PYTHONPATH="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build/tools/torch-mlir/python_packages/torch_mlir"
-        python -m e2e_testing.torchscript.main --config=lazy_tensor_core -v
+        echo "LTC tests disabled temporarily. https://github.com/llvm/torch-mlir/pull/1292"
+        # python -m e2e_testing.torchscript.main --config=lazy_tensor_core -v
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a07e7b10fb..bf031b772c5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if(TORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_MHLO)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-option(TORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC "Enables LTC backend" ON)
+option(TORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC "Enables LTC backend" OFF)
 
 if(TORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC)
     set(ENV{TORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC} 1)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 53a0346d98e..929c27e8ac7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def run(self):
                 f"-DCMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN=ON",
                 f"-DCMAKE_C_VISIBILITY_PRESET=hidden",
                 f"-DCMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET=hidden",
-                f"-DTORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC={'ON' if int(os.environ.get('TORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC', 1)) else 'OFF'}",
+                f"-DTORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC={'OFF' if int(os.environ.get('TORCH_MLIR_ENABLE_LTC', 1)) else 'OFF'}",
             ]
 
             os.makedirs(cmake_build_dir, exist_ok=True)