diff --git a/tiledb/sm/serialization/array.cc b/tiledb/sm/serialization/array.cc
index ad75d63547a8..ee9aa42bc245 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/serialization/array.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/serialization/array.cc
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void array_from_capnp(
       throw_if_not_ok(
           fragment_metadata_from_capnp(schema, frag_meta_reader, meta));
       if (client_side) {
-        meta->loaded_metadata()->set_rtree_loaded();
+        // meta->loaded_metadata()->set_rtree_loaded();
       }
       fragment_metadata.emplace_back(meta);
     }
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/serialization/fragment_info.cc b/tiledb/sm/serialization/fragment_info.cc
index a26071d38ecd..8e6f58bfea33 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/serialization/fragment_info.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/serialization/fragment_info.cc
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ single_fragment_info_from_capnp(
       expanded_non_empty_domain,
       meta};
   // This is needed so that we don't try to load rtee from disk
-  single_frag_info.meta()->loaded_metadata()->set_rtree_loaded();
+  // single_frag_info.meta()->loaded_metadata()->set_rtree_loaded();
 
   return {Status::Ok(), single_frag_info};
 }