diff --git a/ydb/tests/tools/fq_runner/kikimr_utils.py b/ydb/tests/tools/fq_runner/kikimr_utils.py
index 6b87b6a0067d..7b258cb89b8f 100644
--- a/ydb/tests/tools/fq_runner/kikimr_utils.py
+++ b/ydb/tests/tools/fq_runner/kikimr_utils.py
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ def apply_to_kikimr_conf(self, request, configuration):
             'enable_script_execution_operations',
             'enable_external_source_schema_inference',
         ]
-        if self.is_replace_if_exists:
-            extra_feature_flags.append('enable_replace_if_exists_for_external_entities')
 
         if isinstance(configuration.node_count, dict):
             configuration.node_count["/compute"].tenant_type = TenantType.YDB