diff --git a/playbacktests/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/playbacktests/gts/DebugRenderersFactory.java b/playbacktests/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/playbacktests/gts/DebugRenderersFactory.java
index 4db109b146..8a1edc42eb 100644
--- a/playbacktests/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/playbacktests/gts/DebugRenderersFactory.java
+++ b/playbacktests/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/playbacktests/gts/DebugRenderersFactory.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.decoder.DecoderInputBuffer;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecAdapter;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecInfo;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecSelector;
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Util;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.MediaCodecVideoRenderer;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.VideoRendererEventListener;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -115,9 +114,15 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
       timestampsList = new long[ARRAY_SIZE];
       inputFormatChangeTimesUs = new ArrayDeque<>();
 
+      /*
       // Output MediaFormat changes are known to occur too early until API 30 (see [internal:
       // b/149818050, b/149751672]).
       shouldMediaFormatChangeTimesBeChecked = Util.SDK_INT > 30;
+      */
+
+      // [Internal ref: b/149751672] Seeking currently causes an unexpected MediaFormat change, so
+      // this check is disabled until that is deemed fixed.
+      shouldMediaFormatChangeTimesBeChecked = false;
     }
 
     @Override