diff --git a/src/gtest/test_keys.cpp b/src/gtest/test_keys.cpp
index 74a3bb642..23ed00a65 100644
--- a/src/gtest/test_keys.cpp
+++ b/src/gtest/test_keys.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
-TEST(Keys, EncodeAndDecodeSapling)
+TEST(Keys, DISABLED_EncodeAndDecodeSapling)
 {
     SelectParams(CBaseChainParams::MAIN);
 
diff --git a/src/key_io.cpp b/src/key_io.cpp
index f01e6d627..b129ce37b 100644
--- a/src/key_io.cpp
+++ b/src/key_io.cpp
@@ -286,7 +286,11 @@ libzcash::PaymentAddress DecodePaymentAddress(const std::string& str)
     }
     data.clear();
     auto bech = bech32::Decode(str);
-    if (bech.first == Params().Bech32HRP(CChainParams::SAPLING_PAYMENT_ADDRESS) &&
+    bool allowSapling = Params().NetworkIDString() == "regtest" || (
+        Params().NetworkIDString() == "test" &&
+        GetBoolArg("-experimentalfeatures", false) &&
+        GetBoolArg("-developersapling", false));
+    if (allowSapling && bech.first == Params().Bech32HRP(CChainParams::SAPLING_PAYMENT_ADDRESS) &&
         bech.second.size() == ConvertedSaplingPaymentAddressSize) {
         // Bech32 decoding
         data.reserve((bech.second.size() * 5) / 8);
@@ -352,7 +356,11 @@ libzcash::SpendingKey DecodeSpendingKey(const std::string& str)
     }
     data.clear();
     auto bech = bech32::Decode(str);
-    if (bech.first == Params().Bech32HRP(CChainParams::SAPLING_SPENDING_KEY) &&
+    bool allowSapling = Params().NetworkIDString() == "regtest" || (
+        Params().NetworkIDString() == "test" &&
+        GetBoolArg("-experimentalfeatures", false) &&
+        GetBoolArg("-developersapling", false));
+    if (allowSapling && bech.first == Params().Bech32HRP(CChainParams::SAPLING_SPENDING_KEY) &&
         bech.second.size() == ConvertedSaplingSpendingKeySize) {
         // Bech32 decoding
         data.reserve((bech.second.size() * 5) / 8);
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp
index 7b04b8ebd..edbcb6552 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_wallet_tests.cpp
@@ -383,12 +383,13 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_wallet_z_validateaddress)
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(retValue = CallRPC("z_validateaddress zs1z7rejlpsa98s2rrrfkwmaxu53e4ue0ulcrw0h4x5g8jl04tak0d3mm47vdtahatqrlkngh9slya"));
     resultObj = retValue.get_obj();
     b = find_value(resultObj, "isvalid").get_bool();
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(b, true);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(resultObj, "type").get_str(), "sapling");
-    b = find_value(resultObj, "ismine").get_bool();
+    // TODO: Revert when we re-enable Sapling addresses on mainnet
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(b, false);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(resultObj, "diversifier").get_str(), "1787997c30e94f050c634d");
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(resultObj, "diversifiedtransmissionkey").get_str(), "34ed1f60f5db5763beee1ddbb37dd5f7e541d4d4fbdcc09fbfcc6b8e949bbe9d");
+    // BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(resultObj, "type").get_str(), "sapling");
+    // b = find_value(resultObj, "ismine").get_bool();
+    // BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(b, false);
+    // BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(resultObj, "diversifier").get_str(), "1787997c30e94f050c634d");
+    // BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(find_value(resultObj, "diversifiedtransmissionkey").get_str(), "34ed1f60f5db5763beee1ddbb37dd5f7e541d4d4fbdcc09fbfcc6b8e949bbe9d");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -536,6 +537,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_wallet_z_importwallet)
  */
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_wallet_z_importexport)
 {
+    SelectParams(CBaseChainParams::REGTEST);
+
     LOCK2(cs_main, pwalletMain->cs_wallet);
     UniValue retValue;
     int n1 = 1000; // number of times to import/export
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 0d7861aa2..18986b0aa 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -3133,9 +3133,13 @@ UniValue z_getnewaddress(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
         addrType = params[0].get_str();
     }
 
+    bool allowSapling = Params().NetworkIDString() == "regtest" || (
+        Params().NetworkIDString() == "test" &&
+        GetBoolArg("-experimentalfeatures", false) &&
+        GetBoolArg("-developersapling", false));
     if (addrType == ADDR_TYPE_SPROUT) {
         return EncodePaymentAddress(pwalletMain->GenerateNewZKey());
-    } else if (addrType == ADDR_TYPE_SAPLING) {
+    } else if (addrType == ADDR_TYPE_SAPLING && allowSapling) {
         return EncodePaymentAddress(pwalletMain->GenerateNewSaplingZKey());
     } else {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid address type");