diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
index 0e3e90b33..b44c59f57 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@
 
 
 /* Config variables that enable printing distributed query plans */
-bool ExplainMultiLogicalPlan = false;
-bool ExplainMultiPhysicalPlan = false;
 bool ExplainDistributedQueries = true;
 bool ExplainAllTasks = false;
 
@@ -185,24 +183,10 @@ MultiExplainOneQuery(Query *query, IntoClause *into, ExplainState *es,
 	INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(planDuration);
 	INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(planDuration, planStart);
 
-	if (ExplainMultiLogicalPlan)
 	{
-		MultiTreeRoot *multiTree = MultiLogicalPlanCreate(query);
-		char *logicalPlanString = CitusNodeToString(multiTree);
-		char *formattedPlanString = pretty_format_node_dump(logicalPlanString);
 
-		appendStringInfo(es->str, "logical plan:\n");
-		appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s\n", formattedPlanString);
 	}
 
-	if (ExplainMultiPhysicalPlan)
-	{
-		char *physicalPlanString = CitusNodeToString(multiPlan);
-		char *formattedPlanString = pretty_format_node_dump(physicalPlanString);
-
-		appendStringInfo(es->str, "physical plan:\n");
-		appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s\n", formattedPlanString);
-	}
 
 	if (!ExplainDistributedQueries)
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index 509ab0381..102016c8a 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -295,30 +295,6 @@ RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void)
 		0,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
-	DefineCustomBoolVariable(
-		"citus.explain_multi_logical_plan",
-		gettext_noop("Enables Explain to print out distributed logical plans."),
-		gettext_noop("We use this private configuration entry as a debugging aid. "
-					 "If enabled, the Explain command prints out the optimized "
-					 "logical plan for distributed queries."),
-		&ExplainMultiLogicalPlan,
-		false,
-		PGC_USERSET,
-		GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL,
-		NULL, NULL, NULL);
-
-	DefineCustomBoolVariable(
-		"citus.explain_multi_physical_plan",
-		gettext_noop("Enables Explain to print out distributed physical plans."),
-		gettext_noop("We use this private configuration entry as a debugging aid. "
-					 "If enabled, the Explain command prints out the physical "
-					 "plan for distributed queries."),
-		&ExplainMultiPhysicalPlan,
-		false,
-		PGC_USERSET,
-		GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL,
-		NULL, NULL, NULL);
-
 	DefineCustomBoolVariable(
 		"citus.explain_distributed_queries",
 		gettext_noop("Enables Explain for distributed queries."),
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/multi_explain.h b/src/include/distributed/multi_explain.h
index 984b8e2ab..55f4bf75d 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/multi_explain.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/multi_explain.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include "executor/executor.h"
 
 /* Config variables managed via guc.c to explain distributed query plans */
-extern bool ExplainMultiLogicalPlan;
-extern bool ExplainMultiPhysicalPlan;
 extern bool ExplainDistributedQueries;
 extern bool ExplainAllTasks;