diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php
index f0559ec586b..7538cea4e1f 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ class BlockTemplatesController {
 	public function __construct( Package $package ) {
 		$this->package = $package;
 
+		$feature_gating                                 = $package->feature();
+		$is_block_templates_controller_refactor_enabled = $feature_gating->is_block_templates_controller_refactor_enabled();
+
 		// This feature is gated for WooCommerce versions 6.0.0 and above.
-		if ( defined( 'WC_VERSION' ) && version_compare( WC_VERSION, '6.0.0', '>=' ) ) {
+		if ( defined( 'WC_VERSION' ) && version_compare( WC_VERSION, '6.0.0', '>=' ) && ! $is_block_templates_controller_refactor_enabled ) {
 			$this->init();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Domain/Services/FeatureGating.php b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Domain/Services/FeatureGating.php
index 250187dc7e0..bfa5349d2cb 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Domain/Services/FeatureGating.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Domain/Services/FeatureGating.php
@@ -164,4 +164,15 @@ class FeatureGating {
 		return self::EXPERIMENTAL_FLAG;
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if the block templates controller refactor should be used to display blocks.
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function is_block_templates_controller_refactor_enabled() {
+		$conf = parse_ini_file( __DIR__ . '/../../../blocks.ini' );
+		return $this->is_development_environment() && isset( $conf['use_block_templates_controller_refactor'] ) && true === (bool) $conf['use_block_templates_controller_refactor'];
+	}
+
 }