diff --git a/tcmalloc/parameters.cc b/tcmalloc/parameters.cc
index 715affca1..1c1c92bae 100644
--- a/tcmalloc/parameters.cc
+++ b/tcmalloc/parameters.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "tcmalloc/huge_page_aware_allocator.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/internal/allocation_guard.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/internal/config.h"
-#include "tcmalloc/internal/environment.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/internal/logging.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/internal_malloc_extension.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/malloc_extension.h"
@@ -209,23 +208,10 @@ absl::Duration Parameters::huge_cache_release_time() {
   return absl::Seconds(v.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
 }
 
-// As background_release_rate() is determined at runtime, we cannot require
-// constant initialization for the atomic.  This avoids an initialization order
-// fiasco.
-static std::atomic<MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond>& malloc_release_rate() {
-  ABSL_CONST_INIT static absl::once_flag flag;
-  ABSL_CONST_INIT static std::atomic<MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond>
-  v(MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond{0});
-
-  absl::base_internal::LowLevelCallOnce(&flag, [&]() {
-  });
-
-  return v;
-}
-
-MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond Parameters::background_release_rate() {
-  return malloc_release_rate().load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
-}
+ABSL_CONST_INIT std::atomic<MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond>
+    Parameters::background_release_rate_(MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond{
+        0
+    });
 
 ABSL_CONST_INIT std::atomic<int64_t> Parameters::guarded_sampling_interval_(
     DefaultOrDebugValue(/*default_val=*/50, /*debug_val=*/5) *
@@ -446,9 +432,8 @@ void MallocExtension_Internal_SetBackgroundReleaseRate(
 }
 
 void TCMalloc_Internal_SetBackgroundReleaseRate(size_t value) {
-  tcmalloc::tcmalloc_internal::malloc_release_rate().store(
-      static_cast<tcmalloc::MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond>(value),
-      std::memory_order_relaxed);
+  Parameters::background_release_rate_.store(
+      static_cast<tcmalloc::MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond>(value));
 }
 
 uint64_t TCMalloc_Internal_GetHeapSizeHardLimit() {
diff --git a/tcmalloc/parameters.h b/tcmalloc/parameters.h
index c7e92bd17..3aa898087 100644
--- a/tcmalloc/parameters.h
+++ b/tcmalloc/parameters.h
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ namespace tcmalloc_internal {
 
 class Parameters {
  public:
-  static MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond background_release_rate();
+  static MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond background_release_rate() {
+    return background_release_rate_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+  }
 
   static void set_background_release_rate(
       MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond value) {
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ class Parameters {
       tcmalloc::tcmalloc_internal::MadvisePreference v);
   friend void ::TCMalloc_Internal_SetMinHotAccessHint(uint8_t v);
 
+  static std::atomic<MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond> background_release_rate_;
   static std::atomic<int64_t> guarded_sampling_interval_;
   static std::atomic<uint32_t> max_span_cache_size_;
   static std::atomic<uint32_t> max_span_cache_array_size_;
diff --git a/tcmalloc/testing/BUILD b/tcmalloc/testing/BUILD
index 85023d216..0d5cd6bed 100644
--- a/tcmalloc/testing/BUILD
+++ b/tcmalloc/testing/BUILD
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ create_tcmalloc_testsuite(
     srcs = ["default_parameters_test.cc"],
     copts = TCMALLOC_DEFAULT_COPTS,
     deps = [
-        "//tcmalloc:experiment",
         "//tcmalloc:malloc_extension",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:str_format",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/time",
@@ -773,7 +772,6 @@ create_tcmalloc_testsuite(
     ],
     deps = [
         ":testutil",
-        "//tcmalloc:experiment",
         "//tcmalloc:malloc_extension",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/time",
diff --git a/tcmalloc/testing/default_parameters_test.cc b/tcmalloc/testing/default_parameters_test.cc
index af875b703..35543e6cd 100644
--- a/tcmalloc/testing/default_parameters_test.cc
+++ b/tcmalloc/testing/default_parameters_test.cc
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "absl/strings/str_format.h"
 #include "absl/time/time.h"
-#include "tcmalloc/experiment.h"
-#include "tcmalloc/experiment_config.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/malloc_extension.h"
 
 namespace tcmalloc {
@@ -48,6 +46,9 @@ constexpr absl::Duration kDefaultSkipSubreleaseShortInterval =
     absl::Seconds(60)
 #endif
     ;
+constexpr MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond kDefaultBackgroundReleaseRate{
+    0
+};
 constexpr absl::Duration kDefaultSkipSubreleaseLongInterval =
 #if defined(TCMALLOC_INTERNAL_SMALL_BUT_SLOW)
     absl::ZeroDuration()
@@ -81,12 +82,11 @@ bool TestGuardedSamplingInterval() {
 }
 
 bool TestBackgroundReleaseRate() {
-  MallocExtension::BytesPerSecond expected_release_rate{0};
 
   auto extension_value = MallocExtension::GetBackgroundReleaseRate();
-  if (extension_value != expected_release_rate) {
+  if (extension_value != kDefaultBackgroundReleaseRate) {
     absl::FPrintF(stderr, "BackgroundReleaseRate: got %d, want %d\n",
-                  extension_value, expected_release_rate);
+                  extension_value, kDefaultBackgroundReleaseRate);
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/tcmalloc/testing/malloc_extension_test.cc b/tcmalloc/testing/malloc_extension_test.cc
index afa273ee1..851947e53 100644
--- a/tcmalloc/testing/malloc_extension_test.cc
+++ b/tcmalloc/testing/malloc_extension_test.cc
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/time/time.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/cpu_cache.h"
-#include "tcmalloc/experiment.h"
-#include "tcmalloc/experiment_config.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/static_vars.h"
 #include "tcmalloc/testing/testutil.h"