diff --git a/awx/conf/registry.py b/awx/conf/registry.py
index e302f58aad..92e58200aa 100644
--- a/awx/conf/registry.py
+++ b/awx/conf/registry.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+from awx.conf.license import get_license
+
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.conf.registry')
 
 __all__ = ['settings_registry']
@@ -162,6 +164,11 @@ class SettingsRegistry(object):
                 pass
             except:
                 logger.warning('Unable to retrieve default value for setting "%s".', setting, exc_info=True)
+
+        # `PENDO_TRACKING_STATE` is disabled for the open source awx license
+        if setting == 'PENDO_TRACKING_STATE' and get_license().get('license_type') == 'open':
+            field_instance.read_only = True
+
         return field_instance