diff --git a/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs b/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs
index 9e5a99dc64..573bc19b6f 100644
--- a/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs
+++ b/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ impl EnvelopeProcessorService {
             ItemType::ReplayRecording => {
                 // XXX: Temporarily, only the Sentry org will be allowed to parse replays while
                 // we measure the impact of this change.
-                if replays_enabled {
+                if replays_enabled && state.project_state.organization_id == Some(1) {
                     // Limit expansion of recordings to the max replay size. The payload is
                     // decompressed temporarily and then immediately re-compressed. However, to
                     // limit memory pressure, we use the replay limit as a good overall limit for
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_replay_recordings.py b/tests/integration/test_replay_recordings.py
index 72c6f4775b..3aca9ebc68 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_replay_recordings.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_replay_recordings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import zlib
+import time
 
 from sentry_sdk.envelope import Envelope, Item, PayloadRef
 
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ def test_chunked_replay_recordings_processing(
     assert replay_recording["received"]
     assert type(replay_recording["received"]) == int
 
+    outcomes_consumer.assert_empty()
+
 
 def test_nonchunked_replay_recordings_processing(
     mini_sentry, relay_with_processing, replay_recordings_consumer, outcomes_consumer
@@ -115,8 +117,7 @@ def test_nonchunked_replay_recordings_processing(
             ["attachment_type", "replay_recording"],
         ]
     )
-    payload = recording_payload(b"[]")
-    envelope.add_item(Item(payload=PayloadRef(bytes=payload), type="replay_recording"))
+    envelope.add_item(Item(payload=PayloadRef(bytes=b"test"), type="replay_recording"))
 
     relay.send_envelope(project_id, envelope)
 
@@ -128,12 +129,7 @@ def test_nonchunked_replay_recordings_processing(
     assert replay_recording["org_id"] == org_id
     assert type(replay_recording["received"]) == int
     assert replay_recording["retention_days"] == 90
-    assert replay_recording["payload"] == payload
+    assert replay_recording["payload"] == b"test"
     assert replay_recording["type"] == "replay_recording_not_chunked"
 
     outcomes_consumer.assert_empty()
-
-
-def recording_payload(bits: bytes):
-    compressed_payload = zlib.compress(bits)
-    return b'{"segment_id": 0}\n' + compressed_payload