diff --git a/dbt-tests-adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_microbatch.py b/dbt-tests-adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_microbatch.py
index 5bbabbe1..f3a3177b 100644
--- a/dbt-tests-adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_microbatch.py
+++ b/dbt-tests-adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_microbatch.py
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ def assert_row_count(self, project, relation_name: str, expected_row_count: int)
 
         assert len(result) == expected_row_count, f"{relation_name}:{pformat(result)}"
 
-    @mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {"DBT_EXPERIMENTAL_MICROBATCH": "True"})
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self):
+        return {
+            "flags": {
+                "require_builtin_microbatch_strategy": True,
+            }
+    }
+    
     def test_run_with_event_time(self, project, insert_two_rows_sql):
         # initial run -- backfills all data
         with patch_microbatch_end_time("2020-01-03 13:57:00"):
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
index f3788fe3..964c173f 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def _behavior_flags(self) -> List[BehaviorFlag]:
         """
         This method should be overwritten by adapter maintainers to provide platform-specific flags
         """
-        return []
+        return [{"name": "require_builtin_microbatch_strategy", "default": False}]
 
     ###
     # Methods that pass through to the connection manager
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ def valid_incremental_strategies(self):
 
     def builtin_incremental_strategies(self):
         builtin_strategies = ["append", "delete+insert", "merge", "insert_overwrite"]
-        if os.environ.get("DBT_EXPERIMENTAL_MICROBATCH"):
+        if self.behavior.require_builtin_microbatch_strategy:
             builtin_strategies.append("microbatch")
 
         return builtin_strategies