diff --git a/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation.go b/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation.go
index b25289c3a1d31..a3d1aff6b6afa 100644
--- a/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation.go
+++ b/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation.go
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ func (w *Webhook) inject(pod *corev1.Pod, ns string, _ dynamic.Interface) (bool,
 	if pod.Namespace == "" {
 		pod.Namespace = ns
 	}
-	injectApmTelemetryConfig(pod)
 
 	if !w.isPodEligible(pod) {
 		return false, nil
@@ -371,6 +370,9 @@ func (s libInfoSource) mutatePod(pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 		Name:  instrumentationInstallTypeEnvVarName,
 		Value: s.injectionType(),
 	})
+
+	injectApmTelemetryConfig(pod)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation_test.go b/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation_test.go
index 2db44b4acbb6a..97dda98d33174 100644
--- a/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/clusteragent/admission/mutate/autoinstrumentation/auto_instrumentation_test.go
@@ -2307,16 +2307,7 @@ func TestInjectAutoInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 					"admission.datadoghq.com/enabled": "false",
 				},
 			}.Create(),
-			expectedEnvs: []corev1.EnvVar{
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_TIME",
-					Value: installTime,
-				},
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_ID",
-					Value: uuid,
-				},
-			},
+			expectedEnvs:              nil,
 			expectedInjectedLibraries: map[string]string{},
 			expectedSecurityContext:   &corev1.SecurityContext{},
 			wantErr:                   false,
@@ -2415,16 +2406,7 @@ func TestInjectAutoInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 				ParentKind: "replicaset",
 				ParentName: "test-deployment-123",
 			}.Create(),
-			expectedEnvs: []corev1.EnvVar{
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_TIME",
-					Value: installTime,
-				},
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_ID",
-					Value: uuid,
-				},
-			},
+			expectedEnvs:              nil,
 			expectedInjectedLibraries: map[string]string{},
 			expectedSecurityContext:   &corev1.SecurityContext{},
 			wantErr:                   false,
@@ -2495,16 +2477,7 @@ func TestInjectAutoInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 				ParentKind: "replicaset",
 				ParentName: "test-deployment-123",
 			}.Create(),
-			expectedEnvs: []corev1.EnvVar{
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_TIME",
-					Value: installTime,
-				},
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_ID",
-					Value: uuid,
-				},
-			},
+			expectedEnvs:              nil,
 			expectedInjectedLibraries: map[string]string{},
 			expectedSecurityContext:   &corev1.SecurityContext{},
 			wantErr:                   false,
@@ -2517,16 +2490,7 @@ func TestInjectAutoInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 				ParentKind: "replicaset",
 				ParentName: "test-deployment-123",
 			}.Create(),
-			expectedEnvs: []corev1.EnvVar{
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_TIME",
-					Value: installTime,
-				},
-				{
-					Name:  "DD_INSTRUMENTATION_INSTALL_ID",
-					Value: uuid,
-				},
-			},
+			expectedEnvs:              nil,
 			expectedInjectedLibraries: map[string]string{},
 			expectedSecurityContext:   &corev1.SecurityContext{},
 			wantErr:                   false,
diff --git a/releasenotes-dca/notes/admission-controller-disabled-no-env-vars-135252f0eb8ddef4.yaml b/releasenotes-dca/notes/admission-controller-disabled-no-env-vars-135252f0eb8ddef4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..763bb18a91d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes-dca/notes/admission-controller-disabled-no-env-vars-135252f0eb8ddef4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The auto-instrumentation webhook no longer injects the default environment
+    variables when disabled.