diff --git a/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go b/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
index 905e51ecbf..f379f552f6 100644
--- a/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/aws-k8s-agent/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ const (
 
 	// Environment variable to disable the metrics endpoint on 61678
 	envDisableMetrics = "DISABLE_METRICS"
+
+	// Environment variable to disable the IPAMD introspection endpoint on 61679
+	envDisableIntrospection = "DISABLE_INTROSPECTION"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -74,13 +77,15 @@ func _main() int {
 	// Pool manager
 	go ipamContext.StartNodeIPPoolManager()
 
-	if utils.GetBoolAsStringEnvVar(envDisableMetrics, false) {
+	if !utils.GetBoolAsStringEnvVar(envDisableMetrics, false) {
 		// Prometheus metrics
 		go metrics.ServeMetrics(metricsPort)
 	}
 
 	// CNI introspection endpoints
-	go ipamContext.ServeIntrospection()
+	if !utils.GetBoolAsStringEnvVar(envDisableIntrospection, false) {
+		go ipamContext.ServeIntrospection()
+	}
 
 	// Start the RPC listener
 	err = ipamContext.RunRPCHandler(version.Version)
diff --git a/pkg/ipamd/introspect.go b/pkg/ipamd/introspect.go
index 22a308972c..7db9bd0f8d 100644
--- a/pkg/ipamd/introspect.go
+++ b/pkg/ipamd/introspect.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/k8sapi"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/networkutils"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pkg/utils/retry"
-	"github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/utils"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -35,9 +33,6 @@ const (
 
 	// Environment variable to define the bind address for the introspection endpoint
 	introspectionBindAddress = "INTROSPECTION_BIND_ADDRESS"
-
-	// Environment variable to disable the introspection endpoints
-	envDisableIntrospection = "DISABLE_INTROSPECTION"
 )
 
 type rootResponse struct {
@@ -56,11 +51,6 @@ func (lh LoggingHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // ServeIntrospection sets up ipamd introspection endpoints
 func (c *IPAMContext) ServeIntrospection() {
-	if disableIntrospection() {
-		log.Info("Introspection endpoints disabled")
-		return
-	}
-
 	server := c.setupIntrospectionServer()
 	for {
 		_ = retry.WithBackoff(retry.NewSimpleBackoff(time.Second, time.Minute, 0.2, 2), func() error {
@@ -197,19 +187,3 @@ func logErr(_ int, err error) {
 		log.Errorf("Write failed: %v", err)
 	}
 }
-
-// disableIntrospection returns true if we should disable the introspection
-func disableIntrospection() bool {
-	return utils.GetBoolAsStringEnvVar(envDisableENIProvisioning, false)
-}
-
-func getEnvBoolWithDefault(envName string, def bool) bool {
-	if strValue := os.Getenv(envName); strValue != "" {
-		parsedValue, err := strconv.ParseBool(strValue)
-		if err == nil {
-			return parsedValue
-		}
-		log.Errorf("Failed to parse %s, using default `%t`: %v", envName, def, err.Error())
-	}
-	return def
-}