diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapRouteHandlerWithSentry.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapRouteHandlerWithSentry.ts
index a4d7a96b94fd..42fecd1d39ff 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapRouteHandlerWithSentry.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapRouteHandlerWithSentry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addTracingExtensions, captureException, flush, getCurrentHub, runWithAsyncContext, trace } from '@sentry/core';
+import { captureException, flush, getCurrentHub, runWithAsyncContext, trace } from '@sentry/core';
 import { addExceptionMechanism, tracingContextFromHeaders } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { isRedirectNavigationError } from './nextNavigationErrorUtils';
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ export function wrapRouteHandlerWithSentry<F extends (...args: any[]) => any>(
   routeHandler: F,
   context: RouteHandlerContext,
 ): (...args: Parameters<F>) => ReturnType<F> extends Promise<unknown> ? ReturnType<F> : Promise<ReturnType<F>> {
-  addTracingExtensions();
-
   const { method, parameterizedRoute, baggageHeader, sentryTraceHeader } = context;
 
   return new Proxy(routeHandler, {
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapServerComponentWithSentry.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapServerComponentWithSentry.ts
index 360b169c7b37..6efa50d2b804 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapServerComponentWithSentry.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapServerComponentWithSentry.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  addTracingExtensions,
-  captureException,
-  flush,
-  getCurrentHub,
-  runWithAsyncContext,
-  startTransaction,
-} from '@sentry/core';
+import { captureException, flush, getCurrentHub, runWithAsyncContext, startTransaction } from '@sentry/core';
 import { addExceptionMechanism, tracingContextFromHeaders } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { isNotFoundNavigationError, isRedirectNavigationError } from '../common/nextNavigationErrorUtils';
@@ -19,8 +12,6 @@ export function wrapServerComponentWithSentry<F extends (...args: any[]) => any>
   appDirComponent: F,
   context: ServerComponentContext,
 ): F {
-  addTracingExtensions();
-
   const { componentRoute, componentType } = context;
 
   // Even though users may define server components as async functions, for the client bundles
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/edge/index.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/edge/index.ts
index 07c6de85e92c..7c66d8f1fb7f 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/edge/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/edge/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/core';
+import { addTracingExtensions, SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/core';
 import { RewriteFrames } from '@sentry/integrations';
 import type { SdkMetadata } from '@sentry/types';
 import { addOrUpdateIntegration, escapeStringForRegex, GLOBAL_OBJ } from '@sentry/utils';
 import type { VercelEdgeOptions } from '@sentry/vercel-edge';
 import { init as vercelEdgeInit } from '@sentry/vercel-edge';
 
+import { isBuild } from '../common/utils/isBuild';
+
 export type EdgeOptions = VercelEdgeOptions;
 
 const globalWithInjectedValues = GLOBAL_OBJ as typeof GLOBAL_OBJ & {
@@ -13,6 +15,12 @@ const globalWithInjectedValues = GLOBAL_OBJ as typeof GLOBAL_OBJ & {
 
 /** Inits the Sentry NextJS SDK on the Edge Runtime. */
 export function init(options: VercelEdgeOptions = {}): void {
+  addTracingExtensions();
+
+  if (isBuild()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const opts = {
     _metadata: {} as SdkMetadata,
     ...options,
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts
index cfbe245ca936..822f2619d127 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { addTracingExtensions } from '@sentry/core';
 import { RewriteFrames } from '@sentry/integrations';
 import type { NodeOptions } from '@sentry/node';
 import { configureScope, getCurrentHub, init as nodeInit, Integrations } from '@sentry/node';
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ const IS_VERCEL = !!process.env.VERCEL;
 
 /** Inits the Sentry NextJS SDK on node. */
 export function init(options: NodeOptions): void {
+  addTracingExtensions();
+
+  if (isBuild()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const opts = {
     environment: process.env.SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT || getVercelEnv(false) || process.env.NODE_ENV,
     ...options,