diff --git a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/telemetry/setTelemetryConsent.ts b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/telemetry/setTelemetryConsent.ts
index 2fbb7ed3b72..e633bde58d7 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/telemetry/setTelemetryConsent.ts
+++ b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/telemetry/setTelemetryConsent.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import {type ConsentStatus} from '@sanity/telemetry'
-import {ClientError, ServerError} from '@sanity/client'
 import {type CliCommandAction} from '../../types'
 import {debug} from '../../debug'
 import {getUserConfig} from '../../util/getUserConfig'
 import {
   ConsentInformation,
-  TELEMETRY_CONSENT_CONFIG_KEY,
   resolveConsent,
+  TELEMETRY_CONSENT_CONFIG_KEY,
 } from '../../util/createTelemetryStore'
 import {
   telemetryLearnMoreMessage,
@@ -15,17 +14,6 @@ import {
 
 type SettableConsentStatus = Extract<ConsentStatus, 'granted' | 'denied'>
 
-const MOCK_MODES = ['success', 'failure:server', 'failure:msa'] as const
-type MockMode = (typeof MOCK_MODES)[number]
-
-interface SetConsentResponse<Type = string> {
-  type: Type
-  status: ConsentStatus
-  updatedAt: string
-}
-
-type Mock = () => Promise<SetConsentResponse<'telemetry'>>
-
 interface ResultMessage {
   success: () => string
   failure: (message?: string) => string
@@ -56,66 +44,6 @@ const resultMessages: Record<SettableConsentStatus, ResultMessage> = {
   },
 }
 
-const mocks: Record<MockMode, Mock> = {
-  success: () =>
-    Promise.resolve({
-      type: 'telemetry',
-      status: 'granted',
-      updatedAt: '2023-08-08T13:40:30.801847Z',
-    }),
-  'failure:server': () => {
-    throw new ServerError({
-      statusCode: 500,
-      headers: {},
-      body: {},
-    })
-  },
-  'failure:msa': () => {
-    throw new ClientError({
-      statusCode: 403,
-      headers: {},
-      body: {
-        message: 'User cannot give consent',
-      },
-    })
-  },
-}
-
-function isMockMode(mode?: string): mode is MockMode {
-  return MOCK_MODES.includes(mode as MockMode)
-}
-
-function validateMockMode() {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
-  if (process.env.MOCK_TELEMETRY_CONSENT_MODE) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
-    const mode = process.env.MOCK_TELEMETRY_CONSENT_MODE.toLowerCase()
-
-    if (!isMockMode(mode)) {
-      const validModes = new Intl.ListFormat('en-US', {
-        style: 'long',
-        type: 'disjunction',
-      }).format(MOCK_MODES.map((name) => `"${name}"`))
-
-      throw new Error(
-        `Invalid value provided for environment variable MOCK_TELEMETRY_CONSENT_MODE. Must be either ${validModes}`,
-      )
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
-function getMock(): Mock | undefined {
-  validateMockMode()
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
-  const mode = process.env.MOCK_TELEMETRY_CONSENT_MODE?.toLowerCase()
-
-  if (isMockMode(mode)) {
-    return mocks[mode]
-  }
-}
-
 export function createSetTelemetryConsentAction(status: SettableConsentStatus): CliCommandAction {
   return async function setTelemetryConsentAction(_, context) {
     const {apiClient, output} = context
@@ -128,9 +56,6 @@ export function createSetTelemetryConsentAction(status: SettableConsentStatus):
       apiVersion: '2023-12-18',
       useProjectHostname: false,
     })
-
-    const mock = getMock()
-
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
     const currentInformation = await resolveConsent({env: process.env})
     const isChanged = currentInformation.status !== status
@@ -144,19 +69,13 @@ export function createSetTelemetryConsentAction(status: SettableConsentStatus):
     if (isChanged) {
       debug('Setting telemetry consent to "%s"', status)
       try {
-        if (mock) {
-          debug('Mocking telemetry consent request')
-          await mock()
-        } else {
-          // TODO: Finalise API request.
-          const uri = `/users/me/consents/telemetry/status/${status}`
-          debug('Sending telemetry consent status to %s', uri)
+        const uri = `/users/me/consents/telemetry/status/${status}`
+        debug('Sending telemetry consent status to %s', uri)
 
-          await client.request({
-            method: 'PUT',
-            uri,
-          })
-        }
+        await client.request({
+          method: 'PUT',
+          uri,
+        })
 
         // Clear cached telemetry consent
         config.delete(TELEMETRY_CONSENT_CONFIG_KEY)
@@ -164,8 +83,15 @@ export function createSetTelemetryConsentAction(status: SettableConsentStatus):
         output.print(`${telemetryStatusMessage(status, context)}\n`)
         output.print(resultMessages[status].success())
       } catch (err) {
-        err.message = resultMessages[status].failure(err?.responseBody?.message)
-        throw err
+        const errorMessage = resultMessages[status].failure(err.response?.body?.message)
+        if (err.statusCode === 403) {
+          // throw without stack trace from original error
+          throw new Error(errorMessage)
+        } else {
+          // if not 403, throw original error
+          err.message = errorMessage
+          throw err
+        }
       }
     }