diff --git a/metaflow/metaflow_config.py b/metaflow/metaflow_config.py
index a0f04e08500..d857fbb0d88 100644
--- a/metaflow/metaflow_config.py
+++ b/metaflow/metaflow_config.py
@@ -403,9 +403,7 @@
 ZIPKIN_ENDPOINT = from_conf("ZIPKIN_ENDPOINT")
 CONSOLE_TRACE_ENABLED = from_conf("CONSOLE_TRACE_ENABLED", False)
 # internal env used for preventing the tracing module from loading during Conda bootstrapping.
-BOOTSTRAPPING_CONDA_ENVIRONMENT = bool(
-    os.environ.get("BOOTSTRAPPING_CONDA_ENVIRONMENT", False)
-)
+DISABLE_TRACING = bool(os.environ.get("DISABLE_TRACING", False))
 
 # MAX_ATTEMPTS is the maximum number of attempts, including the first
 # task, retries, and the final fallback task and its retries.
diff --git a/metaflow/plugins/pypi/conda_environment.py b/metaflow/plugins/pypi/conda_environment.py
index 6d21d5c9c24..9e0de9f0bee 100644
--- a/metaflow/plugins/pypi/conda_environment.py
+++ b/metaflow/plugins/pypi/conda_environment.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def bootstrap_commands(self, step_name, datastore_type):
                 # as the bootstrapping process uses the internal S3 client which would fail to import tracing
                 # due to the required dependencies being bundled into the conda environment,
                 # which is yet to be initialized at this point.
-                'BOOTSTRAPPING_CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=True python -m metaflow.plugins.pypi.bootstrap "%s" %s "%s" linux-64'
+                'DISABLE_TRACING=True python -m metaflow.plugins.pypi.bootstrap "%s" %s "%s" linux-64'
                 % (self.flow.name, id_, self.datastore_type),
                 "echo 'Environment bootstrapped.'",
                 "export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/micromamba",
diff --git a/metaflow/tracing/__init__.py b/metaflow/tracing/__init__.py
index 5472c71258c..24603b8082e 100644
--- a/metaflow/tracing/__init__.py
+++ b/metaflow/tracing/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     OTEL_ENDPOINT,
     ZIPKIN_ENDPOINT,
     CONSOLE_TRACE_ENABLED,
-    BOOTSTRAPPING_CONDA_ENVIRONMENT,
+    DISABLE_TRACING,
 )
 from functools import wraps
 import contextlib
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ def wrapper_func(*args, **kwargs):
     return wrapper_func
 
 
-if not BOOTSTRAPPING_CONDA_ENVIRONMENT and (
-    CONSOLE_TRACE_ENABLED or OTEL_ENDPOINT or ZIPKIN_ENDPOINT
-):
+if not DISABLE_TRACING and (CONSOLE_TRACE_ENABLED or OTEL_ENDPOINT or ZIPKIN_ENDPOINT):
     try:
         # Overrides No-Op implementations if a specific provider is configured.
         from .tracing_modules import (