diff --git a/ts/services/ftsOptimizer.ts b/ts/services/ftsOptimizer.ts
index 3add634505..642c891dfb 100644
--- a/ts/services/ftsOptimizer.ts
+++ b/ts/services/ftsOptimizer.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { debounce } from 'lodash';
 import { SECOND } from '../util/durations';
 import { sleep } from '../util/sleep';
 import { drop } from '../util/drop';
+import { isProduction } from '../util/version';
 import dataInterface from '../sql/Client';
 import type { FTSOptimizationStateType } from '../sql/Interface';
 import * as log from '../logging/log';
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ class FTSOptimizer {
   private isRunning = false;
 
   public async run(): Promise<void> {
+    if (isProduction(window.getVersion())) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (this.isRunning) {
       return;
     }