diff --git a/src/crewai/agent.py b/src/crewai/agent.py
index 08ff2ad702..80bd022db2 100644
--- a/src/crewai/agent.py
+++ b/src/crewai/agent.py
@@ -19,17 +19,24 @@
 from crewai.utilities.token_counter_callback import TokenCalcHandler
 from crewai.utilities.training_handler import CrewTrainingHandler
 
-agentops = None
-try:
-    import agentops  # type: ignore # Name "agentops" already defined on line 21
-    from agentops import track_agent
-except ImportError:
-
+def mock_agent_ops_provider():
     def track_agent():
         def noop(f):
             return f
 
         return noop
+    return track_agent
+
+agentops = None
+
+if os.environ.get("AGENTOPS_API_KEY"):
+    try:
+        import agentops  # type: ignore # Name "agentops" already defined on line 21
+        from agentops import track_agent
+    except ImportError:
+        track_agent = mock_agent_ops_provider()
+else:
+    track_agent = mock_agent_ops_provider()
 
 
 @track_agent()
diff --git a/src/crewai/crew.py b/src/crewai/crew.py
index 109cbd28f1..98f7b0ae0d 100644
--- a/src/crewai/crew.py
+++ b/src/crewai/crew.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import uuid
 from concurrent.futures import Future
 from hashlib import md5
+import os
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from langchain_core.callbacks import BaseCallbackHandler
@@ -47,10 +48,13 @@
 from crewai.utilities.task_output_storage_handler import TaskOutputStorageHandler
 from crewai.utilities.training_handler import CrewTrainingHandler
 
-try:
-    import agentops
-except ImportError:
-    agentops = None
+
+agentops = None
+if os.environ.get("AGENTOPS_API_KEY"):
+    try:
+        import agentops
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from crewai.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
diff --git a/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py b/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
index f205dd0987..3beb994616 100644
--- a/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
+++ b/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import ast
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
+import os
 from textwrap import dedent
 from typing import Any, List, Union
 
@@ -11,10 +12,12 @@
 from crewai.tools.tool_calling import InstructorToolCalling, ToolCalling
 from crewai.utilities import I18N, Converter, ConverterError, Printer
 
-try:
-    import agentops
-except ImportError:
-    agentops = None
+agentops = None
+if os.environ.get("AGENTOPS_API_KEY"):
+    try:
+        import agentops
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
 
 OPENAI_BIGGER_MODELS = ["gpt-4o"]
 
diff --git a/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/task_evaluator.py b/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/task_evaluator.py
index 46cbef2d82..254bfc5734 100644
--- a/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/task_evaluator.py
+++ b/src/crewai/utilities/evaluators/task_evaluator.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from typing import List
 
 from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
@@ -6,16 +7,23 @@
 from crewai.utilities import Converter
 from crewai.utilities.pydantic_schema_parser import PydanticSchemaParser
 
-agentops = None
-try:
-    from agentops import track_agent
-except ImportError:
-
-    def track_agent(name):
+def mock_agent_ops_provider():
+    def track_agent():
         def noop(f):
             return f
 
         return noop
+    return track_agent
+
+agentops = None
+
+if os.environ.get("AGENTOPS_API_KEY"):
+    try:
+        from agentops import track_agent
+    except ImportError:
+        track_agent = mock_agent_ops_provider()
+else:
+    track_agent = mock_agent_ops_provider()
 
 
 class Entity(BaseModel):