diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicas/ReadReplicasSection.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicas/ReadReplicasSection.tsx
index 33cadc637a8..3b8d1121d7e 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicas/ReadReplicasSection.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicas/ReadReplicasSection.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useParams } from 'common'
 import { Database } from 'icons'
 import { Plus } from 'lucide-react'
 import { parseAsBoolean, useQueryState } from 'nuqs'
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { Button, Card, CardContent, Table, TableBody, TableHead, TableHeader, TableRow } from 'ui'
 import { EmptyStatePresentational } from 'ui-patterns/EmptyStatePresentational'
 import {
@@ -44,12 +44,15 @@ export const ReadReplicasSection = () => {
     isPending: isDatabasesLoading,
     isError: isDatabasesError,
     isSuccess: isDatabasesSuccess,
-  } = useReadReplicasQuery({ projectRef }, { refetchInterval: statusRefetchInterval })
-
-  const readReplicas = useMemo(
-    () => databases.filter((x) => x.identifier !== projectRef),
-    [databases, projectRef]
+  } = useReadReplicasQuery(
+    { projectRef },
+    {
+      enabled: infrastructureReadReplicas,
+      refetchInterval: infrastructureReadReplicas ? statusRefetchInterval : false,
+    }
   )
+
+  const readReplicas = databases.filter((database) => database.identifier !== projectRef)
   const hasReplicas = isDatabasesSuccess && readReplicas.length > 0
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -60,9 +63,11 @@ export const ReadReplicasSection = () => {
       REPLICA_STATUS.ACTIVE_UNHEALTHY,
       REPLICA_STATUS.INIT_READ_REPLICA_FAILED,
     ]
-    const replicasInTransition = readReplicas.filter((db) => !fixedStatuses.includes(db.status))
+    const replicasInTransition = databases.filter(
+      (database) => database.identifier !== projectRef && !fixedStatuses.includes(database.status)
+    )
     if (replicasInTransition.length === 0) setStatusRefetchInterval(false)
-  }, [isDatabasesSuccess, readReplicas])
+  }, [isDatabasesSuccess, databases, projectRef])
 
   if (!infrastructureReadReplicas) return null
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/tests/components/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicasSection.test.tsx b/apps/studio/tests/components/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicasSection.test.tsx
index 665ff7e5280..0850bc2b732 100644
--- a/apps/studio/tests/components/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicasSection.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/tests/components/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicasSection.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { HttpResponse } from 'msw'
-import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 import { ReadReplicasSection } from '@/components/interfaces/Settings/Infrastructure/ReadReplicas/ReadReplicasSection'
 import type { components } from '@/data/api'
@@ -11,43 +11,56 @@ type DatabaseDetailResponse = components['schemas']['DatabaseDetailResponse']
 type DatabaseStatusResponse = components['schemas']['DatabaseStatusResponse']
 type LoadBalancerDetailResponse = components['schemas']['LoadBalancerDetailResponse']
 
-vi.mock('@/hooks/misc/useIsFeatureEnabled', () => ({
-  useIsFeatureEnabled: () => ({ infrastructureReadReplicas: true }),
+const { mockUseIsFeatureEnabled } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  mockUseIsFeatureEnabled: vi.fn(() => ({ infrastructureReadReplicas: true })),
 }))
 
+vi.mock('@/hooks/misc/useIsFeatureEnabled', () => ({
+  useIsFeatureEnabled: mockUseIsFeatureEnabled,
+}))
+
+const addReplicaListMocks = () => {
+  addAPIMock({
+    method: 'get',
+    path: '/platform/projects/:ref/databases',
+    response: () =>
+      HttpResponse.json<DatabaseDetailResponse[]>([
+        {
+          cloud_provider: 'AWS',
+          connectionString: 'postgresql://postgres:password@db.default.supabase.co:5432/postgres',
+          db_host: 'db.default.supabase.co',
+          db_name: 'postgres',
+          db_port: 5432,
+          db_user: 'postgres',
+          identifier: 'default',
+          inserted_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+          region: 'us-east-1',
+          restUrl: 'https://default.supabase.co',
+          size: 't4g.small',
+          status: 'ACTIVE_HEALTHY',
+        },
+      ]),
+  })
+  addAPIMock({
+    method: 'get',
+    path: '/platform/projects/:ref/databases-statuses',
+    response: () => HttpResponse.json<DatabaseStatusResponse[]>([]),
+  })
+  addAPIMock({
+    method: 'get',
+    path: '/platform/projects/:ref/load-balancers',
+    response: () => HttpResponse.json<LoadBalancerDetailResponse[]>([]),
+  })
+}
+
 describe('ReadReplicasSection', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockUseIsFeatureEnabled.mockReturnValue({ infrastructureReadReplicas: true })
+  })
+
   test('renders the read replicas section with add CTA and empty state', async () => {
-    addAPIMock({
-      method: 'get',
-      path: '/platform/projects/:ref/databases',
-      response: () =>
-        HttpResponse.json<DatabaseDetailResponse[]>([
-          {
-            cloud_provider: 'AWS',
-            connectionString: 'postgresql://postgres:password@db.default.supabase.co:5432/postgres',
-            db_host: 'db.default.supabase.co',
-            db_name: 'postgres',
-            db_port: 5432,
-            db_user: 'postgres',
-            identifier: 'default',
-            inserted_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
-            region: 'us-east-1',
-            restUrl: 'https://default.supabase.co',
-            size: 't4g.small',
-            status: 'ACTIVE_HEALTHY',
-          },
-        ]),
-    })
-    addAPIMock({
-      method: 'get',
-      path: '/platform/projects/:ref/databases-statuses',
-      response: () => HttpResponse.json<DatabaseStatusResponse[]>([]),
-    })
-    addAPIMock({
-      method: 'get',
-      path: '/platform/projects/:ref/load-balancers',
-      response: () => HttpResponse.json<LoadBalancerDetailResponse[]>([]),
-    })
+    mockUseIsFeatureEnabled.mockReturnValue({ infrastructureReadReplicas: true })
+    addReplicaListMocks()
 
     customRender(<ReadReplicasSection />)
 
@@ -55,4 +68,24 @@ describe('ReadReplicasSection', () => {
     expect(await screen.findByText('No read replicas')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: /Add read replica/i }).length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
   })
+
+  test('does not fetch replicas when the feature is disabled', async () => {
+    mockUseIsFeatureEnabled.mockReturnValue({ infrastructureReadReplicas: false })
+
+    let fetchedReplicas = false
+    addAPIMock({
+      method: 'get',
+      path: '/platform/projects/:ref/databases',
+      response: () => {
+        fetchedReplicas = true
+        return HttpResponse.json<DatabaseDetailResponse[]>([])
+      },
+    })
+
+    customRender(<ReadReplicasSection />)
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Read replicas')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+    expect(fetchedReplicas).toBe(false)
+  })
 })