diff --git a/.crow/build-all-versions-install-deps.yaml b/.crow/build-all-versions-install-deps.yaml
index 886bfc6..68d9569 100644
--- a/.crow/build-all-versions-install-deps.yaml
+++ b/.crow/build-all-versions-install-deps.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ steps:
     image: 'reg.devxy.io/rpkgs/build-env-${OS}:${OS_VERSION}'
     pull: true
     environment:
+      OTEL_R_TRACES_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_LOGS_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_METRICS_EXPORTER: none
       REPO_RO_TOKEN:
         from_secret: REPO_RO_TOKEN
       GITHUB_PAT:
diff --git a/.crow/build-all-versions.yaml b/.crow/build-all-versions.yaml
index 3de6fa1..9364b4e 100644
--- a/.crow/build-all-versions.yaml
+++ b/.crow/build-all-versions.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ steps:
     image: 'reg.devxy.io/rpkgs/build-env-${OS}:${OS_VERSION}'
     pull: true
     environment:
+      OTEL_R_TRACES_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_LOGS_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_METRICS_EXPORTER: none
       RED_HAT_DEV_PW:
         from_secret: RED_HAT_DEV_PW
       B2_S3_ACCESS_KEY:
@@ -152,6 +155,9 @@ steps:
     image: 'reg.devxy.io/rpkgs/build-env-${OS}:${OS_VERSION}'
     pull: true
     environment:
+      OTEL_R_TRACES_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_LOGS_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_METRICS_EXPORTER: none
       B2_S3_ACCESS_KEY:
         from_secret: B2_S3_ACCESS_KEY
       B2_S3_SECRET_KEY:
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates.yaml b/.crow/process-updates.yaml
index 24b3fd3..5e4eccc 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ steps:
     image: reg.devxy.io/rpkgs/build-env-${IMG}
     pull: true
     environment:
+      OTEL_R_TRACES_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_LOGS_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_METRICS_EXPORTER: none
       RED_HAT_DEV_PW:
         from_secret: RED_HAT_DEV_PW
       B2_S3_ACCESS_KEY:
@@ -230,6 +233,9 @@ steps:
   - name: Purge CDN cache
     image: reg.devxy.io/docker.io/library/alpine:3.24
     environment:
+      OTEL_R_TRACES_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_LOGS_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_METRICS_EXPORTER: none
       BUNNYNET_API_KEY:
         from_secret: BUNNYNET_API_KEY
       SUBDOMAIN1: 'cran.devxy.io'
diff --git a/.crow/weekly-rebuild-missing.yaml b/.crow/weekly-rebuild-missing.yaml
index 8f7a263..8877c45 100644
--- a/.crow/weekly-rebuild-missing.yaml
+++ b/.crow/weekly-rebuild-missing.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ steps:
     image: reg.devxy.io/rpkgs/build-env-${IMG}
     pull: true
     environment:
+      OTEL_R_TRACES_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_LOGS_EXPORTER: none
+      OTEL_R_METRICS_EXPORTER: none
       RED_HAT_DEV_PW:
         from_secret: RED_HAT_DEV_PW
       B2_S3_ACCESS_KEY:
diff --git a/docker/build-one.Dockerfile b/docker/build-one.Dockerfile
index 2c1af97..a99db07 100644
--- a/docker/build-one.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/build-one.Dockerfile
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=b2_access,required=true \
     export GITHUB_PAT="$(cat /run/secrets/github_pat 2>/dev/null || true)" && \
     export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 && \
     export OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=true && \
+    export OTEL_R_TRACES_EXPORTER=none && \
+    export OTEL_R_LOGS_EXPORTER=none && \
+    export OTEL_R_METRICS_EXPORTER=none && \
     XVFB=$(command -v xwfb-run 2>/dev/null || command -v xvfb-run || true); \
     XVFB_ARGS=""; \
     if command -v xwfb-run >/dev/null 2>&1; then dnf install -y -q weston 2>/dev/null; XVFB_ARGS="-c weston"; fi; \