diff --git a/projects/packages/scheduled-updates/changelog/fix-wpcom-installed-plugins b/projects/packages/scheduled-updates/changelog/fix-wpcom-installed-plugins
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4b0e43cb137f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/packages/scheduled-updates/changelog/fix-wpcom-installed-plugins
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fixed
+
+Remove plugins check on WPCOM environment
diff --git a/projects/packages/scheduled-updates/src/wpcom-endpoints/class-wpcom-rest-api-v2-endpoint-update-schedules.php b/projects/packages/scheduled-updates/src/wpcom-endpoints/class-wpcom-rest-api-v2-endpoint-update-schedules.php
index 1dd482e203974..b78edf63ffe75 100644
--- a/projects/packages/scheduled-updates/src/wpcom-endpoints/class-wpcom-rest-api-v2-endpoint-update-schedules.php
+++ b/projects/packages/scheduled-updates/src/wpcom-endpoints/class-wpcom-rest-api-v2-endpoint-update-schedules.php
@@ -399,7 +399,9 @@ public function validate_plugins_param( $plugins, $request, $param ) {
 			return $result;
 		}
 
-		$installed_plugins = array_filter( $plugins, array( $this, 'is_plugin_installed' ) );
+		// We don't need to check if plugins are installed if we're on WPCOM.
+		$installed_plugins = defined( 'IS_WPCOM' ) && IS_WPCOM ? $plugins : array_filter( $plugins, array( $this, 'is_plugin_installed' ) );
+
 		if ( empty( $installed_plugins ) ) {
 			add_filter( 'rest_request_after_callbacks', array( $this, 'transform_error_response' ) );