diff --git a/src/__tests__/posthog-core.ts b/src/__tests__/posthog-core.ts
index 78fc2043f..25026ef0a 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/posthog-core.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/posthog-core.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { Decide } from '../decide'
-
 import { Info } from '../utils/event-utils'
 import { document, window } from '../utils/globals'
 import { uuidv7 } from '../uuidv7'
@@ -15,8 +13,6 @@ import { RequestQueue } from '../request-queue'
 import { SessionRecording } from '../extensions/replay/sessionrecording'
 import { PostHogFeatureFlags } from '../posthog-featureflags'
 
-jest.mock('../decide')
-
 describe('posthog core', () => {
     const baseUTCDateTime = new Date(Date.UTC(2020, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0))
     const eventName = '$event'
@@ -1141,21 +1137,15 @@ describe('posthog core', () => {
         })
 
         describe('/decide', () => {
-            beforeEach(() => {
-                const call = jest.fn()
-                ;(Decide as any).mockImplementation(() => ({ call }))
-            })
-
-            afterEach(() => {
-                ;(Decide as any).mockReset()
-            })
-
             it('is called by default', async () => {
                 const instance = await createPosthogInstance(uuidv7())
                 instance.featureFlags.setReloadingPaused = jest.fn()
+                instance._send_request = jest.fn()
                 instance._loaded()
 
-                expect(new Decide(instance).call).toHaveBeenCalled()
+                expect(instance._send_request.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+                    url: 'http://localhost/decide/?v=3',
+                })
                 expect(instance.featureFlags.setReloadingPaused).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true)
             })
 
@@ -1164,9 +1154,10 @@ describe('posthog core', () => {
                     advanced_disable_decide: true,
                 })
                 instance.featureFlags.setReloadingPaused = jest.fn()
+                instance._send_request = jest.fn()
                 instance._loaded()
 
-                expect(new Decide(instance).call).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+                expect(instance._send_request).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
                 expect(instance.featureFlags.setReloadingPaused).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
             })
         })
diff --git a/src/decide.ts b/src/decide.ts
index 3b6a07d53..029434ed8 100644
--- a/src/decide.ts
+++ b/src/decide.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ export class Decide {
             return
         }
 
+        if (disableRemoteCalls) {
+            return
+        }
+
         /*
         Calls /decide endpoint to fetch options for autocapture, session recording, feature flags & compression.
         */