diff --git a/yarn-project/foundation/src/config/env_var.ts b/yarn-project/foundation/src/config/env_var.ts
index 4803597e7cb7..e7194796bd1a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/foundation/src/config/env_var.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/foundation/src/config/env_var.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ export type EnvVar =
   | 'PROVER_COORDINATION_NODE_URLS'
   | 'PROVER_FAILED_PROOF_STORE'
   | 'PROVER_NODE_FAILED_EPOCH_STORE'
+  | 'PROVER_NODE_DISABLE_PROOF_PUBLISH'
   | 'PROVER_ID'
   | 'PROVER_NODE_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS'
   | 'PROVER_NODE_MAX_PENDING_JOBS'
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/config.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/config.ts
index bf1cc7634443..33bcfd274524 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/config.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { type ArchiverConfig, archiverConfigMappings } from '@aztec/archiver/config';
 import type { ACVMConfig, BBConfig } from '@aztec/bb-prover/config';
 import { type GenesisStateConfig, genesisStateConfigMappings } from '@aztec/ethereum';
-import { type ConfigMappingsType, getConfigFromMappings, numberConfigHelper } from '@aztec/foundation/config';
+import {
+  type ConfigMappingsType,
+  booleanConfigHelper,
+  getConfigFromMappings,
+  numberConfigHelper,
+} from '@aztec/foundation/config';
 import { type DataStoreConfig, dataConfigMappings } from '@aztec/kv-store/config';
 import { type KeyStore, type KeyStoreConfig, ethPrivateKeySchema, keyStoreConfigMappings } from '@aztec/node-keystore';
 import { type SharedNodeConfig, sharedNodeConfigMappings } from '@aztec/node-lib/config';
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@ export type SpecificProverNodeConfig = {
   proverNodeMaxParallelBlocksPerEpoch: number;
   proverNodeFailedEpochStore: string | undefined;
   proverNodeEpochProvingDelayMs: number | undefined;
+  proverNodeDisableProofPublish?: boolean;
   txGatheringTimeoutMs: number;
   txGatheringIntervalMs: number;
   txGatheringBatchSize: number;
@@ -90,6 +96,11 @@ const specificProverNodeConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<SpecificProverNodeCon
     description: 'How long to wait for tx data to be available before giving up',
     ...numberConfigHelper(120_000),
   },
+  proverNodeDisableProofPublish: {
+    env: 'PROVER_NODE_DISABLE_PROOF_PUBLISH',
+    description: 'Whether the prover node skips publishing proofs to L1',
+    ...booleanConfigHelper(false),
+  },
 };
 
 export const proverNodeConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<ProverNodeConfig> = {
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.test.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.test.ts
index f05b4d6b5e43..06cae5d93389 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('epoch-proving-job', () => {
   const proverId = EthAddress.random();
 
   // Subject factory
-  const createJob = (opts: { deadline?: Date; parallelBlockLimit?: number } = {}) => {
+  const createJob = (opts: { deadline?: Date; parallelBlockLimit?: number; skipSubmitProof?: boolean } = {}) => {
     const txsMap = new Map<string, Tx>(txs.map(tx => [tx.getTxHash().toString(), tx]));
 
     const data: EpochProvingJobData = {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('epoch-proving-job', () => {
       l2BlockSource,
       metrics,
       opts.deadline,
-      { parallelBlockLimit: opts.parallelBlockLimit ?? 32 },
+      { parallelBlockLimit: opts.parallelBlockLimit ?? 32, skipSubmitProof: opts.skipSubmitProof },
     );
   };
 
@@ -205,4 +205,13 @@ describe('epoch-proving-job', () => {
     expect(publisher.submitEpochProof).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(prover.cancel).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it('skips publishing when skipSubmitProof is enabled', async () => {
+    const job = createJob({ skipSubmitProof: true });
+    await job.run();
+
+    expect(job.getState()).toEqual('completed');
+    expect(prover.finalizeEpoch).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(publisher.submitEpochProof).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts
index 3e36a36bde7f..55cee3905eaf 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ import type { ProverNodeJobMetrics } from '../metrics.js';
 import type { ProverNodePublisher } from '../prover-node-publisher.js';
 import { type EpochProvingJobData, validateEpochProvingJobData } from './epoch-proving-job-data.js';
 
+export type EpochProvingJobOptions = {
+  parallelBlockLimit?: number;
+  skipEpochCheck?: boolean;
+  skipSubmitProof?: boolean;
+};
+
 /**
  * Job that grabs a range of blocks from the unfinalized chain from L1, gets their txs given their hashes,
  * re-executes their public calls, generates a rollup proof, and submits it to L1. This job will update the
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ export class EpochProvingJob implements Traceable {
     private l2BlockSource: L2BlockSource | undefined,
     private metrics: ProverNodeJobMetrics,
     private deadline: Date | undefined,
-    private config: { parallelBlockLimit?: number; skipEpochCheck?: boolean },
+    private config: EpochProvingJobOptions,
   ) {
     validateEpochProvingJobData(data);
     this.uuid = crypto.randomUUID();
@@ -209,6 +215,15 @@ export class EpochProvingJob implements Traceable {
 
       this.progressState('publishing-proof');
 
+      if (this.config.skipSubmitProof) {
+        this.log.info(
+          `Proof publishing is disabled. Dropping valid proof for epoch ${epochNumber} (blocks ${fromBlock} to ${toBlock})`,
+        );
+        this.state = 'completed';
+        this.metrics.recordProvingJob(executionTime, timer.ms(), epochSizeBlocks, epochSizeTxs);
+        return;
+      }
+
       const success = await this.publisher.submitEpochProof({
         fromBlock,
         toBlock,
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node-publisher.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node-publisher.ts
index 50942f9b1b16..a0f168d4e636 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node-publisher.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node-publisher.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export class ProverNodePublisher {
   }): Promise<boolean> {
     const { epochNumber, fromBlock, toBlock } = args;
     const ctx = { epochNumber, fromBlock, toBlock };
+
     if (!this.interrupted) {
       const timer = new Timer();
       // Validate epoch proof range and hashes are correct before submitting
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.test.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.test.ts
index e9e66fb229da..590ff5bfe12e 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.test.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ describe('prover-node', () => {
       proverNodeFailedEpochStore: undefined,
       txGatheringTimeoutMs: 1000,
       proverNodeEpochProvingDelayMs: undefined,
+      proverNodeDisableProofPublish: false,
     };
 
     // World state returns a new mock db every time it is asked to fork
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.ts
index a120d5f85d27..7fc43b2ed106 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/prover-node.ts
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export class ProverNode implements EpochMonitorHandler, ProverNodeApi, Traceable
     publisher: ProverNodePublisher,
     opts: { skipEpochCheck?: boolean } = {},
   ) {
-    const { proverNodeMaxParallelBlocksPerEpoch: parallelBlockLimit } = this.config;
+    const { proverNodeMaxParallelBlocksPerEpoch: parallelBlockLimit, proverNodeDisableProofPublish } = this.config;
     return new EpochProvingJob(
       data,
       this.worldState,
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ export class ProverNode implements EpochMonitorHandler, ProverNodeApi, Traceable
       this.l2BlockSource,
       this.jobMetrics,
       deadline,
-      { parallelBlockLimit, ...opts },
+      { parallelBlockLimit, skipSubmitProof: proverNodeDisableProofPublish, ...opts },
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/publisher/config.ts b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/publisher/config.ts
index 589e426a0ffc..b0526cf12493 100644
--- a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/publisher/config.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/publisher/config.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const getTxSenderConfigMappings: (
     description: 'The private keys to be used by the publisher.',
     parseEnv: (val: string) => val.split(',').map(key => new SecretValue(`0x${key.replace('0x', '')}`)),
     defaultValue: [],
-    fallback: scope === 'PROVER' ? ['PROVER_PUBLISHER_PRIVATE_KEY'] : ['SEQ_PUBLISHER_PRIVATE_KEY'],
+    fallback: [scope === 'PROVER' ? `PROVER_PUBLISHER_PRIVATE_KEY` : `SEQ_PUBLISHER_PRIVATE_KEY`],
   },
   publisherAddresses: {
     env: scope === 'PROVER' ? `PROVER_PUBLISHER_ADDRESSES` : `SEQ_PUBLISHER_ADDRESSES`,