diff --git a/spartan/bootstrap.sh b/spartan/bootstrap.sh
index f0889e796d67..d769085d45ad 100755
--- a/spartan/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/spartan/bootstrap.sh
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ function network_bench {
 
   echo_header "spartan bench"
   gcp_auth
+  export K8S_ENRICHER=${K8S_ENRICHER:-1}
   network_bench_cmds | parallelize 1
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ function proving_bench {
 
   echo_header "spartan proving bench"
   gcp_auth
+  export K8S_ENRICHER=${K8S_ENRICHER:-1}
   proving_bench_cmds | parallelize 1
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ case "$cmd" in
     # Run the network deploy script
     DENOISE=1 denoise "./scripts/network_deploy.sh $env_file"
 
+    export K8S_ENRICHER=${K8S_ENRICHER:-1}
     if [[ "${RUN_TESTS:-}" == "true" ]]; then
       if [[ -n "$test_set" ]]; then
         network_tests_$test_set "$env_file"
@@ -281,8 +284,8 @@ case "$cmd" in
     source scripts/source_network_env.sh
     source_network_env ${KIND_ENV:-kind-provers}
     namespace="upgrade-rollup-version${NAME_POSTFIX:-}"
-    INSTALL_METRICS=false \
-      ./scripts/test_kind.sh src/spartan/upgrade_rollup_version.test.ts "$namespace"
+    export K8S_ENRICHER=${K8S_ENRICHER:-1}
+    ./scripts/test_kind.sh src/spartan/upgrade_rollup_version.test.ts "$namespace"
     ;;
   "network_teardown")
     env_file="$1"
diff --git a/spartan/scripts/k8s_enricher.ts b/spartan/scripts/k8s_enricher.ts
index 127e35072f66..529803c6a4fc 100755
--- a/spartan/scripts/k8s_enricher.ts
+++ b/spartan/scripts/k8s_enricher.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ if (cacheLogMode) {
 
 const namespace = args[0];
 
+// Previously this also ran, then Alex got bombarded running hundreds of prover agents.
+// This is now set on the relevant tests.
+if (process.env.K8S_ENRICHER !== '1') {
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 if (!namespace) {
   console.error('Usage: k8s_enricher.ts <namespace> [--cache-log]');
   process.exit(1);