diff --git a/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.ml b/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.ml
index 0cdde1b6e..6658c5036 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/InferPrint.ml
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ let main ~report_csv ~report_json =
     ; (Stats, init_stats_format_list ())
     ; (Summary, init_summary_format_list ()) ]
   in
-  register_perf_stats_report () ;
+  if Config.developer_mode then register_perf_stats_report () ;
   init_files formats_by_report_kind ;
   match Config.from_json_report with
   | Some fname
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
index e852db474..acc6aaaa9 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ let () =
          -> F.fprintf fmt "of cluster %s" (Filename.basename cluster)
       in
       L.environment_info "Starting analysis %a" pp_cluster_opt Config.cluster_cmdline ;
-      InferAnalyze.register_perf_stats_report () ;
+      if Config.developer_mode then InferAnalyze.register_perf_stats_report () ;
       Driver.analyze_and_report Analyze ~changed_files:(Driver.read_config_changed_files ())
   | Report
    -> let report_json =
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml b/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml
index 963bfc337..a9d2b604f 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let register_perf_stats_report source_file =
 
 let init_global_state_for_capture_and_linters source_file =
   L.(debug Capture Medium) "Processing %s" (Filename.basename (SourceFile.to_abs_path source_file)) ;
-  register_perf_stats_report source_file ;
+  if Config.developer_mode then register_perf_stats_report source_file ;
   Config.curr_language := Config.Clang ;
   DB.Results_dir.init source_file ;
   CFrontend_config.reset_global_state ()
diff --git a/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml b/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
index 31e54cda6..c0c67851a 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ let run_prologue mode =
      anyway, pretend that we are not called from another make to prevent make falling back to a
      mono-threaded execution. *)
   Unix.unsetenv "MAKEFLAGS" ;
-  register_perf_stats_report () ;
+  if Config.developer_mode then register_perf_stats_report () ;
   if not Config.buck_cache_mode && not Config.infer_is_clang && not Config.infer_is_javac then
     touch_start_file_unless_continue () ;
   ()
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ let run_prologue mode =
 let run_epilogue mode =
   ( if CLOpt.is_originator then
       let in_buck_mode = match mode with PythonCapture (BBuck, _) -> true | _ -> false in
-      StatsAggregator.generate_files () ;
+      if Config.developer_mode then StatsAggregator.generate_files () ;
       if Config.equal_analyzer Config.analyzer Config.Crashcontext then
         Crashcontext.crashcontext_epilogue ~in_buck_mode ;
       if CLOpt.(equal_command Run) Config.command && Config.fail_on_bug then
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jMain.ml b/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
index c34e8302b..a0fb18e0d 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
+++ b/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let register_perf_stats_report source_file =
   PerfStats.register_report_at_exit (Filename.concat stats_dir stats_file)
 
 let init_global_state source_file =
-  register_perf_stats_report source_file ;
+  if Config.developer_mode then register_perf_stats_report source_file ;
   Config.curr_language := Config.Java ;
   DB.Results_dir.init source_file ;
   Ident.NameGenerator.reset () ;