diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
index 492c0e3d6b1..d2343234cc5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
@@ -485,18 +485,20 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
    * This method should only be called once and is essentially what SearchTrackingComponent used to do (now removed)
    * @private
    */
-  private subscribeToRoutingEvents() {
-    this.subs.push(
-      this.router.events.pipe(
-        filter((event) => event instanceof NavigationStart),
-        map((event: NavigationStart) => this.getDsoUUIDFromUrl(event.url)),
-        hasValueOperator(),
-      ).subscribe((uuid) => {
-        if (this.resultsRD$.value.hasSucceeded) {
-          this.service.trackSearch(this.searchOptions$.value, this.resultsRD$.value.payload as SearchObjects<DSpaceObject>, uuid);
-        }
-      }),
-    );
+  private subscribeToRoutingEvents(): void {
+    if (this.trackStatistics) {
+      this.subs.push(
+        this.router.events.pipe(
+          filter((event) => event instanceof NavigationStart),
+          map((event: NavigationStart) => this.getDsoUUIDFromUrl(event.url)),
+          hasValueOperator(),
+        ).subscribe((uuid) => {
+          if (this.resultsRD$.value.hasSucceeded) {
+            this.service.trackSearch(this.searchOptions$.value, this.resultsRD$.value.payload as SearchObjects<DSpaceObject>, uuid);
+          }
+        }),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   /**