diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
index 3221affbb9c..551a2ed63f2 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ EDXAPP_XML_FROM_GIT: false
 EDXAPP_XML_S3_BUCKET: !!null
 EDXAPP_XML_S3_KEY: !!null
 
+EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_ENABLE: false
 EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_LMS_APPNAME: "{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-edxapp-lms"
 EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_CMS_APPNAME: "{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-edxapp-cms"
 EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_WORKERS_APPNAME: "{{ COMMON_ENVIRONMENT }}-{{ COMMON_DEPLOYMENT }}-edxapp-workers"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/beat_scheduler.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/beat_scheduler.sh.j2
index 88d764c41f5..241a7dddeda 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/beat_scheduler.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/beat_scheduler.sh.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 {% set edxapp_venv_bin = edxapp_venv_dir + "/bin" %}
 source {{ edxapp_app_dir }}/edxapp_env
-{% if COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP %}
+{% if EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_ENABLE %}
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/newrelic-admin run-program ' + edxapp_venv_bin + '/single-beat ' + edxapp_venv_bin + '/celery' %}
 
 export NEW_RELIC_CONFIG_FILE="{{ edxapp_app_dir }}/newrelic.ini"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
index 92b492e4b3b..1a25d69d06a 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/cms.sh.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/gunicorn' %}
 
-{% if COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP %}
+{% if EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_ENABLE %}
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/newrelic-admin run-program ' + executable %}
 
 export NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED="{{ EDXAPP_CMS_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
index a5788c5d320..fe338d72858 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/lms.sh.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/gunicorn' %}
 
-{% if COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP %}
+{% if EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_ENABLE %}
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/newrelic-admin run-program ' + executable %}
 
 export NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED="{{ EDXAPP_LMS_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
index 66a4fc91a4c..390d66331bc 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/edxapp/worker.sh.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {% set edxapp_venv_bin = edxapp_venv_dir + "/bin" %}
 source {{ edxapp_app_dir }}/edxapp_env
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/celery' %}
-{% if COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP %}
+{% if EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_ENABLE %}
 {% set executable = edxapp_venv_bin + '/newrelic-admin run-program ' + executable %}
 
 export NEW_RELIC_CONFIG_FILE="{{ edxapp_app_dir }}/newrelic.ini"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/workers.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/workers.conf.j2
index 44b8aa539d8..258a98202ca 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/workers.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/workers.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% for w in edxapp_workers %}
 [program:{{ w.service_variant }}_{{ w.queue }}_{{ w.concurrency }}]
 
-environment={% if COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP %}NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME={{ EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_WORKERS_APPNAME }}-{{ w.service_variant }},NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED={{ EDXAPP_WORKERS_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING }},NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY={{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }},{% endif -%}CONCURRENCY={{ w.concurrency }},LOGLEVEL=info,DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE={{ w.service_variant }}.envs.{{ worker_django_settings_module }},LANG={{ EDXAPP_LANG }},PYTHONPATH={{ edxapp_code_dir }},SERVICE_VARIANT={{ w.service_variant }},BOTO_CONFIG="{{ edxapp_app_dir }}/.boto",EDX_REST_API_CLIENT_NAME=edx.{{ w.service_variant }}.core.{{ w.queue }},QUEUE_NAME={{ w.service_variant }}.core.{{ w.queue }}
+environment={% if EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_ENABLE %}NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME={{ EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_WORKERS_APPNAME }}-{{ w.service_variant }},NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED={{ EDXAPP_WORKERS_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING }},NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY={{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }},{% endif -%}CONCURRENCY={{ w.concurrency }},LOGLEVEL=info,DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE={{ w.service_variant }}.envs.{{ worker_django_settings_module }},LANG={{ EDXAPP_LANG }},PYTHONPATH={{ edxapp_code_dir }},SERVICE_VARIANT={{ w.service_variant }},BOTO_CONFIG="{{ edxapp_app_dir }}/.boto",EDX_REST_API_CLIENT_NAME=edx.{{ w.service_variant }}.core.{{ w.queue }},QUEUE_NAME={{ w.service_variant }}.core.{{ w.queue }}
 user={{ common_web_user }}
 directory={{ edxapp_code_dir }}
 stdout_logfile={{ supervisor_log_dir }}/%(program_name)s-stdout.log
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ programs={%- for w in edxapp_workers %}{{ w.service_variant }}_{{ w.queue }}_{{
 {% if EDXAPP_ENABLE_CELERY_BEAT|bool and EDXAPP_CELERY_BROKER_TRANSPORT == "redis"  %}
 [program:celerybeat_scheduler]
 environment=
-    {% if COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP %}
+    {% if EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_ENABLE %}
     NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME={{ EDXAPP_NEWRELIC_WORKERS_APPNAME }}-lms,
     NEW_RELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ENABLED={{ EDXAPP_WORKERS_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING }},
     NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY={{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }},