diff --git a/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go b/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go
index c24b5061da..21eba44679 100644
--- a/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go
+++ b/pkg/updatechecker/updatechecker.go
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@ func Start() error {
 // if enabled, and cron job was NOT found: add a new cron job to check app updates
 // if enabled, and a cron job was found, update the existing cron job with the latest cron spec
 // if disabled: stop the current running cron job (if exists)
-// no-op for airgap applications
+// no-op for airgap and embedded cluster applications
 func Configure(a *apptypes.App, updateCheckerSpec string) error {
 	appId := a.GetID()
 	appSlug := a.GetSlug()
 	isAirgap := a.GetIsAirgap()
+	isEC := util.IsEmbeddedCluster()
 
-	if isAirgap {
+	if isAirgap || isEC {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/web/src/Root.tsx b/web/src/Root.tsx
index ed44c727d2..8412cdab1a 100644
--- a/web/src/Root.tsx
+++ b/web/src/Root.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useReducer, useEffect, createContext } from "react";
+import { createContext, useEffect, useReducer } from "react";
 import { createBrowserHistory } from "history";
 import { Navigate, Route, Routes, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Helmet } from "react-helmet";
@@ -722,7 +722,14 @@ const Root = () => {
                   />
                 }
               >
-                <Route path=":slug" element={<Dashboard />} />
+                <Route
+                  path=":slug"
+                  element={
+                    <Dashboard
+                      adminConsoleMetadata={state.adminConsoleMetadata}
+                    />
+                  }
+                />
                 <Route
                   path=":slug/tree/:sequence?"
                   element={<DownstreamTree />}
diff --git a/web/src/components/apps/AppVersionHistory.tsx b/web/src/components/apps/AppVersionHistory.tsx
index a7418bff5f..f252bf5293 100644
--- a/web/src/components/apps/AppVersionHistory.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/apps/AppVersionHistory.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type ReleaseWithError = {
 
 type Props = {
   outletContext: {
+    isEmbeddedCluster: boolean;
     adminConsoleMetadata: {
       isAirgap: boolean;
       isKurl: boolean;
@@ -1834,21 +1835,26 @@ class AppVersionHistory extends Component<Props, State> {
                                         </span>
                                       </div>
                                     )}
-                                    <span
-                                      className="flex-auto flex alignItems--center link u-fontSize--small"
-                                      onClick={this.toggleAutomaticUpdatesModal}
-                                    >
-                                      <Icon
-                                        icon="schedule-sync"
-                                        size={16}
-                                        className="clickable u-marginRight--5"
-                                        color={""}
-                                        style={{}}
-                                        disableFill={false}
-                                        removeInlineStyle={false}
-                                      />
-                                      Configure automatic updates
-                                    </span>
+                                    {!this.props.outletContext
+                                      .isEmbeddedCluster && (
+                                      <span
+                                        className="flex-auto flex alignItems--center link u-fontSize--small"
+                                        onClick={
+                                          this.toggleAutomaticUpdatesModal
+                                        }
+                                      >
+                                        <Icon
+                                          icon="schedule-sync"
+                                          size={16}
+                                          className="clickable u-marginRight--5"
+                                          color={""}
+                                          style={{}}
+                                          disableFill={false}
+                                          removeInlineStyle={false}
+                                        />
+                                        Configure automatic updates
+                                      </span>
+                                    )}
                                   </div>
                                 )}
                               </div>
diff --git a/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/Dashboard.tsx b/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/Dashboard.tsx
index f079638b71..ce6c29eded 100644
--- a/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -21,20 +21,14 @@ import { useNextAppVersionWithIntercept } from "../api/useNextAppVersion";
 import "@src/scss/components/watches/Dashboard.scss";
 import "@src/../node_modules/react-vis/dist/style";
 import { Paragraph } from "@src/styles/common";
-
-const COMMON_ERRORS = {
-  "HTTP 401": "Registry credentials are invalid",
-  "invalid username/password": "Registry credentials are invalid",
-  "no such host": "No such host",
-};
-
 // Types
 import {
   App,
   AppLicense,
-  Downstream,
-  DashboardResponse,
   DashboardActionLink,
+  DashboardResponse,
+  Downstream,
+  Metadata,
   ResourceStates,
   Version,
 } from "@types";
@@ -46,6 +40,16 @@ import { useAppDownstream } from "../api/getAppDownstream";
 import { useAirgapConfig } from "../api/getAirgapConfig";
 import { Updates, useCheckForUpdates } from "../api/getUpdates";
 
+const COMMON_ERRORS = {
+  "HTTP 401": "Registry credentials are invalid",
+  "invalid username/password": "Registry credentials are invalid",
+  "no such host": "No such host",
+};
+
+type Props = {
+  adminConsoleMetadata: Metadata | null;
+};
+
 type OutletContext = {
   app: App;
   cluster: {
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ type State = {
   lastUpdatedDate: Date;
 };
 
-const Dashboard = () => {
+const Dashboard = (props: Props) => {
   const [state, setState] = useReducer(
     (currentState: State, newState: Partial<State>) => ({
       ...currentState,
@@ -696,6 +700,7 @@ const Dashboard = () => {
                     viewAirgapUploadError={() => toggleViewAirgapUploadError()}
                     showAutomaticUpdatesModal={showAutomaticUpdatesModal}
                     noUpdatesAvalable={state.noUpdatesAvalable}
+                    adminConsoleMetadata={props.adminConsoleMetadata}
                   />
                 </div>
 
diff --git a/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/DashboardVersionCard.tsx b/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/DashboardVersionCard.tsx
index 928966214d..5ae7d14fa3 100644
--- a/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/DashboardVersionCard.tsx
+++ b/web/src/features/Dashboard/components/DashboardVersionCard.tsx
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ import ShowLogsModal from "@src/components/modals/ShowLogsModal";
 import DeployWarningModal from "@src/components/shared/modals/DeployWarningModal";
 import SkipPreflightsModal from "@src/components/shared/modals/SkipPreflightsModal";
 import classNames from "classnames";
-import { getReadableGitOpsProviderName } from "@src/utilities/utilities";
-import { useNextAppVersionWithIntercept } from "../api/useNextAppVersion";
-import { useSelectedApp } from "@features/App";
-
 import {
-  Utilities,
   getPreflightResultState,
+  getReadableGitOpsProviderName,
   secondsAgo,
+  Utilities,
 } from "@src/utilities/utilities";
+import { useNextAppVersionWithIntercept } from "../api/useNextAppVersion";
+import { useSelectedApp } from "@features/App";
 import { Repeater } from "@src/utilities/repeater";
 
 import "@src/scss/components/watches/DashboardCard.scss";
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ import { AirgapUploader } from "@src/utilities/airgapUploader";
 import EditConfigIcon from "@components/shared/EditConfigIcon";
 
 type Props = {
-  adminConsoleMetadata?: Metadata;
+  adminConsoleMetadata: Metadata | null;
   airgapUploader: AirgapUploader | null;
   airgapUploadError: string | null;
   checkingForUpdates: boolean;
@@ -1505,19 +1504,21 @@ const DashboardVersionCard = (props: Props) => {
                   </span>
                 </div>
               )}
-              <div className="flex alignItems--center u-marginRight--20 link">
-                <Icon
-                  icon="schedule-sync"
-                  size={18}
-                  className=" clickable u-marginRight--5"
-                />
-                <span
-                  className="u-fontSize--small u-lineHeight--default"
-                  onClick={props.showAutomaticUpdatesModal}
-                >
-                  Configure automatic updates
-                </span>
-              </div>
+              {!props.adminConsoleMetadata?.isEmbeddedCluster && (
+                <div className="flex alignItems--center u-marginRight--20 link">
+                  <Icon
+                    icon="schedule-sync"
+                    size={18}
+                    className=" clickable u-marginRight--5"
+                  />
+                  <span
+                    className="u-fontSize--small u-lineHeight--default"
+                    onClick={props.showAutomaticUpdatesModal}
+                  >
+                    Configure automatic updates
+                  </span>
+                </div>
+              )}
             </div>
           )}
         </div>