diff --git a/src/apify/_configuration.py b/src/apify/_configuration.py
index 91d6954d..d044f345 100644
--- a/src/apify/_configuration.py
+++ b/src/apify/_configuration.py
@@ -334,6 +334,15 @@ class Configuration(CrawleeConfiguration):
         ),
     ] = None
 
+    user_is_paying: Annotated[
+        bool,
+        Field(
+            alias='apify_user_is_paying',
+            description='True if the user calling the Actor is paying user',
+        ),
+        BeforeValidator(lambda val: False if val == '' else val),
+    ] = False
+
     web_server_port: Annotated[
         int,
         Field(
diff --git a/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_env_helpers.py b/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_env_helpers.py
index db39ab3f..e9eacdb2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_env_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_env_helpers.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ async def test_get_env_with_randomized_env_vars(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch)
         ApifyEnvVars.SDK_LATEST_VERSION,
         ApifyEnvVars.LOG_FORMAT,
         ApifyEnvVars.LOG_LEVEL,
-        ApifyEnvVars.USER_IS_PAYING,
         ActorEnvVars.STANDBY_PORT,
     }
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e86a0f36..0e6c8ff1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 2
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 [[package]]