diff --git a/src/script/repositories/conversation/MessageRepository.ts b/src/script/repositories/conversation/MessageRepository.ts
index 4e07971e94e..e1b02feb3b9 100644
--- a/src/script/repositories/conversation/MessageRepository.ts
+++ b/src/script/repositories/conversation/MessageRepository.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ import {Segmentation} from 'Repositories/tracking/Segmentation';
 import {protoFromType} from 'Repositories/user/AvailabilityMapper';
 import {UserRepository} from 'Repositories/user/UserRepository';
 import {UserState} from 'Repositories/user/UserState';
-import {getWebEnvironment} from 'Util/Environment';
 import {
   cancelSendingLinkPreview,
   clearLinkPreviewSendingState,
@@ -730,7 +729,7 @@ export class MessageRepository {
     asImage: boolean,
     meta: FileMetaDataContent,
   ) {
-    const isAuditLogEnabled = this.teamState.isAuditLogEnabled() && !getWebEnvironment().isProduction;
+    const isAuditLogEnabled = this.teamState.isAuditLogEnabled() && TeamState.isAuditLogEnabledForBackend();
 
     const auditData: AssetAuditData | undefined = isAuditLogEnabled
       ? {
diff --git a/src/script/repositories/team/TeamState.ts b/src/script/repositories/team/TeamState.ts
index d0886506415..2ff48b7d855 100644
--- a/src/script/repositories/team/TeamState.ts
+++ b/src/script/repositories/team/TeamState.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {Conversation} from 'Repositories/entity/Conversation';
 import {User} from 'Repositories/entity/User';
 import {ROLE, roleMap} from 'Repositories/user/UserPermission';
 import {UserState} from 'Repositories/user/UserState';
+import {Config} from 'src/script/Config';
 import {sortUsersByPriority} from 'Util/StringUtil';
 
 import {TeamEntity} from './TeamEntity';
@@ -146,6 +147,15 @@ export class TeamState {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check if audit logging is enabled for the current backend.
+   * Audit logging is explicitly disabled for the production cloud backend.
+   */
+  static isAuditLogEnabledForBackend(): boolean {
+    const {BACKEND_REST} = Config.getConfig();
+    return BACKEND_REST !== 'https://prod-nginz-https.wire.com';
+  }
+
   isInTeam(entity: User | Conversation): boolean {
     const team = this.team();
     return !!team.id && entity.domain === this.teamDomain() && entity.teamId === team.id;