diff --git a/packages/core/admin/server/register.js b/packages/core/admin/server/register.js
index d99d6326f8..c5ec1046b6 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/server/register.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/server/register.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { register: registerDataTransfer } = require('@strapi/data-transfer/lib/strapi');
+const { register: registerDataTransferRoute } = require('@strapi/data-transfer/lib/strapi');
 
 const registerAdminPanelRoute = require('./routes/serve-admin-panel');
 const adminAuthStrategy = require('./strategies/admin');
@@ -17,5 +17,10 @@ module.exports = ({ strapi }) => {
     registerAdminPanelRoute({ strapi });
   }
 
-  registerDataTransfer(strapi);
+  if (
+    process.env.STRAPI_EXPERIMENTAL === 'true' &&
+    process.env.STRAPI_DISABLE_REMOTE_DATA_TRANSFER !== 'true'
+  ) {
+    registerDataTransferRoute(strapi);
+  }
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/bin/strapi.js b/packages/core/strapi/bin/strapi.js
index e49d0150d8..c6e767f65a 100755
--- a/packages/core/strapi/bin/strapi.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/bin/strapi.js
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ program
   .option('-s, --silent', `Run the generation silently, without any output`, false)
   .action(getLocalScript('ts/generate-types'));
 
-if (process.env.STRAPI_EXPERIMENTAL) {
+if (process.env.STRAPI_EXPERIMENTAL === 'true') {
   // `$ strapi transfer`
   program
     .command('transfer')