diff --git a/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js b/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
index a4bc3bb99d..64add0d60d 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
@@ -64,9 +64,16 @@ const addCreatedByRolesPopulate = (populate) => {
  * TODO V5: Make webhooks always send the same entity data.
  */
 const isRelationsPopulateEnabled = () => {
-  return strapi.config.get('admin.relations.populate', true);
+  return strapi.config.get('server.webhooks.populateRelations', true);
 };
 
+if (isRelationsPopulateEnabled()) {
+  process.emitWarning(
+    '[deprecated] Relations population in webhooks is enabled. This is not recommended for production and will degrade performance. ' +
+      'Please set `server.webhooks.populateRelations` to `false` in your `config/server.js` file.'
+  );
+}
+
 const getCountDeepPopulate = (uid) => getDeepPopulate(uid, { countMany: true, countOne: true });
 
 /**