diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/deprecations.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/deprecations.test.ts
index 6b00c5cdd9a2b..8761e46df9aaa 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/deprecations.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/deprecations.test.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ describe('getDeprecations', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('when running on cloud with legacy apm-server', () => {
-    it('returns deprecations', async () => {
+  describe('when running on cloud without cloud agent policy', () => {
+    it('returns no deprecations', async () => {
       const deprecationsCallback = getDeprecations({
         branch: 'main',
         cloudSetup: { isCloudEnabled: true } as unknown as CloudSetup,
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ describe('getDeprecations', () => {
         } as unknown as APMRouteHandlerResources['plugins']['fleet'],
       });
       const deprecations = await deprecationsCallback(deprecationContext);
+      expect(deprecations).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when running on cloud with cloud agent policy and without apm integration', () => {
+    it('returns deprecations', async () => {
+      const deprecationsCallback = getDeprecations({
+        branch: 'main',
+        cloudSetup: { isCloudEnabled: true } as unknown as CloudSetup,
+        fleet: {
+          start: () => ({
+            agentPolicyService: {
+              get: () =>
+                ({
+                  id: 'foo',
+                  package_policies: [''],
+                } as AgentPolicy),
+            },
+          }),
+        } as unknown as APMRouteHandlerResources['plugins']['fleet'],
+      });
+      const deprecations = await deprecationsCallback(deprecationContext);
       expect(deprecations).not.toEqual([]);
       // TODO: remove when docs support "main"
       if (kibanaPackageJson.branch === 'main') {
@@ -50,7 +72,7 @@ describe('getDeprecations', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('when running on cloud with fleet', () => {
+  describe('when running on cloud with cloud agent policy and apm integration', () => {
     it('returns no deprecations', async () => {
       const deprecationsCallback = getDeprecations({
         branch: 'main',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/index.ts
index 6c6567440f267..76637842e9503 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/deprecations/index.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export function getDeprecations({
     if (!fleet) {
       return deprecations;
     }
+    // TODO: remove when docs support "main"
+    const docBranch = branch === 'main' ? 'master' : branch;
 
     const fleetPluginStart = await fleet.start();
     const cloudAgentPolicy = await getCloudAgentPolicy({
@@ -39,12 +41,10 @@ export function getDeprecations({
     });
 
     const isCloudEnabled = !!cloudSetup?.isCloudEnabled;
+    const hasCloudAgentPolicy = !isEmpty(cloudAgentPolicy);
     const hasAPMPackagePolicy = !isEmpty(getApmPackagePolicy(cloudAgentPolicy));
 
-    // TODO: remove when docs support "main"
-    const docBranch = branch === 'main' ? 'master' : branch;
-
-    if (isCloudEnabled && !hasAPMPackagePolicy) {
+    if (isCloudEnabled && hasCloudAgentPolicy && !hasAPMPackagePolicy) {
       deprecations.push({
         title: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.deprecations.legacyModeTitle', {
           defaultMessage: 'APM Server running in legacy mode',