diff --git a/.github/workflows/bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
index 16b93bb6f25e2..c59f8d3aa8569 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ jobs:
       TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
       TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.TWINE_USERNAME }}
       NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      SE_AVOID_STATS: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source tree
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/rust/BUILD.bazel b/rust/BUILD.bazel
index f894dcf756b6a..f874f84aac8e5 100644
--- a/rust/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rust/BUILD.bazel
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ rust_library(
         ["src/**/*.rs"],
         exclude = ["main.rs"],
     ),
+    crate_features = select({
+        "//common:stamp": [],
+        "//conditions:default": ["avoid_stats"],
+    }),
     edition = "2024",
     visibility = ["//rust:__subpackages__"],
     deps = all_crate_deps(normal = True),
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock b/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock
index b073b75728ea7..115047354d34c 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "checksum": "1516a316c77bba8f4f92ef0a103d79cb6171808128005d89cbe82ad22f081370",
+  "checksum": "15fc6f823e5b945ffdb6b09e450dca4b33a09988993f28301823b8da05d689fc",
   "crates": {
     "addr2line 0.25.1": {
       "name": "addr2line",
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 96e50e2514129..ac7143b2efcd5 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ fs_extra = "1.3.0"
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["winver", "winnt", "sysinfoapi"] }
 
+[features]
+avoid_stats = []
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_cmd = "2.0.17"
 is_executable = "1.0.5"
diff --git a/rust/src/config.rs b/rust/src/config.rs
index cff48ea7b6e78..93d28c4eea675 100644
--- a/rust/src/config.rs
+++ b/rust/src/config.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl ManagerConfig {
             avoid_browser_download: BooleanKey("avoid-browser-download", false).get_value(),
             language_binding: StringKey(vec!["language-binding"], "").get_value(),
             selenium_version: StringKey(vec!["selenium-version"], "").get_value(),
-            avoid_stats: BooleanKey("avoid-stats", false).get_value(),
+            avoid_stats: BooleanKey("avoid-stats", cfg!(feature = "avoid_stats")).get_value(),
             skip_driver_in_path: BooleanKey("skip-driver-in-path", false).get_value(),
             skip_browser_in_path: BooleanKey("skip-browser-in-path", false).get_value(),
         }