diff --git a/substrate/client/service/src/builder.rs b/substrate/client/service/src/builder.rs
index 49d2d61f9c..6f46b8bbb7 100644
--- a/substrate/client/service/src/builder.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/service/src/builder.rs
@@ -1012,7 +1012,12 @@ ServiceBuilder<
 		let telemetry_connection_sinks: Arc<Mutex<Vec<TracingUnboundedSender<()>>>> = Default::default();
 
 		// Telemetry
-		let telemetry = config.telemetry_endpoints.clone().map(|endpoints| {
+		let telemetry = config.telemetry_endpoints.clone().and_then(|endpoints| {
+			if endpoints.is_empty() {
+				// we don't want the telemetry to be initialized if telemetry_endpoints == Some([])
+				return None;
+			}
+
 			let genesis_hash = match client.block_hash(Zero::zero()) {
 				Ok(Some(hash)) => hash,
 				_ => Default::default(),
@@ -1031,7 +1036,7 @@ ServiceBuilder<
 				future,
 			);
 
-			telemetry
+			Some(telemetry)
 		});
 
 		// Instrumentation
diff --git a/substrate/client/telemetry/src/lib.rs b/substrate/client/telemetry/src/lib.rs
index 315bedbe5b..6a5ac0e0cb 100644
--- a/substrate/client/telemetry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/telemetry/src/lib.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ impl TelemetryEndpoints {
 	}
 }
 
+impl TelemetryEndpoints {
+	/// Return `true` if there are no telemetry endpoints, `false` otherwise.
+	pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+		self.0.is_empty()
+	}
+}
+
 /// Parses a WebSocket URL into a libp2p `Multiaddr`.
 fn url_to_multiaddr(url: &str) -> Result<Multiaddr, libp2p::multiaddr::Error> {
 	// First, assume that we have a `Multiaddr`.