diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
index 394bb6e..b657fb1 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ bash 'build_btcpay' do
     systemctl stop btcpayserver.service
     ./build.sh
   EOH
+  environment "DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT" => 1
   action :nothing
   notifies :restart, "service[btcpayserver]", :delayed
 end