diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/apps/dashboard/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba0ead7bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# helper for project pages.
+module ProjectsHelper
+
+  def project_size_enabled
+    project_timeout = Configuration.project_size_timeout.to_s
+    !project_timeout.blank? && project_timeout != '0'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/views/projects/show.html.erb b/apps/dashboard/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
index 10b0bdbcfb..39cea8a3d5 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 <div class="row my-2">
   <a id="new-dir-btn" class="btn btn-outline-dark" href="<%= files_path(fs: 'fs', filepath: @project.directory ) %>">
     <i class="fas fa-folder-open" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-    <%= t('dashboard.project') %> <%= t('dashboard.directory') %> <span data-toggle="project" data-url="<%= project_path(@project.id) %>"></span>
+    <%= t('dashboard.project') %> <%= t('dashboard.directory') %>
+    <%- if project_size_enabled -%>
+      <span data-toggle="project" data-url="<%= project_path(@project.id) %>"></span>
+    <%- end -%>
   </a>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/test/helpers/projects_helper_test.rb b/apps/dashboard/test/helpers/projects_helper_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bc4ff71ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/test/helpers/projects_helper_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ProjectsHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
+  include ProjectsHelper
+
+  test 'project_size_enabled should be true when Configuration.project_size_timeout is different than 0' do
+    Configuration.stubs(:project_size_timeout).returns('10')
+    assert_equal true, project_size_enabled
+  end
+
+  test 'project_size_enabled should be false when Configuration.project_size_timeout is 0' do
+    Configuration.stubs(:project_size_timeout).returns('0')
+    assert_equal false, project_size_enabled
+  end
+
+  test 'project_size_enabled should handle nil' do
+    Configuration.stubs(:project_size_timeout).returns(nil)
+    assert_equal false, project_size_enabled
+  end
+end