diff --git a/Civi/Install/Requirements.php b/Civi/Install/Requirements.php
index 586a0c75d2de..d5f3d648ebf2 100644
--- a/Civi/Install/Requirements.php
+++ b/Civi/Install/Requirements.php
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ class Requirements {
    */
   protected $system_checks = [
     'checkMemory',
-    'checkServerVariables',
     'checkMysqlConnectExists',
     'checkJsonEncodeExists',
     'checkMultibyteExists',
   ];
 
+  protected $system_checks_web = [
+    'checkServerVariables',
+  ];
+
   protected $database_checks = [
     'checkMysqlConnection',
     'checkMysqlVersion',
@@ -83,6 +86,12 @@ public function checkSystem(array $file_paths) {
       $errors[] = $this->$check();
     }
 
+    if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
+      foreach ($this->system_checks_web as $check) {
+        $errors[] = $this->$check();
+      }
+    }
+
     return $errors;
   }