diff --git a/packages/core/src/tasks/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tasks/index.ts
index cd06bde66..46686a411 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tasks/index.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ export const chugsplashProposeAbstractTask = async (
   integration: Integration,
   artifactPaths: ArtifactPaths,
   canonicalConfigPath: string,
-  cre: ChugSplashRuntimeEnvironment
+  cre: ChugSplashRuntimeEnvironment,
+  shouldRelay = true
 ) => {
   const { remoteExecution } = cre
 
@@ -211,12 +212,6 @@ export const chugsplashProposeAbstractTask = async (
       spinner.succeed(`${parsedConfig.options.projectName} can be proposed.`)
       spinner.start(`Proposing ${parsedConfig.options.projectName}...`)
 
-      const shouldRelay =
-        process.env.CHUGSPLASH_API_KEY !== undefined &&
-        ((await isLiveNetwork(provider)) ||
-          process.env.LOCAL_TEST_METATX_PROPOSE === 'true' ||
-          process.env.LOCAL_MANAGED_SERVICE === 'true')
-
       const metatxs = await proposeChugSplashDeployment(
         provider,
         signer,
@@ -1118,6 +1113,12 @@ export const proposeChugSplashDeployment = async (
       )
     }
 
+    if (!process.env.CHUGSPLASH_API_KEY) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Must provide a CHUGSPLASH_API_KEY environment variable to use gasless proposals'
+      )
+    }
+
     const { signature, request } = await signMetaTxRequest(
       provider,
       process.env.PRIVATE_KEY,
diff --git a/packages/executor/test/Executor.test.ts b/packages/executor/test/Executor.test.ts
index dd23a11ed..3bafd4625 100644
--- a/packages/executor/test/Executor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/executor/test/Executor.test.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ describe('Remote Execution', () => {
       'hardhat',
       artifactPaths,
       canonicalConfigPath,
-      cre
+      cre,
+      false
     )
 
     // approve