diff --git a/oamapps/postConfigure/installer.cpp b/oamapps/postConfigure/installer.cpp
index 9a2c73b1c..cb94d7c23 100644
--- a/oamapps/postConfigure/installer.cpp
+++ b/oamapps/postConfigure/installer.cpp
@@ -713,7 +713,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
             if (getenv("SKIP_OAM_INIT"))
             {
-                cout << "SKIP_OAM_INIT is set, so will not start ColumnStore or init the system catalog" << endl;
+                cout << "(2) SKIP_OAM_INIT is set, so will not start ColumnStore or init the system catalog" << endl;
+                sysConfig->setConfig("Installation", "MySQLRep", "n");
+                sysConfig->write();
                 exit(0);
             }
 
@@ -740,7 +742,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
             if (getenv("SKIP_OAM_INIT"))
             {
-                cout << "SKIP_OAM_INIT is set, so will not start ColumnStore or init the system catalog" << endl;
+                cout << "(3) SKIP_OAM_INIT is set, so will not start ColumnStore or init the system catalog" << endl;
+                sysConfig->setConfig("Installation", "MySQLRep", "n");
+                sysConfig->write();
                 exit(0);
             }
 
diff --git a/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp b/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp
index b807876c3..1ec9b023e 100644
--- a/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp
+++ b/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp
@@ -3732,7 +3732,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     if (getenv("SKIP_OAM_INIT"))
     {
-        cout << "SKIP_OAM_INIT is set, so will not start ColumnStore or init the system catalog" << endl;
+        cout << "(1) SKIP_OAM_INIT is set, so will not start ColumnStore or init the system catalog" << endl;
+        sysConfig->setConfig("Installation", "MySQLRep", "n");
+        sysConfig->write();
         exit(0);
     }