diff --git a/bin/helpers/helper.js b/bin/helpers/helper.js
index 7eedabbd..cf6461da 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/helper.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/helper.js
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ exports.setBrowserstackCypressCliDependency = (bsConfig) => {
   if (runSettings.npm_dependencies !== undefined && 
     typeof runSettings.npm_dependencies === 'object') {
     if (!("browserstack-cypress-cli" in runSettings.npm_dependencies)) {
-      logger.warn("Missing browserstack-cypress-cli not found in npm_dependencies");        
+      logger.warn("Missing browserstack-cypress-cli not found in npm_dependencies");
       runSettings.npm_dependencies['browserstack-cypress-cli'] = this.getAgentVersion() || "latest";
       logger.warn(`Adding browserstack-cypress-cli version ${runSettings.npm_dependencies['browserstack-cypress-cli']} in npm_dependencies`);
     }
diff --git a/bin/helpers/utils.js b/bin/helpers/utils.js
index 941916a0..b15414fb 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/utils.js
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ exports.ensureBrowserstackCypressCliDependency = (npmDependencies) => {
   } catch (err) {
     logger.debug("Could not read package.json version, using 'latest'");
   }
-  
+
   npmDependencies['browserstack-cypress-cli'] = version;
   logger.warn(`Adding browserstack-cypress-cli version ${version} in npm_dependencies`);
 };
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ exports.processAutoImportDependencies = (runSettings) => {
   exports.validateAutoImportConflict(runSettings);
   
   // Skip processing if auto_import_dev_dependencies is not enabled
-  if (!runSettings.auto_import_dev_dependencies) {
+  if (runSettings.auto_import_dev_dependencies != true) {
     return;
   }
   
diff --git a/bin/testhub/utils.js b/bin/testhub/utils.js
index b9515c1f..718bb595 100644
--- a/bin/testhub/utils.js
+++ b/bin/testhub/utils.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ exports.setTestObservabilityVariables = (
       responseData.observability.options.allow_screenshots.toString(),
       requestData.framework_details.sdkVersion
     );
-    helper.setBrowserstackCypressCliDependency(user_config);
+    if(user_config.run_settings.auto_import_dev_dependencies != true) helper.setBrowserstackCypressCliDependency(user_config);
     return [
       responseData.jwt,
       responseData.build_hashed_id,