diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ProvIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ProvIT.java
index 9b3b66538d7..33323ff4239 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ProvIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ProvIT.java
@@ -1,32 +1,42 @@
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.api;
 
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;
 import io.restassured.RestAssured;
 import io.restassured.path.json.JsonPath;
 import io.restassured.response.Response;
 import jakarta.json.Json;
 import jakarta.json.JsonArray;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
-import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.CREATED;
-import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.OK;
 import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.CREATED;
 import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.FORBIDDEN;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.OK;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
-
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class ProvIT {
+
+    private static boolean provEnabled = false;
     
     @BeforeAll
     public static void setUpClass() {
         RestAssured.baseURI = UtilIT.getRestAssuredBaseUri();
+        Response provCollectionStatus = UtilIT.getSetting(SettingsServiceBean.Key.ProvCollectionEnabled);
+
+        provEnabled = provCollectionStatus.getStatusCode() == 200;
+        if (!provEnabled) {
+            UtilIT.enableSetting(SettingsServiceBean.Key.ProvCollectionEnabled);
+        }
     }
 
     
     @Test
     public void testFreeformDraftActions() {
+
         Response createDepositor = UtilIT.createRandomUser();
         createDepositor.prettyPrint();
         createDepositor.then().assertThat()
@@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ public void testFreeformDraftActions() {
         JsonObject provFreeFormGood = Json.createObjectBuilder()
                 .add("text", "I inherited this file from my grandfather.")
                 .build();
+        
         Response uploadProvFreeForm = UtilIT.uploadProvFreeForm(dataFileId.toString(), provFreeFormGood, apiTokenForDepositor);
         uploadProvFreeForm.prettyPrint();
         uploadProvFreeForm.then().assertThat()
@@ -80,8 +91,7 @@ public void testFreeformDraftActions() {
         datasetVersions.prettyPrint();
         datasetVersions.then().assertThat()
                 .body("data[0].versionState", equalTo("DRAFT"));
-        
-        
+     
     }
     
     @Test
@@ -196,6 +206,7 @@ public void testAddProvFile() {
                 .body("data.json", notNullValue(String.class));
         assertEquals(200, getProvJson.getStatusCode());
         
+        
         // TODO: Test that if provenance already exists in CPL (e.g. cplId in fileMetadata is not 0) upload returns error.
         //       There are currently no api endpoints to set up up this test.
         
@@ -204,11 +215,13 @@ public void testAddProvFile() {
         deleteProvJson.then().assertThat()
                 .statusCode(FORBIDDEN.getStatusCode()); //cannot delete json of a published dataset
 
-// Command removed, redundant        
-//        Response deleteProvFreeForm = UtilIT.deleteProvFreeForm(dataFileId.toString(), apiTokenForDepositor);
-//        deleteProvFreeForm.prettyPrint();
-//        deleteProvFreeForm.then().assertThat()
-//                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
         
     }
+
+    @AfterAll
+    public static void tearDownClass() {
+        if(!provEnabled){
+            UtilIT.deleteSetting(SettingsServiceBean.Key.ProvCollectionEnabled);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests.txt b/tests/integration-tests.txt
index 18911b3164a..bb3bc7f9ce6 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests.txt
+++ b/tests/integration-tests.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DataversesIT,DatasetsIT,SwordIT,AdminIT,BuiltinUsersIT,UsersIT,UtilIT,ConfirmEmailIT,FileMetadataIT,FilesIT,SearchIT,InReviewWorkflowIT,HarvestingServerIT,HarvestingClientsIT,MoveIT,MakeDataCountApiIT,FileTypeDetectionIT,EditDDIIT,ExternalToolsIT,AccessIT,DuplicateFilesIT,DownloadFilesIT,LinkIT,DeleteUsersIT,DeactivateUsersIT,AuxiliaryFilesIT,InvalidCharactersIT,LicensesIT,NotificationsIT,BagIT,MetadataBlocksIT,NetcdfIT,SignpostingIT,FitsIT,LogoutIT
+DataversesIT,DatasetsIT,SwordIT,AdminIT,BuiltinUsersIT,UsersIT,UtilIT,ConfirmEmailIT,FileMetadataIT,FilesIT,SearchIT,InReviewWorkflowIT,HarvestingServerIT,HarvestingClientsIT,MoveIT,MakeDataCountApiIT,FileTypeDetectionIT,EditDDIIT,ExternalToolsIT,AccessIT,DuplicateFilesIT,DownloadFilesIT,LinkIT,DeleteUsersIT,DeactivateUsersIT,AuxiliaryFilesIT,InvalidCharactersIT,LicensesIT,NotificationsIT,BagIT,MetadataBlocksIT,NetcdfIT,SignpostingIT,FitsIT,LogoutIT,ProvIT