diff --git a/classes/dependency-track.bbclass b/classes/dependency-track.bbclass
index 387ceba..b175cd3 100644
--- a/classes/dependency-track.bbclass
+++ b/classes/dependency-track.bbclass
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DEPENDENCYTRACK_TMP ??= "${TMPDIR}/dependency-track"
 DEPENDENCYTRACK_LOCK ??= "${DEPENDENCYTRACK_TMP}/bom.lock"
 
 DEPENDENCYTRACK_PROJECT ??= ""
-DEPENDENCYTRACK_API_URL ??= "http://localhost:8081/api"
+DEPENDENCYTRACK_API_URL ??= ""
 DEPENDENCYTRACK_API_KEY ??= ""
 
 python do_dependencytrack_init() {
@@ -74,9 +74,15 @@ python do_dependencytrack_upload () {
     import urllib
     from pathlib import Path
 
+    var_api_url = "DEPENDENCYTRACK_API_URL"
+
+    if d.getVar(var_api_url) == "":
+        bb.debug(2, f"Not uploading to Dependency Track, no API URL set in {var_api_url}")
+        return
+
     sbom_path = d.getVar("DEPENDENCYTRACK_SBOM")
     dt_project = d.getVar("DEPENDENCYTRACK_PROJECT")
-    dt_url = f"{d.getVar('DEPENDENCYTRACK_API_URL')}/v1/bom"
+    dt_url = f"{d.getVar(var_api_url)}/v1/bom"
 
     bb.debug(2, f"Loading final SBOM: {sbom_path}")
     sbom = Path(sbom_path).read_text()
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ python do_dependencytrack_upload () {
         "bom": base64.b64encode(sbom.encode()).decode('ascii')
     }).encode()
     bb.debug(2, f"Uploading SBOM to project {dt_project} at {dt_url}")
-    
+
     headers = {
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
         "X-API-Key": d.getVar("DEPENDENCYTRACK_API_KEY")
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ python do_dependencytrack_upload () {
         data=payload,
         headers=headers,
         method="PUT")
-    
+
     try:
         urllib.request.urlopen(req)
     except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: