diff --git a/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/CHANGELOG.md
index dfb1ba9caaa3..1374d8c5a758 100644
--- a/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - Fixed the non adversarial simulator to run in task-free mode
 
 ### Other Changes
+- Stop dependency on the local promptflow service. No promptflow service will automatically start when running evaluation.
 
 ## 1.1.0 (2024-12-12)
 
diff --git a/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/_evaluate/_evaluate.py b/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/_evaluate/_evaluate.py
index a325e8c68c74..f1f1a408386f 100644
--- a/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/_evaluate/_evaluate.py
+++ b/sdk/evaluation/azure-ai-evaluation/azure/ai/evaluation/_evaluate/_evaluate.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from promptflow._sdk._constants import LINE_NUMBER
 from promptflow.client import PFClient
 from promptflow.entities import Run
+from promptflow._sdk._configuration import Configuration
 
 from azure.ai.evaluation._common.math import list_mean_nan_safe, apply_transform_nan_safe
 from azure.ai.evaluation._common.utils import validate_azure_ai_project
@@ -711,6 +712,7 @@ def _evaluate(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
     if target is not None:
         _validate_columns_for_target(input_data_df, target)
 
+    Configuration.get_instance().set_config("trace.destination", "none")
     pf_client = PFClient(user_agent=USER_AGENT)
     target_run: Optional[Run] = None