diff --git a/src/emulator/dataconnectEmulator.ts b/src/emulator/dataconnectEmulator.ts
index 4189f214d4e..9851aed5bd7 100644
--- a/src/emulator/dataconnectEmulator.ts
+++ b/src/emulator/dataconnectEmulator.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ export class DataConnectEmulator implements EmulatorInstance {
       account,
       EmulatorLogger.forEmulator(Emulators.DATACONNECT),
       "dataconnect",
+      true,
     );
     return { ...process.env, ...extraEnv, ...credsEnv };
   }
diff --git a/src/emulator/env.ts b/src/emulator/env.ts
index 29da9506d38..ded2e2cf750 100644
--- a/src/emulator/env.ts
+++ b/src/emulator/env.ts
@@ -65,15 +65,17 @@ export async function getCredentialsEnvironment(
   account: Account | undefined,
   logger: EmulatorLogger,
   logLabel: string,
+  silent: boolean = false,
 ): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
   // Provide default application credentials when appropriate
   const credentialEnv: Record<string, string> = {};
   if (await hasDefaultCredentials()) {
-    logger.logLabeled(
-      "WARN",
-      logLabel,
-      `Application Default Credentials detected. Non-emulated services will access production using these credentials. Be careful!`,
-    );
+    !silent &&
+      logger.logLabeled(
+        "WARN",
+        logLabel,
+        `Application Default Credentials detected. Non-emulated services will access production using these credentials. Be careful!`,
+      );
   } else if (account) {
     const defaultCredPath = await getCredentialPathAsync(account);
     if (defaultCredPath) {