diff --git a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/500_load_all_open_api.sql b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/500_load_all_open_api.sql
index 40ffb43c..284be2f8 100644
--- a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/500_load_all_open_api.sql
+++ b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/500_load_all_open_api.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+\set load_k8s_data null
+\getenv load_k8s_data LOAD_K8S_DATA
+select :load_k8s_data is not null as proceed;
+\gset
+
+\if :proceed
 begin;
 select f.*
     from
@@ -5,3 +11,6 @@ select f.*
     , lateral load_open_api(r.release::text) f("build log");
 select * from load_open_api() f("build log");
 commit;
+\else
+ select 'skipping as envvar LOAD_K8S_DATA is not set' as "build log";
+\endif
diff --git a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/501_load_all_tests.sql b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/501_load_all_tests.sql
index 1ff80235..18ac3601 100644
--- a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/501_load_all_tests.sql
+++ b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/501_load_all_tests.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+\set load_k8s_data null
+\getenv load_k8s_data LOAD_K8S_DATA
+select :load_k8s_data is not null as proceed;
+\gset
+
+\if :proceed
 begin;
 select * from load_tests() f("build log");
 commit;
+\else
+ select 'skipping as envvar LOAD_K8S_DATA is not set' as "build log";
+\endif
diff --git a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/502_load_all_audit_events.sql b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/502_load_all_audit_events.sql
index 6c459e85..7a1e1b48 100644
--- a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/502_load_all_audit_events.sql
+++ b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/502_load_all_audit_events.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
+\set load_k8s_data null
+\getenv load_k8s_data LOAD_K8S_DATA
+select :load_k8s_data is not null as proceed;
+\gset
+
+\if :proceed
 begin;
 select * from load_audit_events('ci-kubernetes-e2e-gci-gce') f("build log");
 select * from load_audit_events('ci-kubernetes-gce-conformance-latest') f("build log");
 select * from load_audit_events('ci-audit-kind-conformance') f("build log");
 call update_pod_binding_events();
 commit;
+\else
+ select 'skipping as envvar LOAD_K8S_DATA is not set' as "build log";
+\endif
diff --git a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/503_load_ineligible_endpoints.sql b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/503_load_ineligible_endpoints.sql
index eac2eddd..d6a768ca 100644
--- a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/503_load_ineligible_endpoints.sql
+++ b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/503_load_ineligible_endpoints.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+\set load_k8s_data null
+\getenv load_k8s_data LOAD_K8S_DATA
+select :load_k8s_data is not null as proceed;
+\gset
+
+\if :proceed
 begin;
 select * from load_ineligible_endpoints() f("build log");
 commit;
+\else
+ select 'skipping as envvar LOAD_K8S_DATA is not set' as "build log";
+\endif
diff --git a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/504_refresh_eligible_endpoint_coverage.sql b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/504_refresh_eligible_endpoint_coverage.sql
index 572bd3c4..c5462450 100644
--- a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/504_refresh_eligible_endpoint_coverage.sql
+++ b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/504_refresh_eligible_endpoint_coverage.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+\set load_k8s_data null
+\getenv load_k8s_data LOAD_K8S_DATA
+select :load_k8s_data is not null as proceed;
+\gset
+
+\if :proceed
 begin;
 refresh materialized view conformance.eligible_endpoint_coverage;
 select 'conformance.eligible_endpoint_coverage re-materialized' as "build log";
 commit;
+\else
+ select 'skipping as envvar LOAD_K8S_DATA is not set' as "build log";
+\endif
diff --git a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/505_output_untested_endpoints.sql b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/505_output_untested_endpoints.sql
index a8c0f65a..5b9bcc14 100644
--- a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/505_output_untested_endpoints.sql
+++ b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/505_output_untested_endpoints.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-begin;
-
+\set load_k8s_data null
+\getenv load_k8s_data LOAD_K8S_DATA
+select :load_k8s_data is not null as proceed;
+\gset
 
+\if :proceed
+begin;
 \t
 \a
 \o '/tmp/untested-endpoints.txt'
@@ -24,3 +28,6 @@ select 'untested endpoints for '||release||' written to /tmp/untested-endpoints.
  order by release::semver desc
  limit 1;
 commit;
+\else
+ select 'skipping as envvar LOAD_K8S_DATA is not set' as "build log";
+\endif
diff --git a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/506_output_coverage_jsons.sql b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/506_output_coverage_jsons.sql
index d5ac4230..4ea84efe 100644
--- a/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/506_output_coverage_jsons.sql
+++ b/apps/snoopdb/postgres/initdb/506_output_coverage_jsons.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+\set load_k8s_data null
+\getenv load_k8s_data LOAD_K8S_DATA
+select :load_k8s_data is not null as proceed;
+\gset
+
+\if :proceed
 begin;
     -- move this to its own block if it works
     CREATE FUNCTION array_distinct(anyarray) RETURNS anyarray AS $f$
@@ -68,3 +74,6 @@ $f$ LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE;
 \a
 \t
 commit;
+\else
+ select 'skipping as envvar LOAD_K8S_DATA is not set' as "build log";
+\endif