diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs-multisite/scripts/config/plugins/multisite.ts b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs-multisite/scripts/config/plugins/multisite.ts
index dce37363b5..56f7581f1c 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs-multisite/scripts/config/plugins/multisite.ts
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs-multisite/scripts/config/plugins/multisite.ts
@@ -14,20 +14,15 @@ class MultisitePlugin implements ConfigPlugin {
 
   async exec(config: JssConfig) {
     let sites: SiteInfo[] = [];
-
-    if (process.env.SITECORE) {
-      console.warn(chalk.yellow('Skipping site information fetch (building on XM Cloud)'));
-    } else {
-      console.log('Fetching site information');
-      try {
-        const siteInfoService = new GraphQLSiteInfoService({
-          clientFactory: createGraphQLClientFactory(config),
-        });
-        sites = await siteInfoService.fetchSiteInfo();
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error(chalk.red('Error fetching site information'));
-        console.error(error);
-      }
+    console.log('Fetching site information');
+    try {
+      const siteInfoService = new GraphQLSiteInfoService({
+        clientFactory: createGraphQLClientFactory(config),
+      });
+      sites = await siteInfoService.fetchSiteInfo();
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(chalk.red('Error fetching site information'));
+      console.error(error);
     }
 
     return Object.assign({}, config, {
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.test.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.test.ts
index d9c95db7d4..53f61b98a5 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-unused-expressions */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
-import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { expect, spy, use } from 'chai';
+import spies from 'chai-spies';
 import nock from 'nock';
 import { GraphQLSiteInfoService, GraphQLSiteInfoResult } from './graphql-siteinfo-service';
 import { GraphQLRequestClient, PageInfo } from '../graphql';
+import debugApi from 'debug';
+import debug from '../debug';
+
+use(spies);
 
 describe('GraphQLSiteInfoService', () => {
+  let debugNamespaces: string;
   const endpoint = 'http://site';
   const apiKey = 'some-api-key';
 
@@ -63,8 +70,23 @@ describe('GraphQLSiteInfoService', () => {
     },
   };
 
+  before(() => {
+    debugNamespaces = debugApi.disable();
+    debugApi.enable(debug.multisite.namespace);
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    spy.on(debug.multisite, 'log', () => true);
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     nock.cleanAll();
+    spy.restore(debug.multisite);
+    delete process.env.SITECORE;
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    debugApi.enable(debugNamespaces);
   });
 
   const mockSiteInfoRequest = (response: { [key: string]: unknown }) => {
@@ -269,4 +291,16 @@ describe('GraphQLSiteInfoService', () => {
     const resultCached = await service.fetchSiteInfo();
     expect(resultCached).to.deep.equal([]);
   });
+
+  it('should skip on XM Cloud', async () => {
+    process.env.SITECORE = 'true';
+    nock(endpoint)
+      .post('/')
+      .reply(200, emptyResponse);
+    const service = new GraphQLSiteInfoService({ apiKey: apiKey, endpoint: endpoint });
+    const result = await service.fetchSiteInfo();
+    expect(result).to.deep.equal([]);
+    expect(debug.multisite.log, 'log debug message').to.be.called.once;
+    expect(nock.isDone(), 'skip request').to.be.false;
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.ts
index 8c57ca256c..c0b87758f4 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss/src/site/graphql-siteinfo-service.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ export class GraphQLSiteInfoService {
     if (cachedResult) {
       return cachedResult;
     }
+    if (process.env.SITECORE) {
+      debug.multisite('Skipping site information fetch (building on XM Cloud)');
+      return [];
+    }
 
     const results: SiteInfo[] = [];
     let hasNext = true;