diff --git a/assets/src/settings-page/index.js b/assets/src/settings-page/index.js
index 0dd3a18e54b..fc22400a130 100644
--- a/assets/src/settings-page/index.js
+++ b/assets/src/settings-page/index.js
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ function Root( { appRoot } ) {
 					initialOpen={ 'other-settings' === focusedSection }
 				>
 					<MobileRedirection />
-					<DeveloperTools />
+					{ HAS_DEPENDENCY_SUPPORT && (
+						<DeveloperTools />
+					) }
 					<DeleteDataAtUninstall />
 				</AMPDrawer>
 				<SettingsFooter />
diff --git a/src/DevTools/UserAccess.php b/src/DevTools/UserAccess.php
index 0da4ed94c83..76b9fd9fc3a 100644
--- a/src/DevTools/UserAccess.php
+++ b/src/DevTools/UserAccess.php
@@ -146,13 +146,29 @@ public function register_rest_field() {
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether the option can be modified.
+	 *
+	 * @param int $user_id User ID.
+	 * @return bool Whether the option can be modified.
+	 */
+	private function can_modify_option( $user_id ) {
+		return (
+			$this->dependency_support->has_support()
+			&&
+			current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_id )
+			&&
+			AMP_Validation_Manager::has_cap( $user_id )
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add the developer tools checkbox to the user edit screen.
 	 *
 	 * @param WP_User $profile_user Current user being edited.
 	 */
 	public function print_personal_options( $profile_user ) {
-		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $profile_user->ID ) || ! AMP_Validation_Manager::has_cap( $profile_user ) ) {
+		if ( ! $this->can_modify_option( $profile_user->ID ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
 		?>
@@ -177,7 +193,7 @@ public function print_personal_options( $profile_user ) {
 	 * @return bool Whether update was successful.
 	 */
 	public function update_user_setting( $user_id ) {
-		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_id ) || ! AMP_Validation_Manager::has_cap( $user_id ) ) {
+		if ( ! $this->can_modify_option( $user_id ) ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		$enabled = isset( $_POST[ self::USER_FIELD_DEVELOPER_TOOLS_ENABLED ] ) && rest_sanitize_boolean( wp_unslash( $_POST[ self::USER_FIELD_DEVELOPER_TOOLS_ENABLED ] ) ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing, phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized -- Nonce handled by user-edit.php; sanitization used is sanitized.
diff --git a/tests/php/src/DevTools/UserAccessTest.php b/tests/php/src/DevTools/UserAccessTest.php
index f74eae473ea..61bc5a36f9e 100644
--- a/tests/php/src/DevTools/UserAccessTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/src/DevTools/UserAccessTest.php
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ public function test_register_rest_field() {
 	/**
 	 * Tests UserAccess::print_personal_options
 	 *
+	 * @covers ::can_modify_option
 	 * @covers ::print_personal_options
 	 */
 	public function test_print_personal_options() {
@@ -182,12 +183,18 @@ public function test_print_personal_options() {
 
 		ob_start();
 		$this->dev_tools_user_access->print_personal_options( $admin_user );
-		$this->assertStringContainsString( 'checkbox', ob_get_clean() );
+		$output = ob_get_clean();
+		if ( ( new DependencySupport() )->has_support() ) {
+			$this->assertStringContainsString( 'checkbox', $output );
+		} else {
+			$this->assertStringNotContainsString( 'checkbox', $output );
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Tests UserAccess::update_user_setting
 	 *
+	 * @covers ::can_modify_option
 	 * @covers ::update_user_setting
 	 */
 	public function test_update_user_setting() {
@@ -201,10 +208,10 @@ public function test_update_user_setting() {
 		wp_set_current_user( $admin_user->ID );
 		$this->assertFalse( $this->dev_tools_user_access->update_user_setting( $editor_user->ID ) );
 
-		$this->assertTrue( $this->dev_tools_user_access->update_user_setting( $admin_user->ID ) );
-		$this->assertTrue( $this->dev_tools_user_access->get_user_enabled( $admin_user ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( ( new DependencySupport() )->has_support(), $this->dev_tools_user_access->update_user_setting( $admin_user->ID ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( ( new DependencySupport() )->has_support(), $this->dev_tools_user_access->get_user_enabled( $admin_user ) );
 		$_POST[ UserAccess::USER_FIELD_DEVELOPER_TOOLS_ENABLED ] = null;
-		$this->assertTrue( $this->dev_tools_user_access->update_user_setting( $admin_user->ID ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( ( new DependencySupport() )->has_support(), $this->dev_tools_user_access->update_user_setting( $admin_user->ID ) );
 		$this->assertFalse( $this->dev_tools_user_access->get_user_enabled( $admin_user ) );
 	}