diff --git a/libs/utils/env.py b/libs/utils/env.py
index 7f9d21a76569080e60fe404d2cba716e68d51ffd..90766fd3587afb7a905ba3450874e86d5cb0c09c 100644
--- a/libs/utils/env.py
+++ b/libs/utils/env.py
@@ -828,6 +828,12 @@ class TestEnv(ShareState):
         if not force and self._calib:
             return self._calib
 
+        required = force or 'rt-app' in self.__installed_tools
+
+        if not required:
+            self._log.debug('No RT-App workloads, skipping calibration')
+            return
+
         if not force and 'rtapp-calib' in self.conf:
             self._log.warning('Using configuration provided RTApp calibration')
             self._calib = {
@@ -835,14 +841,6 @@ class TestEnv(ShareState):
                     for key, value in self.conf['rtapp-calib'].items()
                 }
         else:
-            required = (force or
-                        'rt-app' in self.__installed_tools or
-                        'ftrace' in self.test_conf)
-
-            if not required:
-                self._log.debug('No RT-App workloads, skipping calibration')
-                return
-
             self._log.info('Calibrating RTApp...')
             self._calib = RTA.calibrate(self.target)