diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/ArcDevModeConfig.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/ArcDevModeConfig.java
index bfa6cd3d19ab6..0e175d57b02ba 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/ArcDevModeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/ArcDevModeConfig.java
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@ public class ArcDevModeConfig {
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "false")
     public boolean monitoringEnabled;
 
+    /**
+     * If set to true then the dependency graphs are generated and available in the Dev UI.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "true")
+    public boolean generateDependencyGraphs;
+
 }
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/ArcDevModeApiProcessor.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/ArcDevModeApiProcessor.java
index 0c81148f2c0f7..894aa9827118a 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/ArcDevModeApiProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/ArcDevModeApiProcessor.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.ArcConfig;
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.CompletedApplicationClassPredicateBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.ValidationPhaseBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.arc.processor.BeanDeploymentValidator;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 public class ArcDevModeApiProcessor {
 
     @BuildStep(onlyIf = IsDevelopment.class)
-    public void collectBeanInfo(ValidationPhaseBuildItem validationPhaseBuildItem,
+    public void collectBeanInfo(ArcConfig config, ValidationPhaseBuildItem validationPhaseBuildItem,
             CompletedApplicationClassPredicateBuildItem predicate,
             BuildProducer<ArcBeanInfoBuildItem> arcBeanInfoProducer) {
         BeanDeploymentValidator.ValidationContext validationContext = validationPhaseBuildItem.getContext();
@@ -63,35 +64,36 @@ public void collectBeanInfo(ValidationPhaseBuildItem validationPhaseBuildItem,
         }
 
         // Build dependency graphs
-        BeanResolver resolver = validationPhaseBuildItem.getBeanResolver();
-        Collection<BeanInfo> beans = validationContext.get(BuildExtension.Key.BEANS);
-        Map<BeanInfo, List<InjectionPointInfo>> directDependents = new HashMap<>();
-        List<InjectionPointInfo> allInjectionPoints = new ArrayList<>();
-        Map<BeanInfo, List<BeanInfo>> declaringToProducers = validationContext.beans().producers()
-                .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(BeanInfo::getDeclaringBean));
-        for (BeanInfo b : beans) {
-            if (b.hasInjectionPoint()) {
-                for (InjectionPointInfo ip : b.getAllInjectionPoints()) {
-                    if (ip.getTargetBean().isPresent()) {
-                        allInjectionPoints.add(ip);
+        Map<String, List<String>> beanDependenciesMap = new HashMap<>();
+        if (config.devMode.generateDependencyGraphs) {
+            BeanResolver resolver = validationPhaseBuildItem.getBeanResolver();
+            Collection<BeanInfo> beans = validationContext.get(BuildExtension.Key.BEANS);
+            Map<BeanInfo, List<InjectionPointInfo>> directDependents = new HashMap<>();
+            List<InjectionPointInfo> allInjectionPoints = new ArrayList<>();
+            Map<BeanInfo, List<BeanInfo>> declaringToProducers = validationContext.beans().producers()
+                    .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(BeanInfo::getDeclaringBean));
+            for (BeanInfo b : beans) {
+                if (b.hasInjectionPoint()) {
+                    for (InjectionPointInfo ip : b.getAllInjectionPoints()) {
+                        if (ip.getTargetBean().isPresent()) {
+                            allInjectionPoints.add(ip);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
+            for (BeanInfo bean : beans) {
+                DependencyGraph dependencyGraph = buildDependencyGraph(bean, validationContext, resolver, beanInfos,
+                        allInjectionPoints, declaringToProducers,
+                        directDependents);
+                beanInfos.addDependencyGraph(bean.getIdentifier(), dependencyGraph);
+                // id -> [dep1Id, dep2Id]
+                beanDependenciesMap.put(bean.getIdentifier(),
+                        dependencyGraph.filterLinks(link -> link.type.equals("directDependency")).nodes.stream()
+                                .map(DevBeanInfo::getId).filter(id -> !id.equals(bean.getIdentifier()))
+                                .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+            }
         }
 
-        Map<String, List<String>> beanDependenciesMap = new HashMap<>();
-
-        for (BeanInfo bean : beans) {
-            DependencyGraph dependencyGraph = buildDependencyGraph(bean, validationContext, resolver, beanInfos,
-                    allInjectionPoints, declaringToProducers,
-                    directDependents);
-            beanInfos.addDependencyGraph(bean.getIdentifier(), dependencyGraph);
-            // id -> [dep1Id, dep2Id]
-            beanDependenciesMap.put(bean.getIdentifier(),
-                    dependencyGraph.filterLinks(link -> link.type.equals("directDependency")).nodes.stream()
-                            .map(DevBeanInfo::getId).filter(id -> !id.equals(bean.getIdentifier()))
-                            .collect(Collectors.toList()));
-        }
         // Set the global that could be used at runtime when generating the json payload for /q/arc/beans
         DevConsoleManager.setGlobal(DevBeanInfos.BEAN_DEPENDENCIES, beanDependenciesMap);
 
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DependencyGraph.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DependencyGraph.java
index b5d706953a2f8..c7c0ae9f2cce2 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DependencyGraph.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DependencyGraph.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 public class DependencyGraph {
 
+    static final DependencyGraph EMPTY = new DependencyGraph(Set.of(), Set.of());
+
     public final Set<DevBeanInfo> nodes;
     public final Set<Link> links;
     public final int maxLevel;
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DevBeanInfos.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DevBeanInfos.java
index 3edf0324010e5..c01240a68f303 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DevBeanInfos.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/devui/DevBeanInfos.java
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ public DependencyGraph getDependencyGraph(String beanId) {
         if (maxLevel == null) {
             maxLevel = DEFAULT_MAX_DEPENDENCY_LEVEL;
         }
+        if (dependencyGraphs.isEmpty()) {
+            return DependencyGraph.EMPTY;
+        }
         DependencyGraph graph = dependencyGraphs.get(beanId);
         return graph.maxLevel <= maxLevel ? graph : graph.forLevel(maxLevel);
     }