diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 1bde975373..3e5c5909f3 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -3061,6 +3061,10 @@ class AWXReceptorJob:
             if self.work_type == 'ansible-runner' and ((res is None) or (getattr(res, 'rc', None) is None)):
                 execution_node_health_check(self.task.instance.execution_node)
 
+    @property
+    def sign_work(self):
+        return False if settings.IS_K8S else True
+
     def _run_internal(self, receptor_ctl):
         # Create a socketpair. Where the left side will be used for writing our payload
         # (private data dir, kwargs). The right side will be passed to Receptor for
@@ -3077,8 +3081,7 @@ class AWXReceptorJob:
             _kw['node'] = self.task.instance.execution_node
             use_stream_tls = get_conn_type(_kw['node'], receptor_ctl).name == "STREAMTLS"
             _kw['tlsclient'] = get_tls_client(use_stream_tls)
-
-        result = receptor_ctl.submit_work(worktype=self.work_type, payload=sockout.makefile('rb'), params=self.receptor_params, signwork=True, **_kw)
+        result = receptor_ctl.submit_work(worktype=self.work_type, payload=sockout.makefile('rb'), params=self.receptor_params, signwork=self.sign_work, **_kw)
         self.unit_id = result['unitid']
         self.task.update_model(self.task.instance.pk, work_unit_id=result['unitid'])
 
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/receptor.py b/awx/main/utils/receptor.py
index ece0f5fcec..b92b57c46a 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/receptor.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/receptor.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import yaml
 import time
 
 from receptorctl.socket_interface import ReceptorControl
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from enum import Enum, unique
 
@@ -73,12 +74,12 @@ def run_until_complete(node, timing_data=None, **kwargs):
 
     use_stream_tls = getattr(get_conn_type(node, receptor_ctl), 'name', None) == "STREAMTLS"
     kwargs.setdefault('tlsclient', get_tls_client(use_stream_tls))
-    kwargs.setdefault('signwork', True)
     kwargs.setdefault('ttl', '20s')
     kwargs.setdefault('payload', '')
 
     transmit_start = time.time()
-    result = receptor_ctl.submit_work(worktype='ansible-runner', node=node, **kwargs)
+    sign_work = False if settings.IS_K8S else True
+    result = receptor_ctl.submit_work(worktype='ansible-runner', node=node, signwork=sign_work, **kwargs)
 
     unit_id = result['unitid']
     run_start = time.time()