diff --git a/evm/src/libraries/RateLimiter.sol b/evm/src/libraries/RateLimiter.sol
index de0e191ba..cfcd6e6c7 100644
--- a/evm/src/libraries/RateLimiter.sol
+++ b/evm/src/libraries/RateLimiter.sol
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ abstract contract RateLimiter is IRateLimiter, IRateLimiterEvents {
         view
         returns (TrimmedAmount memory capacity)
     {
+        // If the rate limit duration is 0 then the rate limiter is skipped
+        if (rateLimitDuration == 0) {
+            return TrimmedAmount(type(uint64).max, rateLimitParams.currentCapacity.getDecimals());
+        }
+
         // The capacity and rate limit are expressed as trimmed amounts, i.e.
         // 64-bit unsigned integers. The following operations upcast the 64-bit
         // unsigned integers to 256-bit unsigned integers to avoid overflow.
@@ -196,18 +201,21 @@ abstract contract RateLimiter is IRateLimiter, IRateLimiterEvents {
     }
 
     function _consumeOutboundAmount(TrimmedAmount memory amount) internal {
+        if (rateLimitDuration == 0) return;
         _consumeRateLimitAmount(
             amount, _getCurrentCapacity(_getOutboundLimitParams()), _getOutboundLimitParamsStorage()
         );
     }
 
     function _backfillOutboundAmount(TrimmedAmount memory amount) internal {
+        if (rateLimitDuration == 0) return;
         _backfillRateLimitAmount(
             amount, _getCurrentCapacity(_getOutboundLimitParams()), _getOutboundLimitParamsStorage()
         );
     }
 
     function _consumeInboundAmount(TrimmedAmount memory amount, uint16 chainId_) internal {
+        if (rateLimitDuration == 0) return;
         _consumeRateLimitAmount(
             amount,
             _getCurrentCapacity(_getInboundLimitParams(chainId_)),
@@ -216,6 +224,7 @@ abstract contract RateLimiter is IRateLimiter, IRateLimiterEvents {
     }
 
     function _backfillInboundAmount(TrimmedAmount memory amount, uint16 chainId_) internal {
+        if (rateLimitDuration == 0) return;
         _backfillRateLimitAmount(
             amount,
             _getCurrentCapacity(_getInboundLimitParams(chainId_)),
@@ -248,14 +257,18 @@ abstract contract RateLimiter is IRateLimiter, IRateLimiterEvents {
         view
         returns (bool)
     {
-        return _isAmountRateLimited(_getCurrentCapacity(_getOutboundLimitParams()), amount);
+        return rateLimitDuration != 0
+            ? _isAmountRateLimited(_getCurrentCapacity(_getOutboundLimitParams()), amount)
+            : false;
     }
 
     function _isInboundAmountRateLimited(
         TrimmedAmount memory amount,
         uint16 chainId_
     ) internal view returns (bool) {
-        return _isAmountRateLimited(_getCurrentCapacity(_getInboundLimitParams(chainId_)), amount);
+        return rateLimitDuration != 0
+            ? _isAmountRateLimited(_getCurrentCapacity(_getInboundLimitParams(chainId_)), amount)
+            : false;
     }
 
     function _isAmountRateLimited(
diff --git a/evm/test/NttManager.t.sol b/evm/test/NttManager.t.sol
index a6209dbb6..9270baaf2 100644
--- a/evm/test/NttManager.t.sol
+++ b/evm/test/NttManager.t.sol
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import "./mocks/MockNttManager.sol";
 contract TestNttManager is Test, INttManagerEvents, IRateLimiterEvents {
     MockNttManagerContract nttManager;
     MockNttManagerContract nttManagerOther;
+    MockNttManagerContract nttManagerZeroRateLimiter;
 
     using TrimmedAmountLib for uint256;
     using TrimmedAmountLib for TrimmedAmount;
@@ -71,6 +72,45 @@ contract TestNttManager is Test, INttManagerEvents, IRateLimiterEvents {
         assertEq(countSetBits(65535), 16);
     }
 
+    // === Deployments with rate limiter disabled
+
+    function test_disabledRateLimiter() public {
+        DummyToken t = new DummyToken();
+        NttManager implementation =
+            new MockNttManagerContract(address(t), INttManager.Mode.LOCKING, chainId, 0);
+
+        nttManagerZeroRateLimiter =
+            MockNttManagerContract(address(new ERC1967Proxy(address(implementation), "")));
+        nttManagerZeroRateLimiter.initialize();
+
+        address user_A = address(0x123);
+        address user_B = address(0x456);
+
+        uint8 decimals = t.decimals();
+
+        nttManagerZeroRateLimiter.setPeer(chainId, toWormholeFormat(address(0x1)), 9);
+
+        t.mintDummy(address(user_A), 5 * 10 ** decimals);
+
+        vm.startPrank(user_A);
+
+        t.approve(address(nttManagerZeroRateLimiter), 3 * 10 ** decimals);
+
+        uint64 s1 = nttManagerZeroRateLimiter.transfer(
+            1 * 10 ** decimals, chainId, toWormholeFormat(user_B)
+        );
+        uint64 s2 = nttManagerZeroRateLimiter.transfer(
+            1 * 10 ** decimals, chainId, toWormholeFormat(user_B)
+        );
+        uint64 s3 = nttManagerZeroRateLimiter.transfer(
+            1 * 10 ** decimals, chainId, toWormholeFormat(user_B)
+        );
+
+        assertEq(s1, 0);
+        assertEq(s2, 1);
+        assertEq(s3, 2);
+    }
+
     // === ownership
 
     function test_owner() public {