diff --git a/internal_packages/worker-sync/lib/nylas-sync-worker.coffee b/internal_packages/worker-sync/lib/nylas-sync-worker.coffee
index 691a23c33..d9d01075b 100644
--- a/internal_packages/worker-sync/lib/nylas-sync-worker.coffee
+++ b/internal_packages/worker-sync/lib/nylas-sync-worker.coffee
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ class NylasSyncWorker
             console.log("Retrieved #{offset + data.length} metadata objects")
             finished()
 
-    makeMetadataRequest(0)
+    if @_api.pluginsSupported
+      makeMetadataRequest(0)
+    else
+      finished()
 
   shouldFetchCollection: (model) ->
     return false unless @_state
diff --git a/internal_packages/worker-sync/spec/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee b/internal_packages/worker-sync/spec/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee
index 95e5efbef..2fd60267a 100644
--- a/internal_packages/worker-sync/spec/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee
+++ b/internal_packages/worker-sync/spec/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe "NylasSyncWorker", ->
   beforeEach ->
     @apiRequests = []
     @api =
+      pluginsSupported: true
       accessTokenForAccountId: =>
         '123'
       makeRequest: (requestOptions) =>
@@ -192,6 +193,15 @@ describe "NylasSyncWorker", ->
       fetchAllMetadataCallback()
       expect(@worker.fetchCollection.calls.length).not.toBe(0)
 
+    it "should not fetch metadata pages if pluginsSupported is false", ->
+      @api.pluginsSupported = false
+      spyOn(NylasSyncWorker.prototype, '_fetchWithErrorHandling')
+      spyOn(@worker, 'fetchCollection')
+      @worker._state = {}
+      @worker.resumeFetches()
+      expect(@worker._fetchWithErrorHandling).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(@worker.fetchCollection.calls.length).not.toBe(0)
+
     it "should fetch collections for which `shouldFetchCollection` returns true", ->
       spyOn(@worker, 'fetchCollection')
       spyOn(@worker, 'shouldFetchCollection').andCallFake (collection) =>