diff --git a/src/skills/loading/skills.test.ts b/src/skills/loading/skills.test.ts
index 1d1a5a9e8621..86f5a20b958c 100644
--- a/src/skills/loading/skills.test.ts
+++ b/src/skills/loading/skills.test.ts
@@ -573,6 +573,44 @@ describe("applySkillEnvOverrides", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("skips disabled snapshot skills before resolving raw apiKey SecretRefs", () => {
+    const skillName = "env-skill";
+    const snapshot = envSkillSnapshot(skillName, {
+      primaryEnv: "ENV_KEY",
+      requires: { env: ["ENV_KEY"] },
+    });
+    const config: OpenClawConfig = {
+      skills: {
+        entries: {
+          [skillName]: {
+            enabled: false,
+            apiKey: {
+              source: "env",
+              provider: "default",
+              id: "GITHUB_PAT",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    withClearedEnv(["ENV_KEY", "GITHUB_PAT"], () => {
+      const restore = applySkillEnvOverridesFromSnapshot({
+        snapshot,
+        config,
+      });
+
+      try {
+        expect(process.env.ENV_KEY).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(process.env.GITHUB_PAT).toBeUndefined();
+      } finally {
+        restore();
+        expect(process.env.ENV_KEY).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(process.env.GITHUB_PAT).toBeUndefined();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   it("prefers the active runtime snapshot over raw SecretRef skill config", () => {
     const skillName = "env-skill";
     const entries = envSkillEntries(skillName, {
diff --git a/src/skills/runtime/env-overrides.ts b/src/skills/runtime/env-overrides.ts
index 94c2f1f4a683..efe4fac6c4ad 100644
--- a/src/skills/runtime/env-overrides.ts
+++ b/src/skills/runtime/env-overrides.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ function applySkillConfigEnvOverrides(params: {
   }
 }
 
+function shouldApplySkillConfigEnvOverrides(skillConfig: SkillConfig): boolean {
+  return skillConfig.enabled !== false;
+}
+
 function createEnvReverter(updates: EnvUpdate[]) {
   return () => {
     for (const update of updates) {
@@ -227,6 +231,9 @@ export function applySkillEnvOverrides(params: { skills: SkillEntry[]; config?:
     if (!skillConfig) {
       continue;
     }
+    if (!shouldApplySkillConfigEnvOverrides(skillConfig)) {
+      continue;
+    }
 
     applySkillConfigEnvOverrides({
       updates,
@@ -256,6 +263,9 @@ export function applySkillEnvOverridesFromSnapshot(params: {
     if (!skillConfig) {
       continue;
     }
+    if (!shouldApplySkillConfigEnvOverrides(skillConfig)) {
+      continue;
+    }
 
     applySkillConfigEnvOverrides({
       updates,