diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/ci_visibility/git_client.py b/ddtrace/internal/ci_visibility/git_client.py
index 3e8f35844b2..7bc08ca4195 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/ci_visibility/git_client.py
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/ci_visibility/git_client.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from ddtrace.ext.git import extract_commit_sha
 from ddtrace.ext.git import extract_git_version
 from ddtrace.ext.git import extract_remote_url
+from ddtrace.ext.git import extract_workspace_path
 from ddtrace.internal.agent import get_trace_url
 from ddtrace.internal.compat import JSONDecodeError
 from ddtrace.internal.logger import get_logger
@@ -94,8 +95,20 @@ def __init__(
         elif self._requests_mode == REQUESTS_MODE.AGENTLESS_EVENTS:
             self._base_url = "https://api.{}{}".format(os.getenv("DD_SITE", AGENTLESS_DEFAULT_SITE), GIT_API_BASE_PATH)
 
+    def _get_git_dir(self, cwd=None):
+        # type: (Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]
+        try:
+            return extract_workspace_path(cwd=cwd)
+        except (FileNotFoundError, ValueError):
+            return None
+
     def upload_git_metadata(self, cwd=None):
         # type: (Optional[str]) -> None
+        if not self._get_git_dir(cwd=cwd):
+            log.debug("Missing .git directory; skipping git metadata upload")
+            self._metadata_upload_status.value = METADATA_UPLOAD_STATUS.FAILED  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            return
+
         self._tags = ci.tags(cwd=cwd)
         if self._worker is None:
             self._worker = Process(
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ci_visibility-fix_logged_errors_when_gitless-66a6cb3245314f3e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ci_visibility-fix_logged_errors_when_gitless-66a6cb3245314f3e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f248c2ad640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ci_visibility-fix_logged_errors_when_gitless-66a6cb3245314f3e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - CI Visibility: fixes unnecessary logging of an exception that would appear when trying to upload git metadata in
+    an environment without functioning git (eg: missing ``git`` binary or ``.git`` directory)
diff --git a/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py b/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py
index 86cdd96012a..c2f0723c031 100644
--- a/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py
+++ b/tests/ci_visibility/test_ci_visibility.py
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ def mock_git_client(self):
             _get_filtered_revisions=mock.Mock(return_value="latest3\nlatest4"),
             _upload_packfiles=mock.Mock(side_effec=NotImplementedError),
             _do_request=mock.Mock(side_effect=NotImplementedError),
+            _get_git_dir=mock.Mock(return_value="does_not_matter"),
         ), mock.patch(
             "ddtrace.internal.ci_visibility.git_client._build_git_packfiles_with_details"
         ) as mock_build_packfiles:
@@ -1082,6 +1083,15 @@ def test_upload_git_metadata_upload_unnecessary(self, api_key, requests_mode):
             git_client.upload_git_metadata()
             assert git_client.wait_for_metadata_upload_status() == METADATA_UPLOAD_STATUS.UNNECESSARY
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("api_key, requests_mode", api_key_requests_mode_parameters)
+    def test_upload_git_metadata_upload_no_git_dir(self, api_key, requests_mode):
+        with mock.patch.object(CIVisibilityGitClient, "_get_git_dir", mock.Mock(return_value=None)):
+            git_client = CIVisibilityGitClient(api_key, requests_mode)
+            git_client.upload_git_metadata()
+
+            # Notably, this should _not_ raise ValueError
+            assert git_client.wait_for_metadata_upload_status() == METADATA_UPLOAD_STATUS.FAILED
+
 
 def test_get_filtered_revisions():
     with mock.patch(
diff --git a/tests/contrib/pytest/test_pytest.py b/tests/contrib/pytest/test_pytest.py
index 33cc6ebc811..ee0188d1489 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/pytest/test_pytest.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/pytest/test_pytest.py
@@ -3940,7 +3940,11 @@ def test_add_two_number_list():
             )
 
         self.testdir.chdir()
-        with mock.patch("ddtrace.ext.git._get_executable_path", return_value=None):
+        with mock.patch("ddtrace.ext.git._get_executable_path", return_value=None), mock.patch(
+            "ddtrace.internal.ci_visibility.recorder.ddconfig",
+            _get_default_civisibility_ddconfig(),
+        ) as mock_ddconfig:
+            mock_ddconfig._ci_visibility_agentless_enabled = True
             self.inline_run("--ddtrace")
 
             spans = self.pop_spans()