diff --git a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js
index 96b24abf80..f7c01a45f2 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ Module.ProductsWidgetView = base.WidgetView.extend({
 });
 
 App.on('before:start', function beforeStartApp(BeforeStartApp) {
+  if (!window.mailpoet_woocommerce_active) {
+    return;
+  }
   BeforeStartApp.registerBlockType('products', {
     blockModel: Module.ProductsBlockModel,
     blockView: Module.ProductsBlockView,
diff --git a/lib/Twig/Functions.php b/lib/Twig/Functions.php
index 72ba89581a..5c4f28a385 100644
--- a/lib/Twig/Functions.php
+++ b/lib/Twig/Functions.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Carbon\Carbon;
 use MailPoet\Config\ServicesChecker;
 use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 use MailPoet\Util\FreeDomains;
+use MailPoet\WooCommerce\Helper as WooCommerceHelper;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 use MailPoetVendor\Twig\Extension\AbstractExtension;
 use MailPoetVendor\Twig\TwigFunction;
@@ -17,8 +18,12 @@ class Functions extends AbstractExtension {
   /** @var SettingsController */
   private $settings;
 
+  /** @var WooCommerceHelper */
+  private $woocommerce_helper;
+
   public function __construct() {
     $this->settings = new SettingsController();
+    $this->woocommerce_helper = new WooCommerceHelper();
   }
 
   function getFunctions() {
@@ -118,6 +123,11 @@ class Functions extends AbstractExtension {
         array($this, 'getFreeDomains'),
         array('is_safe' => array('all'))
       ),
+      new TwigFunction(
+        'is_woocommerce_active',
+        array($this, 'isWoocommerceActive'),
+        array('is_safe' => array('all'))
+      ),
     );
   }
 
@@ -211,4 +221,8 @@ class Functions extends AbstractExtension {
   function getFreeDomains() {
     return FreeDomains::FREE_DOMAINS;
   }
+
+  function isWoocommerceActive() {
+    return $this->woocommerce_helper->isWooCommerceActive();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/EditorProductsCest.php b/tests/acceptance/EditorProductsCest.php
index 42dd1e06be..4e2ca8178d 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/EditorProductsCest.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/EditorProductsCest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class EditorProductsCest {
     $I->clickItemRowActionByItemName($this->newsletterTitle, 'Edit');
 
     $I->waitForText('Spacer');
-    $I->waitForElementVisible('#automation_editor_block_products');
+    $I->waitForElementNotVisible('#automation_editor_block_products');
   }
 
   private function initializeWooCommerce(\AcceptanceTester $I) {
diff --git a/views/layout.html b/views/layout.html
index 4b816d5a38..8aabe208fe 100644
--- a/views/layout.html
+++ b/views/layout.html
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jQuery('.toplevel_page_mailpoet-newsletters.menu-top-last')
   var mailpoet_analytics_public_id = <%= json_encode(get_analytics_public_id()) %>;
   var mailpoet_analytics_new_public_id = <%= is_analytics_public_id_new() | json_encode %>;
   var mailpoet_free_domains = <%= json_encode(mailpoet_free_domains()) %>;
+  var mailpoet_woocommerce_active = <%= json_encode(is_woocommerce_active()) %>;
   // RFC 5322 standard; http://emailregex.com/ combined with https://google.github.io/closure-library/api/goog.format.EmailAddress.html#isValid
   var mailpoet_email_regex = /(?=^[+a-zA-Z0-9_.!#$%&'*\/=?^`{|}~-]+@([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,63}$)(?=^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,})))/;
 </script>