diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
index f1a55866079..4d9438b588d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ import { BiometricStateService } from "@bitwarden/key-management";
 import { WindowState } from "../platform/models/domain/window-state";
 import { applyMainWindowStyles, applyPopupModalStyles } from "../platform/popup-modal-styles";
 import { DesktopSettingsService } from "../platform/services/desktop-settings.service";
-import { cleanUserAgent, isDev, isLinux, isMac, isMacAppStore, isWindows } from "../utils";
+import {
+  cleanUserAgent,
+  isDev,
+  isLinux,
+  isMac,
+  isMacAppStore,
+  isSnapStore,
+  isWindows,
+} from "../utils";
 
 const mainWindowSizeKey = "mainWindowSize";
 const WindowEventHandlingDelay = 100;
@@ -156,9 +164,8 @@ export class WindowMain {
               }
             }
 
-            // this currently breaks the file portal, so should only be used when
-            // no files are needed but security requirements are super high https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/785
-            if (process.env.EXPERIMENTAL_PREVENT_DEBUGGER_MEMORY_ACCESS === "true") {
+            // this currently breaks the file portal for snap https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/785
+            if (!isSnapStore()) {
               this.logService.info("Disabling memory dumps in main process");
               try {
                 await processisolations.disableMemoryAccess();