diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad1ab29b0..7b31d7035 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #### Parsers
 - `intelmq.bots.parsers.shadowserver._config`:
   - fix error message formatting if schema file is absent (PR#2528 by Sebastian Wagner).
+- `intelmq.bots.parsers.shadowserver.parser`:
+  - Fix to avoid schema download if not configured #2530.
 
 #### Experts
 
diff --git a/intelmq/bots/parsers/shadowserver/parser.py b/intelmq/bots/parsers/shadowserver/parser.py
index 59e7abf63..e2249a431 100644
--- a/intelmq/bots/parsers/shadowserver/parser.py
+++ b/intelmq/bots/parsers/shadowserver/parser.py
@@ -261,15 +261,18 @@ def run(cls, parsed_args=None):
             else:
                 logger.setLevel('ERROR')
             config.set_logger(logger)
-            if config.update_schema():
-                runtime_conf = utils.get_bots_settings()
-                try:
-                    ctl = IntelMQController()
-                    for bot in runtime_conf:
-                        if runtime_conf[bot]["module"] == __name__:
-                            ctl.bot_reload(bot)
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error("Failed to signal bot: %r" % str(e))
+            runtime_conf = utils.get_bots_settings()
+            try:
+                ctl = IntelMQController()
+                bots = []
+                for bot in runtime_conf:
+                    if runtime_conf[bot]["module"] == __name__:
+                        bots.append(bot)
+                if len(bots) and config.update_schema():
+                    for bot in bots:
+                        ctl.bot_reload(bot)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error("Failed to update: %r" % str(e))
         else:
             super().run(parsed_args=parsed_args)