diff --git a/packages/apps-config/src/endpoints/testingRelayPaseo.ts b/packages/apps-config/src/endpoints/testingRelayPaseo.ts
index a5c10d3a6d..bf798c9e57 100644
--- a/packages/apps-config/src/endpoints/testingRelayPaseo.ts
+++ b/packages/apps-config/src/endpoints/testingRelayPaseo.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export const testRelayPaseo: EndpointOption = {
   dnslink: 'paseo',
   genesisHash: PASEO_GENESIS,
   info: 'paseo',
-  isPeopleForIdentity: true,
+  isPeopleForIdentity: false,
   isRelay: true,
   linked: [
     ...testParasPaseoCommon,
diff --git a/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx b/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx
index 34cb3726f8..961323fee9 100644
--- a/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export function ApiCtxRoot ({ apiUrl, children, isElectron, store: keyringStore
     [apiUrl, isElectron]
   );
   // TODO: Once the people migration is complete for polkadot, we can remove the polkadot check at the end.
-  const enableIdentity = apiEndpoint?.isPeople || (isNumber(apiEndpoint?.paraId) && (apiEndpoint?.paraId >= 2000)) || apiEndpoint?.info?.toLowerCase() === 'polkadot';
+  const enableIdentity = apiEndpoint?.isPeople || (isNumber(apiEndpoint?.paraId) && (apiEndpoint?.paraId >= 2000)) || apiEndpoint?.info?.toLowerCase() === 'polkadot' || apiEndpoint?.info?.toLowerCase() === 'paseo';
   // TODO remove `(apiEndpoint?.relayName === 'polkadot' && !apiEndpoint?.isRelay && apiRelay)` once polkadot is migrated over to the people chain for identities.
   const value = useMemo<ApiProps>(
     () => objectSpread({}, state, { api: statics.api, apiEndpoint, apiError, apiIdentity: (apiEndpoint?.relayName === 'polkadot' && !apiEndpoint?.isRelay && apiRelay) || ((apiEndpoint?.isPeopleForIdentity && apiSystemPeople) || statics.api), apiRelay, apiSystemPeople, apiUrl, createLink, enableIdentity, extensions, isApiConnected, isApiInitialized, isElectron, isLocalFork, isWaitingInjected: !extensions }),