diff --git a/client/landing/stepper/declarative-flow/onboarding.ts b/client/landing/stepper/declarative-flow/onboarding.ts
index c8ca6ed50dc1f3..b6a64b6ba08eee 100644
--- a/client/landing/stepper/declarative-flow/onboarding.ts
+++ b/client/landing/stepper/declarative-flow/onboarding.ts
@@ -161,12 +161,14 @@ const onboarding: Flow = {
 
 		const { isEligible: isBigSkyEligible } = useIsBigSkyEligible();
 		const isDesignChoicesStepEnabled = isBigSkyEligible && isGoalsAtFrontExperiment;
+		const skippedCheckout = useQuery().get( 'skippedCheckout' );
 
 		const getPostCheckoutDestination = ( providedDependencies: ProvidedDependencies ) => {
 			if (
 				createWithBigSky &&
 				config.isEnabled( 'onboarding/big-sky-before-plans' ) &&
-				isGoalsAtFrontExperiment
+				isGoalsAtFrontExperiment &&
+				! skippedCheckout
 			) {
 				return addQueryArgs( '/setup/site-setup/launch-big-sky', {
 					siteSlug: providedDependencies.siteSlug,