diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation.lean
index 12a0b14482..0c17d5221b 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation.lean
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ open Lean.Parser.Term
 open Lean.Syntax
 open Meta
 
-register_builtin_option hygiene : Bool := {
-  defValue := true
-  descr    := "Annotate identifiers in quotations such that they are resolved relative to the scope at their declaration, not that at their eventual use/expansion, to avoid accidental capturing. Note that quotations/notations already defined are unaffected."
-}
-
 /-- `C[$(e)]` ~> `let a := e; C[$a]`. Used in the implementation of antiquot splices. -/
 private partial def floatOutAntiquotTerms : Syntax → StateT (Syntax → TermElabM Syntax) TermElabM Syntax
   | stx@(Syntax.node k args) => do
diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Precheck.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Precheck.lean
index 5f13b96d7d..a43b774b62 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Precheck.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Precheck.lean
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ where
         return true
     return false
 
-def runPrecheck (stx : Syntax) : TermElabM Unit :=
-  precheck stx |>.run { quotLCtx := {} }
+def runPrecheck (stx : Syntax) : TermElabM Unit := do
+  if hygiene.get (← getOptions) then
+    precheck stx |>.run { quotLCtx := {} }
 
 @[builtinQuotPrecheck ident] def precheckIdent : Precheck
   | Syntax.ident info rawVal val preresolved => do
diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Util.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Util.lean
index 341bbbd865..684a6004e1 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Util.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Quotation/Util.lean
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import Lean.Elab.Term
 namespace Lean.Elab.Term.Quotation
 open Lean.Syntax
 
+register_builtin_option hygiene : Bool := {
+  defValue := true
+  descr    := "Annotate identifiers in quotations such that they are resolved relative to the scope at their declaration, not that at their eventual use/expansion, to avoid accidental capturing. Note that quotations/notations already defined are unaffected."
+}
+
 partial def getAntiquotationIds (stx : Syntax) : TermElabM (Array Syntax) := do
   let mut ids := #[]
   for stx in stx.topDown do