diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java
index 2cd1e7ac29b..af72d5c6482 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java
@@ -552,7 +552,9 @@ public void parsePdfMetadataAndShowMergeDialog() {
             dialog.addSource(Localization.lang("Entry"), entry);
             dialog.addSource(Localization.lang("Verbatim"), wrapImporterToSupplier(new PdfVerbatimBibTextImporter(preferences.getImportFormatPreferences()), filePath));
             dialog.addSource(Localization.lang("Embedded"), wrapImporterToSupplier(new PdfEmbeddedBibFileImporter(preferences.getImportFormatPreferences()), filePath));
-            dialog.addSource("Grobid", wrapImporterToSupplier(new PdfGrobidImporter(preferences.getImporterPreferences(), preferences.getImportFormatPreferences()), filePath));
+            if (preferences.getImporterPreferences().isGrobidEnabled()) {
+                dialog.addSource("Grobid", wrapImporterToSupplier(new PdfGrobidImporter(preferences.getImporterPreferences(), preferences.getImportFormatPreferences()), filePath));
+            }
             dialog.addSource(Localization.lang("XMP metadata"), wrapImporterToSupplier(new PdfXmpImporter(preferences.getXmpPreferences()), filePath));
             dialog.addSource(Localization.lang("Content"), wrapImporterToSupplier(new PdfContentImporter(preferences.getImportFormatPreferences()), filePath));
             dialog.showAndWait().ifPresent(newEntry -> {