diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0aeafb6..c0b2d70e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ Each method is described below.
           config_manager=custom_config_manager
         )
 
+
+### NoOpEventDispatcher
+
+If you are only interested in using Optimizely's [free feature flag](https://www.optimizely.com/products/feature-experimentation/free-feature-flagging/) feature you
+should configure the SDK to not send any event to Optimizely's servers:
+
+    from optimizely.event_dispatcher import NoOpEventDispatcher
+
+    optimizely_client = optimizely.Optimizely(
+        sdk_key='your-sdk-key-here',
+        event_dispatcher=NoOpEventDispatcher()
+    )
+
+
 ### PollingConfigManager
 
 The [PollingConfigManager](https://github.com/optimizely/python-sdk/blob/master/optimizely/config_manager.py#L150) asynchronously polls for
diff --git a/optimizely/event_dispatcher.py b/optimizely/event_dispatcher.py
index 767fbb7d..d1723f85 100644
--- a/optimizely/event_dispatcher.py
+++ b/optimizely/event_dispatcher.py
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ def dispatch_event(self, event: event_builder.Event) -> None:
         ...
 
 
+class NoOpEventDispatcher:
+    """Event dispatcher that doesn't send any events to Optimizely's servers."""
+
+    def dispatch_event(self, event: event_builder.Event) -> None:
+        """No-op implementation that silently discards events.
+
+        Args:
+            event: Event object that would normally be sent to Optimizely's servers.
+        """
+        pass
+
+
 class EventDispatcher:
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/test_config_manager.py b/tests/test_config_manager.py
index 56674381..e0b4f500 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_config_manager.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ def test_fetch_datafile__exception_polling_thread_failed(self, _):
         with mock.patch('requests.Session.get', return_value=test_response):
             project_config_manager = config_manager.PollingConfigManager(sdk_key=sdk_key,
                                                                          logger=mock_logger,
-                                                                         update_interval=12345678912345)
+                                                                         update_interval=300)
 
             project_config_manager.stop()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_optimizely.py b/tests/test_optimizely.py
index 1f4293cd..66126201 100644
--- a/tests/test_optimizely.py
+++ b/tests/test_optimizely.py
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
 from optimizely.helpers.sdk_settings import OptimizelySdkSettings
 from . import base
 
+import warnings
+import urllib3
+# Suppress SystemTimeWarning from urllib3
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=urllib3.exceptions.SystemTimeWarning)
+
 
 class OptimizelyTest(base.BaseTest):
     strTest = None
@@ -3965,7 +3970,6 @@ def test_get_feature_variable__returns_default_value_if_no_variation(self):
                 'source_info': {},
             },
         )
-
     def test_get_feature_variable__returns_none_if_none_feature_key(self):
         """ Test that get_feature_variable_* returns None for None feature key. """
 
@@ -5557,3 +5561,4 @@ def test_send_odp_event__default_type_when_empty_string(self):
 
         mock_send_event.assert_called_with('fullstack', 'great', {'amazing': 'fantastic'}, {})
         mock_logger.error.assert_not_called()
+