diff --git a/patches.json b/patches.json
index 68e0a85..76969c6 100644
--- a/patches.json
+++ b/patches.json
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@
     "Fixes the error 'The file can't be deleted. Warning!unlink: No such file or directory' when flushing JS/CSS cache from the Admin": {
       ">=2.4.0 <2.4.1-p1": "MCLOUD-10279__errors_when_flushing_js_css_cache_from_admin__2.4.0.patch",
       ">=2.4.1-p1 <2.4.7": "MCLOUD-10279__errors_when_flushing_js_css_cache_from_admin__2.4.4.patch"
+    },
+    "Reduced the number of times the same deployment configurations load": {
+      ">=2.4.6 <2.4.6-p2": "MCLOUD-10604__performance_degradation_around_deployment_configuration__2.4.6.patch"
     }
   },
   "magento/module-paypal": {
diff --git a/patches/MCLOUD-10604__performance_degradation_around_deployment_configuration__2.4.6.patch b/patches/MCLOUD-10604__performance_degradation_around_deployment_configuration__2.4.6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f63865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/MCLOUD-10604__performance_degradation_around_deployment_configuration__2.4.6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+diff -Nuar a/vendor/magento/framework/App/DeploymentConfig.php b/vendor/magento/framework/App/DeploymentConfig.php
+index 6713baa3a1d..64f32d5516b 100644
+--- a/vendor/magento/framework/App/DeploymentConfig.php
++++ b/vendor/magento/framework/App/DeploymentConfig.php
+@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ class DeploymentConfig
+      */
+     private $overrideData;
+
++    /**
++     * @var array
++     */
++    private $envOverrides = [];
++
++    /**
++     * @var array
++     */
++    private $readerLoad = [];
++
+     /**
+      * Constructor
+      *
+@@ -84,7 +94,9 @@ class DeploymentConfig
+         }
+         $result = $this->getByKey($key);
+         if ($result === null) {
+-            $this->reloadData();
++            if (empty($this->flatData) || count($this->getAllEnvOverrides())) {
++                $this->reloadData();
++            }
+             $result = $this->getByKey($key);
+         }
+         return $result ?? $defaultValue;
+@@ -114,13 +126,13 @@ class DeploymentConfig
+     {
+         if ($key === null) {
+             if (empty($this->data)) {
+-                $this->reloadData();
++                $this->reloadInitialData();
+             }
+             return $this->data;
+         }
+         $result = $this->getConfigDataByKey($key);
+         if ($result === null) {
+-            $this->reloadData();
++            $this->reloadInitialData();
+             $result = $this->getConfigDataByKey($key);
+         }
+         return $result;
+@@ -170,28 +182,55 @@ class DeploymentConfig
+      * @throws FileSystemException
+      * @throws RuntimeException
+      */
+-    private function reloadData(): void
++    private function reloadInitialData(): void
+     {
++        if (empty($this->readerLoad) || empty($this->data) || empty($this->flatData)) {
++            $this->readerLoad = $this->reader->load();
++        }
+         $this->data = array_replace(
+-            $this->reader->load(),
++            $this->readerLoad,
+             $this->overrideData ?? [],
+             $this->getEnvOverride()
+         );
++    }
++
++    /**
++     * Loads the configuration data
++     *
++     * @return void
++     * @throws FileSystemException
++     * @throws RuntimeException
++     */
++    private function reloadData(): void
++    {
++        $this->reloadInitialData();
+         // flatten data for config retrieval using get()
+         $this->flatData = $this->flattenParams($this->data);
++        $this->flatData = $this->getAllEnvOverrides() + $this->flatData;
++    }
+
+-        // allow reading values from env variables by convention
+-        // MAGENTO_DC_{path}, like db/connection/default/host =>
+-        // can be overwritten by MAGENTO_DC_DB__CONNECTION__DEFAULT__HOST
+-        foreach (getenv() as $key => $value) {
+-            if (false !== \strpos($key, self::MAGENTO_ENV_PREFIX)
+-                && $key !== self::OVERRIDE_KEY
+-            ) {
+-                // convert MAGENTO_DC_DB__CONNECTION__DEFAULT__HOST into db/connection/default/host
+-                $flatKey = strtolower(str_replace([self::MAGENTO_ENV_PREFIX, '__'], ['', '/'], $key));
+-                $this->flatData[$flatKey] = $value;
++    /**
++     * Load all getenv() configs once
++     *
++     * @return array
++     */
++    private function getAllEnvOverrides(): array
++    {
++        if (empty($this->envOverrides)) {
++            // allow reading values from env variables by convention
++            // MAGENTO_DC_{path}, like db/connection/default/host =>
++            // can be overwritten by MAGENTO_DC_DB__CONNECTION__DEFAULT__HOST
++            foreach (getenv() as $key => $value) {
++                if (false !== \strpos($key, self::MAGENTO_ENV_PREFIX)
++                    && $key !== self::OVERRIDE_KEY
++                ) {
++                    // convert MAGENTO_DC_DB__CONNECTION__DEFAULT__HOST into db/connection/default/host
++                    $flatKey = strtolower(str_replace([self::MAGENTO_ENV_PREFIX, '__'], ['', '/'], $key));
++                    $this->envOverrides[$flatKey] = $value;
++                }
+             }
+         }
++        return $this->envOverrides;
+     }
+
+     /**
+diff -Nuar a/vendor/magento/framework/Module/ModuleList.php b/vendor/magento/framework/Module/ModuleList.php
+index b3cf433bbaf..32e2d2b1550 100644
+--- a/vendor/magento/framework/Module/ModuleList.php
++++ b/vendor/magento/framework/Module/ModuleList.php
+@@ -140,8 +140,11 @@ class ModuleList implements ModuleListInterface
+      */
+     private function loadConfigData()
+     {
+-        if (null === $this->configData && null !== $this->config->get(ConfigOptionsListConstants::KEY_MODULES)) {
+-            $this->configData = $this->config->get(ConfigOptionsListConstants::KEY_MODULES);
++        if (null === $this->configData) {
++            $config = $this->config->get(ConfigOptionsListConstants::KEY_MODULES);
++            if (null !== $config) {
++                $this->configData = $config;
++            }
+         }
+     }
+ }