diff --git a/src/state/routing/gas.ts b/src/state/routing/gas.ts
index e09369e9b3..59fb443e53 100644
--- a/src/state/routing/gas.ts
+++ b/src/state/routing/gas.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { MaxUint256, PERMIT2_ADDRESS } from '@uniswap/permit2-sdk'
-import { Currency } from '@uniswap/sdk-core'
+import { ChainId, Currency } from '@uniswap/sdk-core'
 import ERC20_ABI from 'abis/erc20.json'
 import { Erc20, Weth } from 'abis/types'
 import WETH_ABI from 'abis/weth.json'
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ export async function getApproveInfo(
   // If any of these arguments aren't provided, then we cannot generate approval cost info
   if (!account || !usdCostPerGas) return { needsApprove: false }
 
+  // routing-api under estimates gas for Arbitrum swaps so it inflates cost per gas by a lot
+  // so disable showing approves for Arbitrum until routing-api gives more accurate gas estimates
+  if (currency.chainId === ChainId.ARBITRUM_ONE || currency.chainId === ChainId.ARBITRUM_GOERLI) {
+    return { needsApprove: false }
+  }
+
   const provider = DEPRECATED_RPC_PROVIDERS[currency.chainId as SupportedInterfaceChain]
   const tokenContract = getContract(currency.address, ERC20_ABI, provider) as Erc20