diff --git a/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context.go b/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context.go
index 6348329b3ed6b1..c62434b27d44a9 100644
--- a/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context.go
+++ b/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context.go
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ func (c *Context) Reset() {
 	clear(c.resolvedFields)
 }
 
-func (c *Context) AppendResolvedField(field string) {
-	if field == "" {
-		return
-	}
-
-	c.resolvedFields = append(c.resolvedFields, field)
-}
-
 func (c *Context) GetResolvedFields() []string {
 	return c.resolvedFields
 }
diff --git a/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context_funtests.go b/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context_funtests.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4c0a56683d9ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context_funtests.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
+// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
+// Copyright 2016-present Datadog, Inc.
+
+//go:build functionaltests
+
+// Package eval holds eval related files
+package eval
+
+// AppendResolvedField instructs the context that this field has been resolved
+func (c *Context) AppendResolvedField(field string) {
+	if field == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.resolvedFields = append(c.resolvedFields, field)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context_regular.go b/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context_regular.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b2a8ff0d71851d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/security/secl/compiler/eval/context_regular.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
+// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
+// Copyright 2016-present Datadog, Inc.
+
+//go:build !functionaltests
+
+// Package eval holds eval related files
+package eval
+
+// AppendResolvedField is a no-op outside of functional tests
+func (c *Context) AppendResolvedField(_ string) {
+}