diff --git a/packages/commons/src/envUtils.ts b/packages/commons/src/envUtils.ts
index 3c561187a..fe1c459b6 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/envUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/envUtils.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ const getNumberFromEnv = ({
   return parsedValue;
 };
 
+const truthyValues = new Set(['1', 'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on']);
+const falsyValues = new Set(['0', 'n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off']);
+
 /**
  * Get a boolean from the environment variables.
  *
@@ -140,71 +143,44 @@ const getNumberFromEnv = ({
  * });
  * ```
  *
- * @param options - The options for getting the boolean.
- * @param options.key - The key of the environment variable.
- * @param options.defaultValue - The default value to return if the environment variable is not set.
- * @param options.errorMessage - Optional error message to throw if the environment variable is not set and no default value is provided. Defaults to `"Environment variable <key> is required"`.
- */
-const getBooleanFromEnv = ({
-  key,
-  defaultValue,
-  errorMessage,
-}: GetBooleanFromEnvOptions): boolean => {
-  const value = getStringFromEnv({
-    key,
-    defaultValue: String(defaultValue),
-    errorMessage,
-  });
-
-  const parsedValue = value.toLowerCase();
-
-  if (parsedValue !== 'true' && parsedValue !== 'false') {
-    throw new Error(`Environment variable ${key} must be a boolean`);
-  }
-
-  return parsedValue === 'true';
-};
-
-const truthyValues = new Set(['1', 'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on']);
-
-/**
- * Get a truthy boolean from the environment variables.
- *
- * Truthy values are: `1`, `y`, `yes`, `t`, `true`, `on`.
+ * By default, the value is parsed as a boolean. You can also provide an option to extend the parsing of the boolean value to include common string representations.
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
- * import { getTruthyBooleanFromEnv } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/utils/env';
+ * import { getBooleanFromEnv } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/utils/env';
  *
- * const myEnvVar = getTruthyBooleanFromEnv({
+ * const myEnvVar = getBooleanFromEnv({
  *   key: 'MY_ENV_VAR',
- *   errorMessage: 'MY_ENV_VAR is required for this function',
+ *   defaultValue: true,
+ *   extendedParsing: true,
  * });
  * ```
  *
- * By default, the value is trimmed before being converted to a boolean and always required.
- *
- * You can also provide a default value, which will be returned if the environment variable is not set instead of throwing an error.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { getTruthyBooleanFromEnv } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/utils/env';
+ * The following values are considered `true`:
+ * - `"true"`
+ * - `"1"`
+ * - `"yes"`
+ * - `"on"`
+ * - `"y"`
  *
- * const myEnvVar = getTruthyBooleanFromEnv({
- *   key: 'MY_ENV_VAR',
- *   defaultValue: true,
- * });
- * ```
+ * The following values are considered `false`:
+ * - `"false"`
+ * - `"0"`
+ * - `"no"`
+ * - `"off"`
+ * - `"n"`
  *
- * @param options - The options for getting the truthy boolean.
+ * @param options - The options for getting the boolean.
  * @param options.key - The key of the environment variable.
  * @param options.defaultValue - The default value to return if the environment variable is not set.
  * @param options.errorMessage - Optional error message to throw if the environment variable is not set and no default value is provided. Defaults to `"Environment variable <key> is required"`.
+ * @param options.extendedParsing - Whether to extend the parsing of the boolean value to include common string representations like `'1'`, `'y'`, `'yes'`, `'t'`, `'true'`, `'on'` for `true` and `'0'`, `'n'`, `'no'`, `'f'`, `'false'`, `'off'` for `false`.
  */
-const getTruthyBooleanFromEnv = ({
+const getBooleanFromEnv = ({
   key,
   defaultValue,
   errorMessage,
+  extendedParsing,
 }: GetBooleanFromEnvOptions): boolean => {
   const value = getStringFromEnv({
     key,
@@ -212,56 +188,22 @@ const getTruthyBooleanFromEnv = ({
     errorMessage,
   });
 
-  return truthyValues.has(value.toLowerCase());
-};
+  const parsedValue = value.toLowerCase();
 
-const falsyValues = new Set(['0', 'n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off']);
+  if (extendedParsing) {
+    if (truthyValues.has(parsedValue)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (falsyValues.has(parsedValue)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 
-/**
- * Get a falsy boolean from the environment variables.
- *
- * Falsy values are: `0`, `n`, `no`, `f`, `false`, `off`.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { getFalsyBooleanFromEnv } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/utils/env';
- *
- * const myEnvVar = getFalsyBooleanFromEnv({
- *   key: 'MY_ENV_VAR',
- *   errorMessage: 'MY_ENV_VAR is required for this function',
- * });
- * ```
- *
- * By default, the value is trimmed before being converted to a boolean and always required.
- *
- * You can also provide a default value, which will be returned if the environment variable is not set instead of throwing an error.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { getFalsyBooleanFromEnv } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/utils/env';
- *
- * const myEnvVar = getFalsyBooleanFromEnv({
- *   key: 'MY_ENV_VAR',
- *   defaultValue: false,
- * });
- * ```
- *
- * @param options - The options for getting the falsy boolean.
- * @param options.key - The key of the environment variable.
- * @param options.defaultValue - The default value to return if the environment variable is not set.
- * @param options.errorMessage - Optional error message to throw if the environment variable is not set and no default value is provided. Defaults to `"Environment variable <key> is required"`.
- */
-const getFalsyBooleanFromEnv = ({
-  key,
-  defaultValue,
-  errorMessage,
-}: GetBooleanFromEnvOptions): boolean => {
-  const value = getStringFromEnv({
-    key,
-    defaultValue: String(defaultValue),
-    errorMessage,
-  });
-  return falsyValues.has(value.toLowerCase());
+  if (parsedValue !== 'true' && parsedValue !== 'false') {
+    throw new Error(`Environment variable ${key} must be a boolean`);
+  }
+
+  return parsedValue === 'true';
 };
 
 /**
@@ -277,10 +219,14 @@ const getFalsyBooleanFromEnv = ({
  * ```
  */
 const isDevMode = (): boolean => {
-  return getTruthyBooleanFromEnv({
-    key: POWERTOOLS_DEV_ENV_VAR,
-    defaultValue: false,
-  });
+  try {
+    return getBooleanFromEnv({
+      key: POWERTOOLS_DEV_ENV_VAR,
+      extendedParsing: true,
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -359,8 +305,6 @@ export {
   getStringFromEnv,
   getNumberFromEnv,
   getBooleanFromEnv,
-  getTruthyBooleanFromEnv,
-  getFalsyBooleanFromEnv,
   isDevMode,
   getServiceName,
   getXrayTraceDataFromEnv,
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/types/envUtils.ts b/packages/commons/src/types/envUtils.ts
index b7ab42c3a..3e611fc83 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/types/envUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/types/envUtils.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ type GetBooleanFromEnvOptions = {
    * @default "Environment variable <key> is required"
    */
   errorMessage?: string;
+  /**
+   * Whether to extend the parsing of the boolean value to include common string representations.
+   *
+   * The following values are considered `true`:
+   * - `"true"`
+   * - `"1"`
+   * - `"yes"`
+   * - `"on"`
+   * - `"y"`
+   *
+   * The following values are considered `false`:
+   * - `"false"`
+   * - `"0"`
+   * - `"no"`
+   * - `"off"`
+   * - `"n"`
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  extendedParsing?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type {
diff --git a/packages/commons/tests/unit/envUtils.test.ts b/packages/commons/tests/unit/envUtils.test.ts
index a58fd8e61..1c32bceb3 100644
--- a/packages/commons/tests/unit/envUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/tests/unit/envUtils.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import {
   getBooleanFromEnv,
-  getFalsyBooleanFromEnv,
   getNumberFromEnv,
   getServiceName,
   getStringFromEnv,
-  getTruthyBooleanFromEnv,
   getXRayTraceIdFromEnv,
   isDevMode,
   isRequestXRaySampled,
@@ -162,9 +160,7 @@ describe('Functions: envUtils', () => {
         'Environment variable TEST_ENV must be a boolean'
       );
     });
-  });
 
-  describe('Function: getTruthyBooleanFromEnv', () => {
     it.each([
       ['1', true],
       ['y', true],
@@ -179,7 +175,10 @@ describe('Functions: envUtils', () => {
         process.env.TEST_ENV = value;
 
         // Act
-        const result = getTruthyBooleanFromEnv({ key: 'TEST_ENV' });
+        const result = getBooleanFromEnv({
+          key: 'TEST_ENV',
+          extendedParsing: true,
+        });
 
         // Assess
         expect(result).toBe(expected);
@@ -187,11 +186,12 @@ describe('Functions: envUtils', () => {
     );
 
     it.each([
-      ['', false],
-      ['false', false],
-      ['fasle', false],
-      ['somethingsilly', false],
       ['0', false],
+      ['n', false],
+      ['no', false],
+      ['f', false],
+      ['FALSE', false],
+      ['off', false],
     ])(
       'returns false if the environment variable is set to a falsy value: %s',
       (value, expected) => {
@@ -199,86 +199,15 @@ describe('Functions: envUtils', () => {
         process.env.TEST_ENV = value;
 
         // Act
-        const result = getTruthyBooleanFromEnv({ key: 'TEST_ENV' });
-
-        // Assess
-        expect(result).toBe(expected);
-      }
-    );
-
-    it('returns the default value if the environment variable is not set', () => {
-      // Prepare
-      process.env.TEST_ENV = undefined;
-
-      // Act
-      const result = getTruthyBooleanFromEnv({
-        key: 'TEST_ENV',
-        defaultValue: true,
-      });
-
-      // Assess
-      expect(result).toBe(true);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('Function: getFalsyBooleanFromEnv', () => {
-    it.each([
-      ['0', true],
-      ['n', true],
-      ['no', true],
-      ['f', true],
-      ['FALSE', true],
-      ['off', true],
-    ])(
-      'returns true if the environment variable is set to a truthy value: %s',
-      (value, expected) => {
-        // Prepare
-        process.env.TEST_ENV = value;
-
-        // Act
-        const result = getFalsyBooleanFromEnv({ key: 'TEST_ENV' });
-
-        // Assess
-        expect(result).toBe(expected);
-      }
-    );
-
-    it.each([
-      ['1', false],
-      ['y', false],
-      ['yes', false],
-      ['t', false],
-      ['TRUE', false],
-      ['on', false],
-      ['', false],
-      ['somethingsilly', false],
-    ])(
-      'returns false if the environment variable is set to a falsy value: %s',
-      (value, expected) => {
-        // Prepare
-        process.env.TEST_ENV = value;
-
-        // Act
-        const result = getFalsyBooleanFromEnv({ key: 'TEST_ENV' });
+        const result = getBooleanFromEnv({
+          key: 'TEST_ENV',
+          extendedParsing: true,
+        });
 
         // Assess
         expect(result).toBe(expected);
       }
     );
-
-    it('returns the default value if the environment variable is not set', () => {
-      // Prepare
-      process.env.TEST_ENV = undefined;
-
-      // Act
-      const result = getFalsyBooleanFromEnv({
-        key: 'TEST_ENV',
-        defaultValue: false,
-      });
-
-      // Assess
-      expect(result).toBe(true);
-    });
   });
 
   describe('Function: isDevMode', () => {