diff --git a/destinations/airbyte-faros-destination/src/converters/jira/faros_issues.ts b/destinations/airbyte-faros-destination/src/converters/jira/faros_issues.ts
index 613847aca..d5ad7f7d0 100644
--- a/destinations/airbyte-faros-destination/src/converters/jira/faros_issues.ts
+++ b/destinations/airbyte-faros-destination/src/converters/jira/faros_issues.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ export class FarosIssues extends JiraConverter {
       },
     });
 
+    if (!this.useBoardOwnership(ctx)) {
+      results.push({
+        model: 'tms_TaskBoardRelationship',
+        record: {
+          task: {uid: issue.key, source},
+          board: {uid: issue.project, source},
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
     if (JiraCommon.normalize(issue.type) === 'epic') {
       results.push({
         model: 'tms_Epic',
diff --git a/sources/jira-source/resources/spec.json b/sources/jira-source/resources/spec.json
index a1f1e12a8..90c1180fb 100644
--- a/sources/jira-source/resources/spec.json
+++ b/sources/jira-source/resources/spec.json
@@ -301,8 +301,16 @@
         "description": "Use stateful board issue tracker to track issues on boards. This uses the Faros API to persist the state of boards between runs. Requires faros_source_id to be configured.",
         "default": false
       },
-      "source_qualifier": {
+      "use_projects_as_boards": {
         "order": 38,
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "title": "Use Projects as Boards",
+        "description": "Deprecated: Use default behaviour (disabled) and sync Jira boards. When enabled, Jira project boards are not synced and each project has a single board with the project UID and all issues.",
+        "default": false,
+        "deprecated": true
+      },
+      "source_qualifier": {
+        "order": 39,
         "type": "string",
         "title": "Source Qualifier",
         "description": "The qualifier to append as a suffix to the Jira source name to ensure uniqueness among entities with similar IDs when syncing multiple Jira instances, while preserving their original IDs, e.g. for Boards and Sprints.",
diff --git a/sources/jira-source/src/index.ts b/sources/jira-source/src/index.ts
index 3670370f8..67b620c74 100644
--- a/sources/jira-source/src/index.ts
+++ b/sources/jira-source/src/index.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ export class JiraSource extends AirbyteSourceBase<JiraConfig> {
     if (config.fetch_teams) {
       streamNames.push(...TeamStreamNames);
     }
+    // If board ownership not enabled, remove the board issues stream.
+    if (config.use_projects_as_boards) {
+      streamNames.splice(streamNames.indexOf('faros_board_issues'), 1);
+    }
     const streams = catalog.streams.filter((stream) =>
       streamNames.includes(stream.stream.name)
     );
diff --git a/sources/jira-source/src/jira.ts b/sources/jira-source/src/jira.ts
index e24729370..93918aa7e 100644
--- a/sources/jira-source/src/jira.ts
+++ b/sources/jira-source/src/jira.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export interface JiraConfig extends AirbyteConfig, RoundRobinConfig {
   readonly requestedStreams?: Set<string>;
   readonly use_sprints_reverse_search?: boolean;
   readonly use_faros_board_issue_tracker?: boolean;
+  readonly use_projects_as_boards?: boolean;
   readonly fetch_teams?: boolean;
   readonly organization_id?: string;
   readonly start_date?: string;
@@ -977,6 +978,8 @@ export class Jira {
     return sprints;
   }
 
+  // add a get sprint and sprint report by project or smth like that
+
   private getSprintsIterator(
     boardId: string,
     range?: [Date, Date]
diff --git a/sources/jira-source/src/project-board-filter.ts b/sources/jira-source/src/project-board-filter.ts
index 6763b018c..fd145052e 100644
--- a/sources/jira-source/src/project-board-filter.ts
+++ b/sources/jira-source/src/project-board-filter.ts
@@ -129,13 +129,17 @@ export class ProjectBoardFilter {
       // Ensure projects is populated
       await this.getProjects();
 
-      // Ensure included / excluded boards are loaded
-      await this.loadSelectedBoards();
-
-      if (this.isWebhookSupplementMode() && this.hasFarosClient()) {
-        await this.getBoardsFromFaros(jira);
+      if (this.useProjectsAsBoards()) {
+        await this.getBoardsFromProjects();
       } else {
-        await this.getBoardsFromJira(jira);
+        // Ensure included / excluded boards are loaded
+        await this.loadSelectedBoards();
+
+        if (this.isWebhookSupplementMode() && this.hasFarosClient()) {
+          await this.getBoardsFromFaros(jira);
+        } else {
+          await this.getBoardsFromJira(jira);
+        }
       }
     }
     return Array.from(this.boards.values());
@@ -214,6 +218,20 @@ export class ProjectBoardFilter {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Use the Jira API to get all boards for each project and use the UIDs to populate
+   * the internal boards map.
+   * Only includes boards based on the inclusion criteria determined by getBoardInclusion.
+   * With this method we generate a unique board per project to represent all tasks in the project
+   *
+   * @returns A Promise that resolves when all boards have been processed.
+   */
+  private async getBoardsFromProjects(): Promise<void> {
+    for (const project of this.projects) {
+      this.boards.set(project, {uid: project, issueSync: true});
+    }
+  }
+
   private async loadSelectedBoards(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.loadedSelectedBoards) {
       return;
@@ -251,4 +269,8 @@ export class ProjectBoardFilter {
   private hasFarosClient(): boolean {
     return Boolean(this.farosClient);
   }
+
+  private useProjectsAsBoards(): boolean {
+    return this.config.use_projects_as_boards ?? false;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_boards.ts b/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_boards.ts
index e1a4ef5e3..0b3cb4214 100644
--- a/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_boards.ts
+++ b/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_boards.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ export class FarosBoards extends StreamWithProjectSlices {
     const jira = await Jira.instance(this.config, this.logger);
     const projectKey = streamSlice?.project;
 
+    // If board ownership is disabled, return a virtual board for all tasks in the project.
+    if (this.config.use_projects_as_boards) {
+      const {included, issueSync} =
+        await this.projectBoardFilter.getBoardInclusion(projectKey);
+      if (included) {
+        yield {
+          uid: projectKey,
+          name: `Tasks in project ${projectKey}`,
+          projectKey,
+          type: 'Custom',
+          issueSync,
+        };
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Virtual board to represent all tasks in the project without a board
     yield {
       uid: `faros-tasks-with-no-board-${projectKey}`,
diff --git a/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_sprints.ts b/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_sprints.ts
index 541db47ff..d2d6bdd47 100644
--- a/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_sprints.ts
+++ b/sources/jira-source/src/streams/faros_sprints.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export class FarosSprints extends StreamWithBoardSlices {
   ): AsyncGenerator<Sprint> {
     const boardId = streamSlice.board;
     const jira = await Jira.instance(this.config, this.logger);
+
     const board = await jira.getBoard(boardId);
     if (board.type !== 'scrum') return;
     const updateRange =