diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 806c96b7704..ec008b45c69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ To learn more about active deprecations, we recommend checking [GitHub Discussio
 
 ### Fixes
 
-- TODO ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/XXX))
+- **AWS SQS Scaler**: Respect `scaleOnInFlight` value ([#4276](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/4276))
 
 ### Deprecations
 
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go
index ae5f153ef87..be1c50cb87e 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ const (
 	defaultScaleOnInFlight             = true
 )
 
-var awsSqsQueueMetricNames = []string{
+var awsSqsQueueMetricNamesForScalingInFlight = []string{
 	"ApproximateNumberOfMessages",
 	"ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible",
 }
 
+var awsSqsQueueMetricNamesForNotScalingInFlight = []string{
+	"ApproximateNumberOfMessages",
+}
+
 type awsSqsQueueScaler struct {
 	metricType v2.MetricTargetType
 	metadata   *awsSqsQueueMetadata
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ type awsSqsQueueMetadata struct {
 	awsAuthorization            awsAuthorizationMetadata
 	scalerIndex                 int
 	scaleOnInFlight             bool
+	awsSqsQueueMetricNames      []string
 }
 
 // NewAwsSqsQueueScaler creates a new awsSqsQueueScaler
@@ -104,10 +109,10 @@ func parseAwsSqsQueueMetadata(config *ScalerConfig, logger logr.Logger) (*awsSqs
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !meta.scaleOnInFlight {
-		awsSqsQueueMetricNames = []string{
-			"ApproximateNumberOfMessages",
-		}
+	if meta.scaleOnInFlight {
+		meta.awsSqsQueueMetricNames = awsSqsQueueMetricNamesForScalingInFlight
+	} else {
+		meta.awsSqsQueueMetricNames = awsSqsQueueMetricNamesForNotScalingInFlight
 	}
 
 	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["queueURL"]; ok && val != "" {
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ func (s *awsSqsQueueScaler) GetMetricsAndActivity(ctx context.Context, metricNam
 // Get SQS Queue Length
 func (s *awsSqsQueueScaler) getAwsSqsQueueLength() (int64, error) {
 	input := &sqs.GetQueueAttributesInput{
-		AttributeNames: aws.StringSlice(awsSqsQueueMetricNames),
+		AttributeNames: aws.StringSlice(s.metadata.awsSqsQueueMetricNames),
 		QueueUrl:       aws.String(s.metadata.queueURL),
 	}
 
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ func (s *awsSqsQueueScaler) getAwsSqsQueueLength() (int64, error) {
 	}
 
 	var approximateNumberOfMessages int64
-	for _, awsSqsQueueMetric := range awsSqsQueueMetricNames {
+	for _, awsSqsQueueMetric := range s.metadata.awsSqsQueueMetricNames {
 		metricValue, err := strconv.ParseInt(*output.Attributes[awsSqsQueueMetric], 10, 32)
 		if err != nil {
 			return -1, err
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler_test.go
index 8f00bfeed7c..fc7e4cdd971 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler_test.go
@@ -307,10 +307,43 @@ var awsSQSMetricIdentifiers = []awsSQSMetricIdentifier{
 	{&testAWSSQSMetadata[1], 1, "s1-aws-sqs-DeleteArtifactQ"},
 }
 
-var awsSQSGetMetricTestData = []*awsSqsQueueMetadata{
-	{queueURL: testAWSSQSProperQueueURL},
-	{queueURL: testAWSSQSErrorQueueURL},
-	{queueURL: testAWSSQSBadDataQueueURL},
+var awsSQSGetMetricTestData = []*parseAWSSQSMetadataTestData{
+	{map[string]string{
+		"queueURL":        testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
+		"queueLength":     "1",
+		"awsRegion":       "eu-west-1",
+		"scaleOnInFlight": "false"},
+		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
+		testAWSSQSEmptyResolvedEnv,
+		false,
+		"not error with scaleOnInFlight disabled"},
+	{map[string]string{
+		"queueURL":        testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
+		"queueLength":     "1",
+		"awsRegion":       "eu-west-1",
+		"scaleOnInFlight": "true"},
+		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
+		testAWSSQSEmptyResolvedEnv,
+		false,
+		"not error with scaleOnInFlight enabled"},
+	{map[string]string{
+		"queueURL":        testAWSSQSErrorQueueURL,
+		"queueLength":     "1",
+		"awsRegion":       "eu-west-1",
+		"scaleOnInFlight": "false"},
+		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
+		testAWSSQSEmptyResolvedEnv,
+		false,
+		"error queue"},
+	{map[string]string{
+		"queueURL":        testAWSSQSBadDataQueueURL,
+		"queueLength":     "1",
+		"awsRegion":       "eu-west-1",
+		"scaleOnInFlight": "true"},
+		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
+		testAWSSQSEmptyResolvedEnv,
+		false,
+		"bad data"},
 }
 
 func TestSQSParseMetadata(t *testing.T) {
@@ -343,8 +376,13 @@ func TestAWSSQSGetMetricSpecForScaling(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAWSSQSScalerGetMetrics(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, meta := range awsSQSGetMetricTestData {
+	for index, testData := range awsSQSGetMetricTestData {
+		meta, err := parseAwsSqsQueueMetadata(&ScalerConfig{TriggerMetadata: testData.metadata, ResolvedEnv: testData.resolvedEnv, AuthParams: testData.authParams, ScalerIndex: index}, logr.Discard())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("Could not parse metadata:", err)
+		}
 		scaler := awsSqsQueueScaler{"", meta, &mockSqs{}, logr.Discard()}
+
 		value, _, err := scaler.GetMetricsAndActivity(context.Background(), "MetricName")
 		switch meta.queueURL {
 		case testAWSSQSErrorQueueURL: