diff --git a/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferCaptureTransitiveRule.java b/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferCaptureTransitiveRule.java
index 9334b7c577a..7436dc5602a 100644
--- a/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferCaptureTransitiveRule.java
+++ b/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferCaptureTransitiveRule.java
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ public CxxInferCaptureTransitiveRule(
       BuildTarget buildTarget,
       ProjectFilesystem filesystem,
       SourcePathRuleFinder ruleFinder,
-      ImmutableSet<CxxInferCaptureRule> captureRules,
-      boolean executeRemotely) {
-    super(buildTarget, filesystem, ruleFinder, new Impl(captureRules, executeRemotely));
+      ImmutableSet<CxxInferCaptureRule> captureRules) {
+    super(buildTarget, filesystem, ruleFinder, new Impl(captureRules));
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -77,15 +76,14 @@ static class Impl
     /** Whether or not infer rules can be executed remotely. Fails serialization if false. */
     @AddToRuleKey
     @CustomFieldBehavior(RemoteExecutionEnabled.class)
-    private final boolean executeRemotely;
+    private final boolean executeRemotely = false;
 
-    public Impl(ImmutableSet<CxxInferCaptureRule> captureRules, boolean executeRemotely) {
+    public Impl(ImmutableSet<CxxInferCaptureRule> captureRules) {
       this.output = new OutputPath(OUTPUT_PATH);
       this.captureRulesOutputs =
           captureRules.stream()
               .map(CxxInferCaptureRule::getSourcePathToOutput)
               .collect(ImmutableSet.toImmutableSet());
-      this.executeRemotely = executeRemotely;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferEnhancer.java b/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferEnhancer.java
index d862f64564a..b146174d327 100644
--- a/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferEnhancer.java
+++ b/src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/CxxInferEnhancer.java
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ private BuildRule requireAllTransitiveCaptureBuildRules(
     ImmutableSet<CxxInferCaptureRule> captureRules = aggregator.getAllTransitiveCaptures();
 
     return graphBuilder.addToIndex(
-        new CxxInferCaptureTransitiveRule(
-            target, filesystem, graphBuilder, captureRules, inferConfig.executeRemotely()));
+        new CxxInferCaptureTransitiveRule(target, filesystem, graphBuilder, captureRules));
   }
 
   private CxxInferCaptureRulesAggregator requireInferCaptureAggregatorBuildRuleForCxxDescriptionArg(