diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 843c0aac12b..c5d29d9c93e 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ common:use_tar_archive_files --repo_env=USE_LLVM_TAR_ARCHIVE_FILES=1
 common:use_tar_archive_files --repo_env=USE_MIRRORED_TAR_ARCHIVE_FILES=1
 
 # Make Bazel not try to probe the host system for a C++ toolchain.
-common:rbe_base --config=use_tar_archive_files
 common:rbe_base --config=resultstore
 common:rbe_base --repo_env=BAZEL_DO_NOT_DETECT_CPP_TOOLCHAIN=1
 common:rbe_base --define=EXECUTOR=remote
diff --git a/third_party/xla/tensorflow.bazelrc b/third_party/xla/tensorflow.bazelrc
index 94101d0d496..5ba510cb76e 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/tensorflow.bazelrc
+++ b/third_party/xla/tensorflow.bazelrc
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ common:use_tar_archive_files --repo_env=USE_LLVM_TAR_ARCHIVE_FILES=1
 common:use_tar_archive_files --repo_env=USE_MIRRORED_TAR_ARCHIVE_FILES=1
 
 # Make Bazel not try to probe the host system for a C++ toolchain.
-common:rbe_base --config=use_tar_archive_files
 common:rbe_base --config=resultstore
 common:rbe_base --define=EXECUTOR=remote
 common:rbe_base --jobs=800