diff --git a/tools/remote-bazelrc b/tools/remote-bazelrc
index 8e2a12f8fd7a..08068735545c 100644
--- a/tools/remote-bazelrc
+++ b/tools/remote-bazelrc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 # for a remote machine to execute them.
 build:remote_shared --jobs=200
 build:remote_shared --disk_cache=
+build:remote_shared --remote_download_minimal
 
 # Set several flags related to specifying the platform, toolchain and java
 # properties.