diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java
index 693627323f0024..2dc55914ac06b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java
@@ -708,18 +708,6 @@ public boolean useBaselineForOutputDirectoryNamingScheme() {
               + "Specifying -<feature> will disable the feature. "
               + "Negative features always override positive ones.")
   public List<String> hostFeatures;
-
-  @Option(
-      name = "incompatible_use_host_features",
-      defaultValue = "true",
-      documentationCategory = OptionDocumentationCategory.OUTPUT_PARAMETERS,
-      effectTags = {OptionEffectTag.CHANGES_INPUTS, OptionEffectTag.AFFECTS_OUTPUTS},
-      metadataTags = {OptionMetadataTag.INCOMPATIBLE_CHANGE},
-      help =
-          "If true, use --features only for the target configuration and --host_features for the"
-              + " exec configuration.")
-  public boolean incompatibleUseHostFeatures;
-
   @Option(
       name = "target_environment",
       converter = LabelListConverter.class,
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/builtin_exec_platforms.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/builtin_exec_platforms.bzl
index aafac7efcf62de..d5f647535b4244 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/builtin_exec_platforms.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/builtin_exec_platforms.bzl
@@ -209,18 +209,14 @@ bazel_fragments["ConfigFeatureFlagOptions"] = fragment(
 )
 
 def _core_options(settings):
-    ans = {
+    return {
         "//command_line_option:compilation_mode": settings["//command_line_option:host_compilation_mode"],
         "//command_line_option:is exec configuration": True,
         "//command_line_option:cpu": settings["//command_line_option:host_cpu"],
         "//command_line_option:stamp": False,
         "//command_line_option:action_env": settings["//command_line_option:host_action_env"],
+        "//command_line_option:features": settings["//command_line_option:host_features"],
     }
-    if settings["//command_line_option:incompatible_use_host_features"]:
-        ans["//command_line_option:features"] = settings["//command_line_option:host_features"]
-    else:
-        ans["//command_line_option:features"] = settings["//command_line_option:features"]
-    return ans
 
 bazel_fragments["CoreOptions"] = fragment(
     propagate = [
@@ -247,7 +243,6 @@ bazel_fragments["CoreOptions"] = fragment(
         "//command_line_option:strict_filesets",
         "//command_line_option:check_visibility",
         "//command_line_option:check_licenses",
-        "//command_line_option:incompatible_use_host_features",
         "//command_line_option:host_features",
         "//command_line_option:host_action_env",
         "//command_line_option:archived_tree_artifact_mnemonics_filter",
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/RuleConfiguredTargetTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/RuleConfiguredTargetTest.java
index 8d0b97abfb3519..43497d608cd47d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/RuleConfiguredTargetTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/RuleConfiguredTargetTest.java
@@ -71,20 +71,6 @@ public void testHostFeatures() throws Exception {
     assertThat(features).contains("host_feature");
     assertThat(features).doesNotContain("feature");
   }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testHostFeaturesIncompatibleDisabled() throws Exception {
-    useConfiguration(
-        "--features=feature",
-        "--host_features=host_feature",
-        "--incompatible_use_host_features=false");
-    scratch.file("a/BUILD", "cc_library(name = 'a')");
-    ImmutableSet<String> features =
-        getRuleContext(getConfiguredTarget("//a", getExecConfiguration())).getFeatures();
-    assertThat(features).contains("feature");
-    assertThat(features).doesNotContain("host_feature");
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testFeatureDisabledOnCommandLine() throws Exception {
     useConfiguration("--features=-feature");