diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/includescanning/SpawnIncludeScanner.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/includescanning/SpawnIncludeScanner.java
index 74c0c9125728f4..fddd42fbeb4ef5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/includescanning/SpawnIncludeScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/includescanning/SpawnIncludeScanner.java
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ public boolean shouldParseRemotely(Artifact file, ActionExecutionContext ctx) th
     // Files written remotely that are not locally available should be scanned remotely to avoid the
     // bandwidth and disk space penalty of bringing them across. Also, enable include scanning
     // remotely when explicitly directed to via a flag.
-    if (remoteExtractionThreshold == 0
-        || (outputService != null && outputService.isRemoteFile(file))) {
+    if (remoteExtractionThreshold == 0 || (outputService != null && !file.isSourceArtifact())) {
       return true;
     }
     FileStatus status = syscallCache.get().statIfFound(file.getPath(), Symlinks.FOLLOW);