diff --git a/cmd/security-agent/main_windows.go b/cmd/security-agent/main_windows.go
index 6aa47f99d56b4..b81223e6aebc1 100644
--- a/cmd/security-agent/main_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/security-agent/main_windows.go
@@ -121,17 +121,8 @@ func (s *service) Run(svcctx context.Context) error {
 
 		// workloadmeta setup
 		wmcatalog.GetCatalog(),
-		workloadmetafx.ModuleWithProvider(func(config config.Component) workloadmeta.Params {
-
-			catalog := workloadmeta.NodeAgent
-
-			if config.GetBool("security_agent.remote_workloadmeta") {
-				catalog = workloadmeta.Remote
-			}
-
-			return workloadmeta.Params{
-				AgentType: catalog,
-			}
+		workloadmetafx.Module(workloadmeta.Params{
+			AgentType: workloadmeta.Remote,
 		}),
 		fx.Provide(func(log log.Component, config config.Component, statsd statsd.Component, wmeta workloadmeta.Component) (status.InformationProvider, *agent.RuntimeSecurityAgent, error) {
 			stopper := startstop.NewSerialStopper()
diff --git a/cmd/security-agent/subcommands/start/command.go b/cmd/security-agent/subcommands/start/command.go
index 6dec7ce712a4e..8386100c0031b 100644
--- a/cmd/security-agent/subcommands/start/command.go
+++ b/cmd/security-agent/subcommands/start/command.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import (
 	remoteTaggerfx "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/tagger/fx-remote"
 	taggerTypes "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/tagger/types"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/telemetry"
-	wmcatalog "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/workloadmeta/collectors/catalog"
+	wmcatalog "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/workloadmeta/collectors/catalog-remote"
 	workloadmeta "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/workloadmeta/def"
 	workloadmetafx "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/workloadmeta/fx"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/dogstatsd"
@@ -104,14 +104,8 @@ func Commands(globalParams *command.GlobalParams) []*cobra.Command {
 				dogstatsd.ClientBundle,
 				// workloadmeta setup
 				wmcatalog.GetCatalog(),
-				workloadmetafx.ModuleWithProvider(func(config config.Component) workloadmeta.Params {
-					catalog := workloadmeta.NodeAgent
-					if config.GetBool("security_agent.remote_workloadmeta") {
-						catalog = workloadmeta.Remote
-					}
-					return workloadmeta.Params{
-						AgentType: catalog,
-					}
+				workloadmetafx.Module(workloadmeta.Params{
+					AgentType: workloadmeta.Remote,
 				}),
 				remoteTaggerfx.Module(tagger.RemoteParams{
 					RemoteTarget: func(c config.Component) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/config.go b/pkg/config/setup/config.go
index a19de1ebed171..da2fb45d704bb 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/config.go
@@ -898,7 +898,6 @@ func InitConfig(config pkgconfigmodel.Setup) {
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("security_agent.cmd_port", DefaultSecurityAgentCmdPort)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("security_agent.expvar_port", 5011)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("security_agent.log_file", DefaultSecurityAgentLogFile)
-	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("security_agent.remote_workloadmeta", true)
 
 	// debug config to enable a remote client to receive data from the workloadmeta agent without a timeout
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("workloadmeta.remote.recv_without_timeout", true)