diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java
index 37fec405aa2f5a..aec53d0a4b8003 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public String getTypeDescription() {
 
   @Option(
       name = "incompatible_remote_results_ignore_disk",
-      defaultValue = "false",
+      defaultValue = "true",
       category = "remote",
       documentationCategory = OptionDocumentationCategory.REMOTE,
       effectTags = {OptionEffectTag.UNKNOWN},
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnCacheTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnCacheTest.java
index 603de7c5ef864a..fbeb680df9d9e7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnCacheTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnCacheTest.java
@@ -422,19 +422,15 @@ public void noRemoteCacheSpawns_remoteCache() throws Exception {
   public void noRemoteCacheSpawns_combinedCache() throws Exception {
     // Checks that spawns satisfying Spawns.mayBeCachedRemotely=false are not looked up in the
     // remote cache, and that the results/artifacts are not uploaded to the remote cache.
-    // For the purposes of execution requirements, a combined cache with a remote component
-    // is considered a remote cache
+    // The disk cache part of a combined cache is considered as a local cache hence spawns tagged
+    // with NO_REMOTE can sill hit it.
     RemoteOptions combinedCacheOptions = Options.getDefaults(RemoteOptions.class);
     combinedCacheOptions.remoteCache = "https://somecache.com";
     combinedCacheOptions.diskCache = PathFragment.create("/etc/something/cache/here");
     RemoteSpawnCache remoteSpawnCache = remoteSpawnCacheWithOptions(combinedCacheOptions);
 
     for (String requirement :
-        ImmutableList.of(
-            ExecutionRequirements.NO_CACHE,
-            ExecutionRequirements.LOCAL,
-            ExecutionRequirements.NO_REMOTE_CACHE,
-            ExecutionRequirements.NO_REMOTE)) {
+        ImmutableList.of(ExecutionRequirements.NO_CACHE, ExecutionRequirements.LOCAL)) {
       SimpleSpawn uncacheableSpawn = simpleSpawnWithExecutionInfo(ImmutableMap.of(requirement, ""));
       CacheHandle entry = remoteSpawnCache.lookup(uncacheableSpawn, simplePolicy);
       verify(remoteCache, never())
diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/remote/remote_execution_test.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/remote/remote_execution_test.sh
index 32c92a577d86e7..5bdd0d077d5048 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/remote/remote_execution_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/remote/remote_execution_test.sh
@@ -1441,11 +1441,7 @@ EOF
   bazel clean
   bazel build $spawn_flags $testcase_flags $remote_exec_flags $grpc_flags $disk_flags //a:test &> $TEST_log \
       || fail "CASE 3 failed to build"
-  if [[ "$testcase_flags" == --noremote_accept_cached ]]; then
-    expect_log "2 processes: 1 internal, 1 remote." "CASE 3: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
-  else
-    expect_log "2 processes: 1 disk cache hit, 1 internal." "CASE 3: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
-  fi
+  expect_log "2 processes: 1 disk cache hit, 1 internal." "CASE 3: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
 
   # Case 4)
   #     disk_cache, remote_cache: remote_exec, disk_cache, remote_cache
@@ -1455,11 +1451,7 @@ EOF
   bazel clean
   bazel build $spawn_flags $testcase_flags $remote_exec_flags $grpc_flags $disk_flags //a:test &> $TEST_log \
       || fail "CASE 4 failed to build"
-  if [[ "$testcase_flags" == --noremote_accept_cached ]]; then
-    expect_log "2 processes: 1 internal, 1 remote." "CASE 4: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
-  else
-    expect_log "2 processes: 1 disk cache hit, 1 internal." "CASE 4: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
-  fi
+  expect_log "2 processes: 1 disk cache hit, 1 internal." "CASE 4: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
 
   # One last slightly more complicated case.
   # Build a target that depended on the last target but we clean and clear the remote cache.
@@ -1474,11 +1466,7 @@ EOF
   bazel clean
   bazel build $spawn_flags $testcase_flags --genrule_strategy=remote $remote_exec_flags $grpc_flags $disk_flags //a:test2 &> $TEST_log \
         || fail "CASE 5 failed to build //a:test2"
-  if [[ "$testcase_flags" == --noremote_accept_cached ]]; then
-    expect_log "3 processes: 1 internal, 2 remote." "CASE 5: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
-  else
-    expect_log "3 processes: 1 disk cache hit, 1 internal, 1 remote." "CASE 5: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
-  fi
+  expect_log "3 processes: 1 disk cache hit, 1 internal, 1 remote." "CASE 5: unexpected action line [[$(grep processes $TEST_log)]]"
 }
 
 function test_combined_disk_remote_exec_nocache_tag() {