diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs
index 7591c7d3d2d..6a81eb4aea2 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/context/mod.rs
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ impl<'a, 'cfg> Context<'a, 'cfg> {
     /// Returns whether when `unit` is built whether it should emit metadata as
     /// well because some compilations rely on that.
     pub fn rmeta_required(&self, unit: &Unit) -> bool {
-        self.rmeta_required.contains(unit) || self.bcx.config.cli_unstable().timings.is_some()
+        self.rmeta_required.contains(unit)
     }
 
     pub fn new_jobserver(&mut self) -> CargoResult<Client> {