diff --git a/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel b/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel
index 74dcc043af..e3c4a84d84 100644
--- a/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ incompatible_flag(
 
 incompatible_flag(
     name = "incompatible_remove_transitive_libs_from_dep_info",
-    build_setting_default = False,
+    build_setting_default = True,
     issue = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/issues/1051",
 )