diff --git a/benchmarking/java/com/google/j2cl/benchmarking/benchmarks.bzl b/benchmarking/java/com/google/j2cl/benchmarking/benchmarks.bzl
index 7b1624fcc0..0ed153bf74 100644
--- a/benchmarking/java/com/google/j2cl/benchmarking/benchmarks.bzl
+++ b/benchmarking/java/com/google/j2cl/benchmarking/benchmarks.bzl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def benchmark(name, deps = [], data = [], jvm_only = False, perfgate_test_tags =
         name = "%s_local" % name,
         testonly = 1,
         main_class = "%s.%sLauncher" % (benchmark_java_package, name),
+        use_launcher = False,
         runtime_deps = [":%s_lib" % name],
         jvm_flags = JVM_FLAGS,
     )
diff --git a/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/BUILD b/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/BUILD
index a11fe6e136..b6481d2680 100644
--- a/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/BUILD
+++ b/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/gwtincompatible/BUILD
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ java_library(
 java_binary(
     name = "GwtIncompatibleStripper",
     main_class = "com.google.j2cl.tools.gwtincompatible.GwtIncompatibleStripperCommandLineRunner",
+    use_launcher = False,
     runtime_deps = [":gwtincompatible_lib"],
 )
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ java_binary(
     name = "GwtIncompatibleStripper_worker",
     jvm_flags = JVM_FLAGS,
     main_class = "com.google.j2cl.tools.gwtincompatible.BazelGwtIncompatibleStripper",
+    use_launcher = False,
     visibility = ["//build_defs/internal_do_not_use:__pkg__"],
     runtime_deps = [":gwtincompatible_worker_lib"],
 )
diff --git a/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/rta/BUILD b/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/rta/BUILD
index 215882fee9..b78d9f83be 100644
--- a/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/rta/BUILD
+++ b/tools/java/com/google/j2cl/tools/rta/BUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ java_binary(
     name = "J2clRta_worker",
     jvm_flags = JVM_FLAGS,
     main_class = "com.google.j2cl.tools.rta.BazelJ2clRta",
+    use_launcher = False,
     visibility = ["//build_defs/internal_do_not_use:__pkg__"],
     runtime_deps = [":rta"],
 )
diff --git a/transpiler/java/com/google/j2cl/transpiler/BUILD b/transpiler/java/com/google/j2cl/transpiler/BUILD
index af41398415..e9c561f202 100644
--- a/transpiler/java/com/google/j2cl/transpiler/BUILD
+++ b/transpiler/java/com/google/j2cl/transpiler/BUILD
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ java_binary(
         "-XX:+TieredCompilation",
     ],
     main_class = "com.google.j2cl.transpiler.J2clCommandLineRunner",
+    use_launcher = False,
     runtime_deps = [":commandlinerunner_lib"],
 )
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ java_binary(
     name = "BazelJ2clBuilder",
     jvm_flags = JVM_FLAGS,
     main_class = "com.google.j2cl.transpiler.BazelJ2clBuilder",
+    use_launcher = False,
     visibility = ["//build_defs/internal_do_not_use:__pkg__"],
     runtime_deps = [":bazelbuilder_lib"],
 )
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ java_binary(
     name = "BazelJ2wasmExportGenerator",
     jvm_flags = JVM_FLAGS,
     main_class = "com.google.j2cl.transpiler.BazelJ2wasmExportsGenerator",
+    use_launcher = False,
     visibility = ["//build_defs/internal_do_not_use:__pkg__"],
     runtime_deps = [":bazelwasmexportgenerator_lib"],
 )
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ java_binary(
     name = "BazelJ2wasmBundler",
     jvm_flags = JVM_FLAGS,
     main_class = "com.google.j2cl.transpiler.BazelJ2wasmBundler",
+    use_launcher = False,
     visibility = ["//build_defs/internal_do_not_use:__pkg__"],
     runtime_deps = [":bazelj2wasmbundler_lib"],
 )