diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/SpawnLogModule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/SpawnLogModule.java
index e78ce847d046f1..8e68686938305f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/SpawnLogModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/SpawnLogModule.java
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ public void buildComplete(BuildCompleteEvent event) {
 
     try {
       spawnLogContext.close();
-      event.getResult().getBuildToolLogCollection().addLocalFile("execution.log", outputPath);
+      if (spawnLogContext.shouldPublish()) {
+        event.getResult().getBuildToolLogCollection().addLocalFile("execution.log", outputPath);
+      }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       abruptExit =
           new AbruptExitException(