diff --git a/tools/internal_ci/windows/bazel_rbe.bat b/tools/internal_ci/windows/bazel_rbe.bat
index e55534e2e84..8d8ea118ebd 100644
--- a/tools/internal_ci/windows/bazel_rbe.bat
+++ b/tools/internal_ci/windows/bazel_rbe.bat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ powershell -Command "[guid]::NewGuid().ToString()" >%KOKORO_ARTIFACTS_DIR%/bazel
 set /p BAZEL_INVOCATION_ID=<%KOKORO_ARTIFACTS_DIR%/bazel_invocation_ids
 
 @rem TODO(jtattermusch): windows RBE should be able to use the same credentials as Linux RBE.
-bazel --bazelrc=tools/remote_build/windows.bazelrc build --invocation_id="%BAZEL_INVOCATION_ID%" --workspace_status_command=tools/remote_build/workspace_status_kokoro.sh :all --incompatible_disallow_filetype=false --google_credentials=%KOKORO_GFILE_DIR%/rbe-windows-credentials.json
+bazel --bazelrc=tools/remote_build/windows.bazelrc build --invocation_id="%BAZEL_INVOCATION_ID%" --workspace_status_command=tools/remote_build/workspace_status_kokoro.sh :all --google_credentials=%KOKORO_GFILE_DIR%/rbe-windows-credentials.json
 set BAZEL_EXITCODE=%errorlevel%
 
 @rem TODO(jtattermusch): upload results to bigquery
diff --git a/tools/remote_build/windows.bazelrc b/tools/remote_build/windows.bazelrc
index 9fd3071e79f..825d6765de9 100644
--- a/tools/remote_build/windows.bazelrc
+++ b/tools/remote_build/windows.bazelrc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 startup --host_jvm_args=-Dbazel.DigestFunction=SHA256
 
-build --remote_cache=remotebuildexecution.googleapis.com
-build --remote_executor=remotebuildexecution.googleapis.com
-build --tls_enabled=true
+build --remote_cache=grpcs://remotebuildexecution.googleapis.com
+build --remote_executor=grpcs://remotebuildexecution.googleapis.com
 
 build --host_crosstool_top=//third_party/toolchains/bazel_0.26.0_rbe_windows:toolchain
 build --crosstool_top=//third_party/toolchains/bazel_0.26.0_rbe_windows:toolchain
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ test --test_env=GRPC_VERBOSITY=debug
 
 # Set flags for uploading to BES in order to view results in the Bazel Build
 # Results UI.
-build --bes_backend="buildeventservice.googleapis.com"
+build --bes_backend=grpcs://buildeventservice.googleapis.com
 build --bes_timeout=60s
 build --bes_results_url="https://source.cloud.google.com/results/invocations/"
 build --project_id=grpc-testing