diff --git a/benchmarks/BUILD b/benchmarks/BUILD
index 9515e8653e..07207fc6c7 100644
--- a/benchmarks/BUILD
+++ b/benchmarks/BUILD
@@ -249,4 +249,5 @@ genrule(
     cmd = "size $$($$OSTYPE == 'linux-gnu' ? '--format=GNU -d' : '') $(SRCS) > $@",
     # "size" sometimes isn't available remotely.
     local = 1,
+    tags = ["no-remote-exec"],
 )