diff --git a/infra/ansible/config/vars.yaml b/infra/ansible/config/vars.yaml
index c457ba8608b9..d9e0258c709c 100644
--- a/infra/ansible/config/vars.yaml
+++ b/infra/ansible/config/vars.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,5 @@ clang_version: 17
 package_version: 2.3.0
 # If set to true, wheels will be renamed to $WHEEL_NAME-nightly-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl.
 nightly_release: false
-# Whether to disable XRT during build
-disable_xrt: 0
 # Whether to preinstall libtpu in the PyTorch/XLA wheel. Ignored for GPU build.
 bundle_libtpu: 1