diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/HelpCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/HelpCommand.java
index edbe662bd1d9db..c055e2cdb13b55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/HelpCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/HelpCommand.java
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ private static void emitFlagsAsProtoHelp(BlazeRuntime runtime, OutErr outErr) {
   private static BazelFlagsProto.FlagInfo.Builder createFlagInfo(OptionDefinition option) {
     BazelFlagsProto.FlagInfo.Builder flagBuilder = BazelFlagsProto.FlagInfo.newBuilder();
     flagBuilder.setName(option.getOptionName());
-    flagBuilder.setHasNegativeFlag(option.hasNegativeOption());
+    flagBuilder.setHasNegativeFlag(option.usesBooleanValueSyntax());
     flagBuilder.setDocumentation(option.getHelpText());
     flagBuilder.setAllowsMultiple(option.allowsMultiple());
     flagBuilder.setRequiresValue(option.requiresValue());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionDefinition.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionDefinition.java
index 2d3d112248e2b6..23fb4bf80c1e7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionDefinition.java
@@ -174,11 +174,6 @@ public boolean getOldNameWarning() {
     return optionAnnotation.oldNameWarning();
   }
 
-  /** Returns whether an option --foo has a negative equivalent --nofoo. */
-  public boolean hasNegativeOption() {
-    return getType().equals(boolean.class) || getType().equals(TriState.class);
-  }
-
   /** The type of the optionDefinition. */
   public Class<?> getType() {
     return field.getType();