diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index 57e71f7ca..566cbaae4 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -1552,6 +1552,10 @@ INTERNAL OPTIONS
            --per-procedure-parallelism. If 0 is specified, each file is
            divided into --jobs groups of procedures.
 
+       --no-process-clang-ast
+           Deactivates: process the ast to emit some info about the file (Not
+           available for Java) (Conversely: --process-clang-ast)
+
        --procs-csv file
            Write statistics for each procedure in CSV format to a file
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.ml b/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.ml
index 474eff7fa..909e1ec89 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.ml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type stats_kind = Time of Mtime_clock.counter * Unix.process_times | Memory | Ti
 type stats_type =
   | ClangLinters of SourceFile.t
   | ClangFrontend of SourceFile.t
-  | ClangFrontendLinters of SourceFile.t
+  | ClangProcessAST of SourceFile.t
   | JavaFrontend of SourceFile.t
   | TotalFrontend
   | Backend of SourceFile.t
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type stats_type =
 let source_file_of_stats_type = function
   | ClangLinters source_file
   | ClangFrontend source_file
-  | ClangFrontendLinters source_file
+  | ClangProcessAST source_file
   | JavaFrontend source_file
   | Backend source_file ->
       Some source_file
@@ -64,19 +64,9 @@ let relative_path_of_stats_type stats_type =
   in
   let dirname =
     match stats_type with
-    | ClangLinters _ ->
+    | ClangLinters _ | ClangFrontend _ | ClangProcessAST _ | JavaFrontend _ | TotalFrontend ->
         Config.frontend_stats_dir_name
-    | ClangFrontend _ ->
-        Config.frontend_stats_dir_name
-    | ClangFrontendLinters _ ->
-        Config.frontend_stats_dir_name
-    | JavaFrontend _ ->
-        Config.frontend_stats_dir_name
-    | TotalFrontend ->
-        Config.frontend_stats_dir_name
-    | Backend _ ->
-        Config.backend_stats_dir_name
-    | TotalBackend ->
+    | Backend _ | TotalBackend ->
         Config.backend_stats_dir_name
     | Reporting ->
         Config.reporting_stats_dir_name
@@ -91,8 +81,8 @@ let string_of_stats_type = function
       "linters"
   | ClangFrontend _ ->
       "clang_frontend"
-  | ClangFrontendLinters _ ->
-      "clang_frontend_and_linters"
+  | ClangProcessAST _ ->
+      "clang_process_ast"
   | JavaFrontend _ ->
       "java_frontend"
   | TotalFrontend ->
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.mli b/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.mli
index 1b1f27dcb..d6daef9e5 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/PerfStats.mli
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type stats_kind = Time of Mtime_clock.counter * Unix.process_times | Memory | Ti
 type stats_type =
   | ClangLinters of SourceFile.t
   | ClangFrontend of SourceFile.t
-  | ClangFrontendLinters of SourceFile.t
+  | ClangProcessAST of SourceFile.t
   | JavaFrontend of SourceFile.t
   | TotalFrontend
   | Backend of SourceFile.t
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 44674627d..2f0ad0618 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ let equal_analyzer = [%compare.equal: analyzer]
 
 let string_to_analyzer = [("checkers", Checkers); ("linters", Linters)]
 
-let clang_frontend_action_symbols =
-  [("lint", `Lint); ("capture", `Capture); ("lint_and_capture", `Lint_and_capture)]
-
-
 let ml_bucket_symbols =
   [ ("all", `MLeak_all)
   ; ("cf", `MLeak_cf)
@@ -1027,13 +1023,6 @@ and clang_blacklisted_flags_with_arg =
 
 and clang_compilation_dbs = ref []
 
-and clang_frontend_action =
-  CLOpt.mk_symbol_opt ~long:"" ~deprecated:["-clang-frontend-action"]
-    ~in_help:InferCommand.[(Capture, manual_clang); (Run, manual_clang)]
-    (* doc only shows up in deprecation warnings *)
-    "use --capture and --linters instead" ~symbols:clang_frontend_action_symbols
-
-
 and clang_ignore_regex =
   CLOpt.mk_string_opt ~long:"clang-ignore-regex" ~meta:"dir_OCaml_regex"
     "The files in this regex will be ignored in the compilation process and an empty file will be \
@@ -1914,6 +1903,12 @@ and procedures_source_file =
      output of $(b,--procedures)"
 
 
+and process_clang_ast =
+  CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"process-clang-ast"
+    ~default:true (* To be made false after this is deployed *)
+    "process the ast to emit some info about the file (Not available for Java)"
+
+
 and procs_csv =
   CLOpt.mk_path_opt ~deprecated:["procs"] ~long:"procs-csv" ~meta:"file"
     "Write statistics for each procedure in CSV format to a file"
@@ -2767,16 +2762,7 @@ and bufferoverrun = !bufferoverrun
 
 and call_graph_schedule = !call_graph_schedule
 
-and capture =
-  (* take `--clang-frontend-action` as the source of truth as long as that option exists *)
-  match !clang_frontend_action with
-  | Some (`Capture | `Lint_and_capture) ->
-      true
-  | Some `Lint ->
-      false
-  | None ->
-      !capture
-
+and capture = !capture
 
 and capture_blacklist = !capture_blacklist
 
@@ -2949,16 +2935,7 @@ and join_cond = !join_cond
 
 and linter = !linter
 
-and linters =
-  (* take `--clang-frontend-action` as the source of truth as long as that option exists *)
-  match !clang_frontend_action with
-  | Some (`Lint | `Lint_and_capture) ->
-      true
-  | Some `Capture ->
-      false
-  | None ->
-      !linters
-
+and linters = !linters
 
 and linters_def_file = !linters_def_file
 
@@ -3064,6 +3041,8 @@ and[@warning "-32"] procedures_per_process = !procedures_per_process
 
 and procedures_source_file = !procedures_source_file
 
+and process_clang_ast = !process_clang_ast
+
 and progress_bar =
   if !progress_bar then
     match !progress_bar_style with
@@ -3286,8 +3265,10 @@ and xcpretty = !xcpretty
 let captured_dir = results_dir ^/ captured_dir_name
 
 let clang_frontend_action_string =
-  String.concat ~sep:" and "
-    ((if capture then ["translating"] else []) @ if linters then ["linting"] else [])
+  let text = if capture then ["translating"] else [] in
+  let text = if linters then "linting" :: text else text in
+  let text = if process_clang_ast then "processing" :: text else text in
+  String.concat ~sep:", " text
 
 
 (* Specify treatment of dynamic dispatch in Java code: false 'none' treats dynamic dispatch as
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index e4d6df3f6..3b45b46bc 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ val clang_blacklisted_flags : string list
 
 val clang_blacklisted_flags_with_arg : string list
 
-val clang_frontend_action_string : string
-
 val clang_ignore_regex : string option
 
 val clang_isystem_to_override_regex : Str.regexp option
@@ -544,6 +542,10 @@ val procedures_name : bool
 
 val procedures_source_file : bool
 
+val process_clang_ast : bool
+
+val clang_frontend_action_string : string
+
 val procs_csv : string option
 
 val profiler_samples : string option
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml b/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml
index 04b4abdfa..828d35410 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/Capture.ml
@@ -22,17 +22,15 @@ let validate_decl_from_channel chan =
     Clang_ast_b.read_decl chan
 
 
+(**FIXME(T54413835): Make the perf stats in the frontend work when one runs more than one frontend action *)
 let register_perf_stats_report source_file =
   let stats_type =
-    match (Config.capture, Config.linters) with
-    | true, true ->
-        PerfStats.ClangFrontendLinters source_file
-    | true, false ->
-        PerfStats.ClangFrontend source_file
-    | false, true ->
-        PerfStats.ClangLinters source_file
-    | false, false ->
-        Logging.(die UserError) "Clang frontend should be run in capture and/or linters mode."
+    if Config.capture then PerfStats.ClangFrontend source_file
+    else if Config.linters then PerfStats.ClangLinters source_file
+    else if Config.process_clang_ast then PerfStats.ClangProcessAST source_file
+    else
+      Logging.(die UserError)
+        "Clang frontend should be run in capture, linters or process AST mode."
   in
   PerfStats.register_report_at_exit stats_type
 
@@ -95,15 +93,13 @@ let run_clang_frontend ast_source =
         Format.fprintf fmt "stdin of %a" SourceFile.pp trans_unit_ctx.CFrontend_config.source_file
   in
   ClangPointers.populate_all_tables ast_decl ;
-  L.(debug Capture Quiet) "Clang frontend action is %s@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string ;
   L.(debug Capture Medium)
-    "Start %s of AST from %a@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string pp_ast_filename ast_source ;
+    "Start %s the AST of %a@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string pp_ast_filename ast_source ;
   if Config.linters then AL.do_frontend_checks trans_unit_ctx ast_decl ;
-  if Config.export_changed_functions then
-    ProcessAST.export_changed_functions trans_unit_ctx ast_decl ;
+  if Config.process_clang_ast then ProcessAST.process_ast trans_unit_ctx ast_decl ;
   if Config.capture then CFrontend.do_source_file trans_unit_ctx ast_decl ;
   L.(debug Capture Medium)
-    "End %s of AST file %a... OK!@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string pp_ast_filename
+    "End %s the AST of file %a... OK!@\n" Config.clang_frontend_action_string pp_ast_filename
     ast_source ;
   print_elapsed ()
 
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.ml b/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.ml
index d6a4b3ba1..f72b6617c 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.ml
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ let export_changed_functions trans_unit_ctx ast_decl =
       ~f
   in
   call_f ()
+
+
+let process_ast trans_unit_ctx ast_decl =
+  if Config.export_changed_functions then export_changed_functions trans_unit_ctx ast_decl
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.mli b/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.mli
index 824778b39..a5637c291 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.mli
+++ b/infer/src/clang/ProcessAST.mli
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@
  *)
 open! IStd
 
-val export_changed_functions :
-  CFrontend_config.translation_unit_context -> Clang_ast_t.decl -> unit
+val process_ast : CFrontend_config.translation_unit_context -> Clang_ast_t.decl -> unit