diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index 3578f72d7..0b904d9ec 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -1346,9 +1346,6 @@ INTERNAL OPTIONS
            test-determinator. It is used together with the --modified-lines.
            (Conversely: --no-export-changed-functions)
 
-       --export-changed-functions-output path
-           Name of file for export-changed-functions results
-
        --external-java-packages-reset
            Set --external-java-packages to the empty list.
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml b/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml
index dd2bf7c6a..8db319936 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ let merge_global_tenvs infer_deps_file =
   L.progress "Merging type environments took %a@." Mtime.Span.pp (Mtime_clock.count time0)
 
 
-let merge_json_results infer_out_src json_file_name =
-  let main_changed_fs_file = Config.results_dir ^/ json_file_name in
-  let changed_fs_file = infer_out_src ^/ json_file_name in
+let merge_json_results infer_out_src json_entry =
+  let main_changed_fs_file = ResultsDir.get_path json_entry in
+  let changed_fs_file = ResultsDirEntryName.get_path ~results_dir:infer_out_src json_entry in
   let main_json = try YB.from_file main_changed_fs_file |> YBU.to_list with Sys_error _ -> [] in
   let changed_json = try YB.from_file changed_fs_file |> YBU.to_list with Sys_error _ -> [] in
   let all_fs =
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ let merge_all_json_results merge_results results_json_str =
 
 let merge_changed_functions () =
   let merge_changed_functions_json infer_out_src =
-    merge_json_results infer_out_src Config.export_changed_functions_output
+    merge_json_results infer_out_src ChangedFunctions
   in
   merge_all_json_results merge_changed_functions_json "changed functions"
 
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index bd531ce58..dee1da0ea 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -2179,11 +2179,6 @@ and export_changed_functions =
      the $(b,--modified-lines)."
 
 
-and export_changed_functions_output =
-  CLOpt.mk_path ~long:"export-changed-functions-output" ~default:"changed_functions.json"
-    "Name of file for export-changed-functions results"
-
-
 and scheduler =
   CLOpt.mk_symbol ~long:"scheduler" ~default:File ~eq:equal_scheduler
     ~symbols:[("file", File); ("restart", Restart); ("callgraph", SyntacticCallGraph)]
@@ -3032,8 +3027,6 @@ and test_determinator_output = !test_determinator_output
 
 and export_changed_functions = !export_changed_functions
 
-and export_changed_functions_output = !export_changed_functions_output
-
 and test_filtering = !test_filtering
 
 and profiler_samples = !profiler_samples
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index facca7ad3..5d0a90ff8 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -600,8 +600,6 @@ val test_determinator_output : string
 
 val export_changed_functions : bool
 
-val export_changed_functions_output : string
-
 val test_filtering : bool
 
 val testing_mode : bool
diff --git a/infer/src/base/ResultsDir.ml b/infer/src/base/ResultsDir.ml
index 5b69e395f..d10296a44 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/ResultsDir.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/ResultsDir.ml
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ let scrub_for_caching () =
               [ report_json
               ; costs_report_json
               ; test_determinator_output
-              ; export_changed_functions_output ]))
+              ; (* ChangedFunctions; TODO: this hard-coded string will be deleted in a next diff
+                   when the logic for scrubbing will be entirely in {!ResultsDirEntryName}. *)
+                "changed_functions.json" ]))
       && ( List.mem ~equal:String.equal files_to_delete (Filename.basename name)
          || List.exists ~f:(Filename.check_suffix name) suffixes_to_delete )
   in
diff --git a/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.ml b/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.ml
index a94a179ef..02ac04c7d 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.ml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *)
 open! IStd
 
-type id = Logs | Specs | Temporary [@@deriving enumerate]
+type id = ChangedFunctions | Logs | Specs | Temporary [@@deriving enumerate]
 
 type cleanup_action = Delete | Keep [@@deriving equal]
 
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ type t =
             e.g., a distributed Buck cache. *) }
 
 let of_id = function
+  | ChangedFunctions ->
+      { rel_path= "changed_functions.json"
+      ; kind= File
+      ; before_incremental_analysis= Delete
+      ; before_caching_capture= Keep }
   | Logs ->
       { rel_path= "logs"
       ; kind= File
diff --git a/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.mli b/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.mli
index a8c36229a..b15be65a7 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/ResultsDirEntryName.mli
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ open! IStd
     directory you probably want to use {!ResultsDir.Entry} instead of this module. *)
 
 type id =
+  | ChangedFunctions  (** results of the clang test determinator *)
   | Logs  (** log file *)
   | Specs  (** directory containing summaries as .specs files *)
   | Temporary  (** directory containing temp files *)
diff --git a/infer/src/test_determinator/testDeterminator.ml b/infer/src/test_determinator/testDeterminator.ml
index 3639c95c1..6ca12e60b 100644
--- a/infer/src/test_determinator/testDeterminator.ml
+++ b/infer/src/test_determinator/testDeterminator.ml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ let emit_relevant_methods relevant_methods =
       (List.map (Procname.Set.elements relevant_methods) ~f:Procname.to_string)
   in
   let json = `List (List.map ~f:(fun t -> `String t) cleaned_methods) in
-  let outpath = Config.results_dir ^/ Config.export_changed_functions_output in
+  let outpath = ResultsDir.get_path ChangedFunctions in
   YB.to_file outpath json