diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index e4b302473..e280480a6 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -1479,12 +1479,6 @@ INTERNAL OPTIONS
        --modified-lines-reset
            Cancel the effect of --modified-lines.
 
-       --modified-targets file
-           Read the file of Buck targets modified since the last analysis
-
-       --modified-targets-reset
-           Cancel the effect of --modified-targets.
-
        --monitor-prop-size
            Activates: Monitor size of props, and print every time the current
            max is exceeded (Conversely: --no-monitor-prop-size)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
index 6953b69b2..e7706ad67 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ let register_active_checkers () =
 
 
 let main ~changed_files =
-  ( match Config.modified_targets with
-  | Some file ->
-      MergeCapture.record_modified_targets_from_file file
-  | None ->
-      () ) ;
   register_active_checkers () ;
   if Config.reanalyze then Summary.reset_all ~filter:(Lazy.force Filtering.procedures_filter) ()
   else DB.Results_dir.clean_specs_dir () ;
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml b/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml
index 400066044..32823cf1b 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.ml
@@ -6,146 +6,10 @@
  *)
 
 open! IStd
-open PolyVariantEqual
 module L = Logging
 
 (** Module to merge the results of capture for different buck targets. *)
 
-(** Flag to control whether the timestamp of symbolic links
-    is used to determine whether a captured directory needs to be merged. *)
-let check_timestamp_of_symlinks = true
-
-let buck_out () = Filename.concat Config.project_root "buck-out"
-
-let modified_targets = ref String.Set.empty
-
-let record_modified_targets_from_file file =
-  match Utils.read_file file with
-  | Ok targets ->
-      modified_targets := List.fold ~f:String.Set.add ~init:String.Set.empty targets
-  | Error error ->
-      L.user_error "Failed to read modified targets file '%s': %s@." file error ;
-      ()
-
-
-type stats = {mutable files_linked: int; mutable targets_merged: int}
-
-let empty_stats () = {files_linked= 0; targets_merged= 0}
-
-let link_exists s =
-  try
-    ignore (Unix.lstat s) ;
-    true
-  with Unix.Unix_error _ -> false
-
-
-let create_link ~stats src dst =
-  if link_exists dst then Unix.unlink dst ;
-  Unix.symlink ~src ~dst ;
-  (* Set the accessed and modified time of the original file slightly in the past.  Due to
-     the coarse precision of the timestamps, it is possible for the source and destination of a
-     link to have the same modification time. When this happens, the files will be considered to
-     need re-analysis every time, indefinitely. *)
-  let near_past = Unix.gettimeofday () -. 1. in
-  Unix.utimes src ~access:near_past ~modif:near_past ;
-  stats.files_linked <- stats.files_linked + 1
-
-
-(** Create symbolic links recursively from the destination to the source.
-    Replicate the structure of the source directory in the destination,
-    with files replaced by links to the source. *)
-let rec slink ~stats ~skiplevels src dst =
-  L.(debug MergeCapture Verbose) "slink src:%s dst:%s skiplevels:%d@." src dst skiplevels ;
-  if Sys.is_directory src = `Yes then (
-    if Sys.file_exists dst <> `Yes then Unix.mkdir dst ~perm:0o700 ;
-    let items = Sys.readdir src in
-    Array.iter
-      ~f:(fun item ->
-        slink ~stats ~skiplevels:(skiplevels - 1) (Filename.concat src item)
-          (Filename.concat dst item) )
-      items )
-  else if skiplevels > 0 then ()
-  else create_link ~stats src dst
-
-
-(** Determine if the destination should link to the source.
-    To check if it was linked before, check if all the captured source files
-    from the source are also in the destination.
-    And for each of the files inside (.cfg, .cg, etc), check that the destinations
-    of symbolic links were not modified after the links themselves. *)
-let should_link ~target ~target_results_dir ~stats infer_out_src infer_out_dst =
-  let num_captured_files = ref 0 in
-  let symlink_up_to_date file =
-    let filename = DB.filename_from_string file in
-    let time_orig = DB.file_modified_time ~symlink:false filename in
-    let time_link = DB.file_modified_time ~symlink:true filename in
-    L.(debug MergeCapture Verbose) "file:%s time_orig:%f time_link:%f@." file time_orig time_link ;
-    time_link > time_orig
-  in
-  let symlinks_up_to_date captured_file =
-    if Sys.is_directory captured_file = `Yes then
-      let contents = Array.to_list (Sys.readdir captured_file) in
-      List.for_all
-        ~f:(fun file ->
-          let file_path = Filename.concat captured_file file in
-          Sys.file_exists file_path = `Yes
-          && ((not check_timestamp_of_symlinks) || symlink_up_to_date file_path) )
-        contents
-    else true
-  in
-  let check_file captured_file =
-    Sys.file_exists captured_file = `Yes && symlinks_up_to_date captured_file
-  in
-  let was_copied () =
-    let captured_src = Filename.concat infer_out_src Config.captured_dir_name in
-    let captured_dst = Filename.concat infer_out_dst Config.captured_dir_name in
-    if Sys.file_exists captured_src = `Yes && Sys.is_directory captured_src = `Yes then (
-      let captured_files = Array.to_list (Sys.readdir captured_src) in
-      num_captured_files := List.length captured_files ;
-      List.for_all ~f:(fun file -> check_file (Filename.concat captured_dst file)) captured_files )
-    else true
-  in
-  let was_modified () = String.Set.mem !modified_targets target in
-  let r = was_modified () || not (was_copied ()) in
-  if r then stats.targets_merged <- stats.targets_merged + 1 ;
-  L.(debug MergeCapture Verbose)
-    "lnk:%s:%d %s@."
-    (if r then "T" else "F")
-    !num_captured_files target_results_dir ;
-  if r then L.(debug MergeCapture Medium) "%s@." target_results_dir ;
-  r
-
-
-(** should_link needs to know whether the source file has changed,
-    and  to determine whether the destination has never been copied.
-    In both cases, perform the link. *)
-let process_merge_file deps_file =
-  let infer_out_dst = Config.results_dir in
-  let stats = empty_stats () in
-  let process_line line =
-    match Str.split_delim (Str.regexp (Str.quote "\t")) line with
-    | target :: _ :: target_results_dir :: _ ->
-        let infer_out_src =
-          if Filename.is_relative target_results_dir then
-            Filename.dirname (buck_out ()) ^/ target_results_dir
-          else target_results_dir
-        in
-        let skiplevels = 2 in
-        (* Don't link toplevel files *)
-        if should_link ~target ~target_results_dir ~stats infer_out_src infer_out_dst then
-          slink ~stats ~skiplevels infer_out_src infer_out_dst
-    | _ ->
-        ()
-  in
-  ( match Utils.read_file deps_file with
-  | Ok lines ->
-      List.iter ~f:process_line lines
-  | Error error ->
-      L.internal_error "Couldn't read deps file '%s': %s" deps_file error ) ;
-  L.progress "Targets merged: %d@\n" stats.targets_merged ;
-  L.progress "Files linked: %d@\n" stats.files_linked
-
-
 let merge_global_tenvs infer_deps_file =
   let global_tenv = Tenv.create () in
   let merge infer_out_src =
@@ -165,7 +29,6 @@ let merge_captured_targets () =
   let infer_deps_file = Config.(results_dir ^/ buck_infer_deps_file_name) in
   MergeResults.merge_buck_flavors_results infer_deps_file ;
   if Config.genrule_master_mode then merge_global_tenvs infer_deps_file ;
-  process_merge_file infer_deps_file ;
   L.progress "Merging captured Buck targets took %a@\n%!" Mtime.Span.pp (Mtime_clock.count time0)
 
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.mli b/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.mli
index ab78eca60..739abfa35 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/mergeCapture.mli
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@
 
 open! IStd
 
-val record_modified_targets_from_file : string -> unit
-
 val merge_captured_targets : unit -> unit
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index f20fd51bc..a0df8274d 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -1703,11 +1703,6 @@ and modified_lines =
      with $(b,--test-determinator)."
 
 
-and modified_targets =
-  CLOpt.mk_path_opt ~deprecated:["modified_targets"] ~long:"modified-targets" ~meta:"file"
-    "Read the file of Buck targets modified since the last analysis"
-
-
 and monitor_prop_size =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~deprecated:["monitor_prop_size"] ~long:"monitor-prop-size"
     "Monitor size of props, and print every time the current max is exceeded"
@@ -2913,8 +2908,6 @@ and models_mode = !models_mode
 
 and modified_lines = !modified_lines
 
-and modified_targets = !modified_targets
-
 and monitor_prop_size = !monitor_prop_size
 
 and nelseg = !nelseg
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index c34f9a79b..09e920665 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -496,8 +496,6 @@ val models_mode : bool
 
 val modified_lines : string option
 
-val modified_targets : string option
-
 val monitor_prop_size : bool
 
 val nelseg : bool