diff --git a/infer/src/backend/config.ml b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
index 0cba6090e..151036afe 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
@@ -634,6 +634,10 @@ and seconds_per_iteration =
   CLOpt.mk_float ~deprecated:["seconds_per_iteration"] ~long:"seconds-per-iteration" ~default:0.
     ~meta:"float" "Set the number of seconds per iteration"
 
+and skip_translation_headers =
+  CLOpt.mk_string_list ~deprecated:["skip_translation_headers"] ~long:"skip-translation-headers"
+    ~meta:"path prefix" "Ignore headers whose path matches the given prefix"
+
 and source_file =
   CLOpt.mk_string_opt ~long:"source-file" ~short:"c" ~meta:"file" "File to translate"
 
@@ -1075,6 +1079,7 @@ and save_analysis_results = !save_results
 and seconds_per_iteration = !seconds_per_iteration
 and show_buckets = !print_buckets
 and show_progress_bar = !progress_bar
+and skip_translation_headers = !skip_translation_headers
 and source_file = !source_file
 and source_file_copy = !source_file_copy
 and spec_abs_level = !spec_abs_level
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/config.mli b/infer/src/backend/config.mli
index a0c1e798e..d4ac970b2 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/config.mli
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ val save_analysis_results : string option
 val seconds_per_iteration : float
 val show_buckets : bool
 val show_progress_bar : bool
+val skip_translation_headers : string list
 val source_file : string option
 val source_file_copy : string option
 val spec_abs_level : int
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
index 215d09174..0b34b1f98 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
@@ -407,8 +407,5 @@ let test () =
              matching_s)
     (Sys.getcwd ())
 
-let skip_translation_headers =
-  lazy (lookup_string_list "skip_translation_headers" (Lazy.force Config.inferconfig_json))
-
 let skip_clang_analysis_in_path =
   lazy (lookup_string_list "skip-clang-analysis-in-path" (Lazy.force Config.inferconfig_json))
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
index a283433df..bf6a7f30f 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ end
 (** Load the config file and list the files to report on *)
 val test: unit -> unit
 
-val skip_translation_headers : string list Lazy.t
-
 val skip_clang_analysis_in_path : string list Lazy.t
 
 (** is_checker_enabled [error_name] is [true] if [error_name] is whitelisted in .inferconfig or if
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml b/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
index fb6e396f0..3cfa89866 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ let file_in_project file =
   match Config.project_root with
   | Some root ->
       let file_in_project = string_is_prefix root file in
-      let paths = Lazy.force Inferconfig.skip_translation_headers in
+      let paths = Config.skip_translation_headers in
       let file_should_be_skipped =
         IList.exists
           (fun path -> string_is_prefix (Filename.concat root path) file)