diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionsParser.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionsParser.java
index 0c0d2ab8dc858c..61486ae23171d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionsParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/common/options/OptionsParser.java
@@ -758,10 +758,8 @@ public ImmutableList<String> parseArgsAsExpansionOfOption(
   private void addResidueFromResult(OptionsParserImplResult result) throws OptionsParsingException {
     residue.addAll(result.getResidue());
     postDoubleDashResidue.addAll(result.postDoubleDashResidue);
-    if (!allowResidue && (!getSkippedArgs().isEmpty() || !residue.isEmpty())) {
-      String errorMsg =
-          "Unrecognized arguments: "
-              + Joiner.on(' ').join(Iterables.concat(getSkippedArgs(), residue));
+    if (!allowResidue && !residue.isEmpty()) {
+      String errorMsg = "Unrecognized arguments: " + Joiner.on(' ').join(residue);
       throw new OptionsParsingException(errorMsg);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/BlazeOptionHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/BlazeOptionHandlerTest.java
index 5382931a0a7f45..e85cef48b36ee8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/BlazeOptionHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/BlazeOptionHandlerTest.java
@@ -437,24 +437,6 @@ public void testParseOptions_residue() {
     assertThat(optionHandler.getRcfileNotes()).isEmpty();
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testParseOptions_disallowResidue_skippedArgsLeadToFailure() throws Exception {
-    ImmutableList<Class<? extends OptionsBase>> optionsClasses =
-        ImmutableList.of(TestOptions.class, CommonCommandOptions.class, ClientOptions.class);
-
-    BlazeOptionHandlerTestHelper helper =
-        new BlazeOptionHandlerTestHelper(
-            optionsClasses,
-            /* allowResidue= */ false,
-            /* aliasFlag= */ null,
-            /* skipStarlarkPrefixes= */ true);
-    OptionsParser parser = helper.getOptionsParser();
-
-    OptionsParsingException e =
-        assertThrows(OptionsParsingException.class, () -> parser.parse("--//f=1"));
-    assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Unrecognized arguments: --//f=1");
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testParseOptions_explicitOption() {
     optionHandler.parseOptions(
diff --git a/src/test/py/bazel/options_test.py b/src/test/py/bazel/options_test.py
index 932931ec39c4ca..9406db1dafe16f 100644
--- a/src/test/py/bazel/options_test.py
+++ b/src/test/py/bazel/options_test.py
@@ -269,6 +269,20 @@ def testCommonPseudoCommand_unsupportedOptionValue(self):
         stderr,
     )
 
+  def testCommonPseudoCommand_allowResidueFalseCommandIgnoresStarlarkOptions(
+      self,
+  ):
+    self.ScratchFile("WORKSPACE.bazel")
+    self.ScratchFile(
+        ".bazelrc",
+        [
+            "common --@foo//bar:flag",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    # Check that version doesn't fail.
+    self.RunBazel(["version"])
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()