diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-static-delta.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-static-delta.c
index 437e24f9..903e5fd6 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-static-delta.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-static-delta.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ ot_static_delta_builtin_apply_offline (int argc, char **argv, GCancellable *canc
   if (!ostree_repo_prepare_transaction (repo, NULL, cancellable, error))
     goto out;
 
-  if (!ostree_repo_static_delta_execute_offline (repo, path, TRUE, cancellable, error))
+  if (!ostree_repo_static_delta_execute_offline (repo, path, FALSE, cancellable, error))
     goto out;
 
   if (!ostree_repo_commit_transaction (repo, NULL, cancellable, error))