diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueChecker.java
index 06bb34475a3ff2..180913062e5e45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueChecker.java
@@ -342,11 +342,7 @@ && shouldCheckFile(knownModifiedOutputFiles, artifact)) {
       List<Artifact> artifacts = ImmutableList.copyOf(fileToKeyAndValue.keySet());
       List<FileStatusWithDigest> stats;
       try {
-        stats =
-            batchStatter.batchStat(
-                /* includeDigest= */ true,
-                /* includeLinks= */ true,
-                Artifact.asPathFragments(artifacts));
+        stats = batchStatter.batchStat(Artifact.asPathFragments(artifacts));
       } catch (IOException e) {
         logger.atWarning().withCause(e).log(
             "Unable to process batch stat, falling back to individual stats");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BatchStat.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BatchStat.java
index 73289b8a1f0a26..e82cdfbc525d50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BatchStat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/vfs/BatchStat.java
@@ -22,16 +22,14 @@
 public interface BatchStat {
 
   /**
-   * @param includeDigest whether to include a file digest in the return values.
-   * @param includeLinks whether to include a symlink stat in the return values.
-   * @param paths The input paths to stat(), relative to the exec root.
-   * @return an array list of FileStatusWithDigest in the same order as the input. May
-   *         contain null values.
-   * @throws IOException on unexpected failure.
+   * Calls stat() on a set of paths.
+   *
+   * @param paths The input paths to stat(), relative to the exec root. Symlinks are not followed.
+   * @return A list of {@link FileStatusWithDigest} in the same order as the input. If a path does
+   *     not exist, {@code null} is returned in the corresponding position.
+   * @throws IOException on I/O errors.
    * @throws InterruptedException on interrupt.
    */
-  public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(boolean includeDigest,
-                                              boolean includeLinks,
-                                              Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
+  public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
       throws IOException, InterruptedException;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueCheckerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueCheckerTest.java
index 4018da2adb6acf..68ac6d09266674 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueCheckerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FilesystemValueCheckerTest.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ BatchStat getBatchStat(FileSystem fileSystem) {
     ENABLED {
       @Override
       BatchStat getBatchStat(FileSystem fileSystem) {
-        return (useDigest, includeLinks, paths) -> {
+        return (paths) -> {
           List<FileStatusWithDigest> stats = new ArrayList<>();
           for (PathFragment pathFrag : paths) {
             stats.add(
@@ -1228,8 +1228,7 @@ public void testDirtyActionsBatchStat() throws Exception {
     checkDirtyActions(
         new BatchStat() {
           @Override
-          public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(
-              boolean useDigest, boolean includeLinks, Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
+          public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
               throws IOException {
             List<FileStatusWithDigest> stats = new ArrayList<>();
             for (PathFragment pathFrag : paths) {
@@ -1249,8 +1248,7 @@ public void testDirtyActionsBatchStatWithDigest() throws Exception {
     checkDirtyActions(
         new BatchStat() {
           @Override
-          public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(
-              boolean useDigest, boolean includeLinks, Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
+          public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
               throws IOException {
             List<FileStatusWithDigest> stats = new ArrayList<>();
             for (PathFragment pathFrag : paths) {
@@ -1269,8 +1267,7 @@ public void testDirtyActionsBatchStatFallback() throws Exception {
     checkDirtyActions(
         new BatchStat() {
           @Override
-          public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(
-              boolean useDigest, boolean includeLinks, Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
+          public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
               throws IOException {
             throw new IOException("try again");
           }