diff --git a/aswb/src/com/google/idea/blaze/android/run/binary/mobileinstall/StudioDeployerExperiment.java b/aswb/src/com/google/idea/blaze/android/run/binary/mobileinstall/StudioDeployerExperiment.java
index 9b5b1625501..2bb6d36d1cd 100644
--- a/aswb/src/com/google/idea/blaze/android/run/binary/mobileinstall/StudioDeployerExperiment.java
+++ b/aswb/src/com/google/idea/blaze/android/run/binary/mobileinstall/StudioDeployerExperiment.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.google.idea.blaze.android.run.binary.mobileinstall;
 
 import com.google.idea.common.experiments.FeatureRolloutExperiment;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 
 /**
  * A utility class that manages the experiment to use studio's built in deployer for deploying apks
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ public class StudioDeployerExperiment {
 
   /** Returns whether mobile install deployments should happen via the studio deployer. */
   public static boolean isEnabled() {
+    // The Studio deployer experiment is specific to local builds on Linux. For other platforms,
+    // we'll rely entirely on the new Blaze specific deployment flow.
+    if (!SystemInfo.isLinux) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     return useStudioDeployer.isEnabled();
   }