diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
                                   build_path)
 
   tmpdir = None
-  if args.fix or (yaml and args.export_fixes):
+  if args.fix:
     clang_apply_replacements_binary = find_binary(
       args.clang_apply_replacements_binary, "clang-apply-replacements",
       build_path)