diff --git a/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el b/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el
index 2b027ec7b..d50fa3328 100644
--- a/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el
+++ b/modules/completion/vertico/autoload/vertico.el
@@ -299,3 +299,13 @@ targets."
                     (if keymap
                         (cons '(vertico-current . embark-target) fr)
                       fr))))))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +vertico-basic-remote-try-completion (string table pred point)
+  (and (vertico--remote-p string)
+       (completion-basic-try-completion string table pred point)))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +vertico-basic-remote-all-completions (string table pred point)
+  (and (vertico--remote-p string)
+       (completion-basic-all-completions string table pred point)))
diff --git a/modules/completion/vertico/config.el b/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
index f59c7741e..626a9453c 100644
--- a/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
@@ -53,11 +53,17 @@ overrides `completion-styles' during company completion sessions.")
      ;; Flex matching
      ((string-prefix-p "~" pattern) `(orderless-flex . ,(substring pattern 1)))
      ((string-suffix-p "~" pattern) `(orderless-flex . ,(substring pattern 0 -1)))))
+  (add-to-list
+   'completion-styles-alist
+   '(+vertico-basic-remote
+     +vertico-basic-remote-try-completion
+     +vertico-basic-remote-all-completions
+     "Use basic completion on remote files only"))
   (setq completion-styles '(orderless)
         completion-category-defaults nil
         ;; note that despite override in the name orderless can still be used in
         ;; find-file etc.
-        completion-category-overrides '((file (styles . (orderless partial-completion))))
+        completion-category-overrides '((file (styles +vertico-basic-remote orderless partial-completion)))
         orderless-style-dispatchers '(+vertico-orderless-dispatch)
         orderless-component-separator "[ &]")
   ;; ...otherwise find-file gets different highlighting than other commands