diff --git a/ax/storage/sqa_store/decoder.py b/ax/storage/sqa_store/decoder.py
index 6a279face4b..0005ec201eb 100644
--- a/ax/storage/sqa_store/decoder.py
+++ b/ax/storage/sqa_store/decoder.py
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ def _auxiliary_experiments_by_purpose_from_experiment_sqa(
                 for aux_exp_name in aux_exp_names:
                     auxiliary_experiments_by_purpose[aux_exp_purpose].append(
                         AuxiliaryExperiment(
-                            experiment=load_experiment(aux_exp_name, config=self.config)
+                            experiment=load_experiment(
+                                aux_exp_name,
+                                config=self.config,
+                                skip_runners_and_metrics=True,
+                            )
                         )
                     )
         return auxiliary_experiments_by_purpose
diff --git a/ax/storage/sqa_store/load.py b/ax/storage/sqa_store/load.py
index 1c99e679213..bb93a87156e 100644
--- a/ax/storage/sqa_store/load.py
+++ b/ax/storage/sqa_store/load.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def load_experiment(
         config: `SQAConfig`, from which to retrieve the decoder. Optional,
             defaults to base `SQAConfig`.
         reduced_state: Whether to load experiment with a slightly reduced state
-            (without abandoned arms on experiment and withoug model state,
+            (without abandoned arms on experiment and without model state,
             search space, and optimization config on generator runs).
         skip_runners_and_metrics: If True skip loading runners, and do only a
             minimal load of metrics. This option is intended to enable loading of