diff --git a/cmd/soong_build/main.go b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
index a8be7ec..24a44b4 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_build/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
@@ -29,10 +28,12 @@
 	"android/soong/android/allowlists"
 	"android/soong/bp2build"
 	"android/soong/shared"
+
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/bootstrap"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/deptools"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/metrics"
+	"github.com/google/blueprint/pathtools"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 	androidProtobuf "google.golang.org/protobuf/android"
 )
@@ -42,8 +43,6 @@
 	availableEnvFile string
 	usedEnvFile      string
 
-	globFile    string
-	globListDir string
 	delveListen string
 	delvePath   string
 
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@
 	flag.StringVar(&cmdlineArgs.SoongOutDir, "soong_out", "", "Soong output directory (usually $TOP/out/soong)")
 	flag.StringVar(&availableEnvFile, "available_env", "", "File containing available environment variables")
 	flag.StringVar(&usedEnvFile, "used_env", "", "File containing used environment variables")
-	flag.StringVar(&globFile, "globFile", "build-globs.ninja", "the Ninja file of globs to output")
-	flag.StringVar(&globListDir, "globListDir", "", "the directory containing the glob list files")
 	flag.StringVar(&cmdlineArgs.OutDir, "out", "", "the ninja builddir directory")
 	flag.StringVar(&cmdlineArgs.ModuleListFile, "l", "", "file that lists filepaths to parse")
 
@@ -206,20 +203,6 @@
 	ctx.Context.PrintJSONGraphAndActions(graphFile, actionsFile)
 }
 
-func writeBuildGlobsNinjaFile(ctx *android.Context) {
-	ctx.EventHandler.Begin("globs_ninja_file")
-	defer ctx.EventHandler.End("globs_ninja_file")
-
-	globDir := bootstrap.GlobDirectory(ctx.Config().SoongOutDir(), globListDir)
-	err := bootstrap.WriteBuildGlobsNinjaFile(&bootstrap.GlobSingleton{
-		GlobLister: ctx.Globs,
-		GlobFile:   globFile,
-		GlobDir:    globDir,
-		SrcDir:     ctx.SrcDir(),
-	}, ctx.Config())
-	maybeQuit(err, "")
-}
-
 func writeDepFile(outputFile string, eventHandler *metrics.EventHandler, ninjaDeps []string) {
 	eventHandler.Begin("ninja_deps")
 	defer eventHandler.End("ninja_deps")
@@ -283,7 +266,9 @@
 }
 
 // runSoongOnlyBuild runs the standard Soong build in a number of different modes.
-func runSoongOnlyBuild(ctx *android.Context, extraNinjaDeps []string) string {
+// It returns the path to the output file (usually the ninja file) and the deps that need
+// to trigger a soong rerun.
+func runSoongOnlyBuild(ctx *android.Context) (string, []string) {
 	ctx.EventHandler.Begin("soong_build")
 	defer ctx.EventHandler.End("soong_build")
 
@@ -299,37 +284,30 @@
 
 	ninjaDeps, err := bootstrap.RunBlueprint(cmdlineArgs.Args, stopBefore, ctx.Context, ctx.Config())
 	maybeQuit(err, "")
-	ninjaDeps = append(ninjaDeps, extraNinjaDeps...)
-
-	writeBuildGlobsNinjaFile(ctx)
 
 	// Convert the Soong module graph into Bazel BUILD files.
 	switch ctx.Config().BuildMode {
 	case android.GenerateQueryView:
 		queryviewMarkerFile := cmdlineArgs.BazelQueryViewDir + ".marker"
 		runQueryView(cmdlineArgs.BazelQueryViewDir, queryviewMarkerFile, ctx)
-		writeDepFile(queryviewMarkerFile, ctx.EventHandler, ninjaDeps)
-		return queryviewMarkerFile
+		return queryviewMarkerFile, ninjaDeps
 	case android.GenerateModuleGraph:
 		writeJsonModuleGraphAndActions(ctx, cmdlineArgs)
-		writeDepFile(cmdlineArgs.ModuleGraphFile, ctx.EventHandler, ninjaDeps)
-		return cmdlineArgs.ModuleGraphFile
+		return cmdlineArgs.ModuleGraphFile, ninjaDeps
 	case android.GenerateDocFile:
 		// TODO: we could make writeDocs() return the list of documentation files
 		// written and add them to the .d file. Then soong_docs would be re-run
 		// whenever one is deleted.
 		err := writeDocs(ctx, shared.JoinPath(topDir, cmdlineArgs.DocFile))
 		maybeQuit(err, "error building Soong documentation")
-		writeDepFile(cmdlineArgs.DocFile, ctx.EventHandler, ninjaDeps)
-		return cmdlineArgs.DocFile
+		return cmdlineArgs.DocFile, ninjaDeps
 	default:
 		// The actual output (build.ninja) was written in the RunBlueprint() call
 		// above
-		writeDepFile(cmdlineArgs.OutFile, ctx.EventHandler, ninjaDeps)
 		if needToWriteNinjaHint(ctx) {
 			writeNinjaHint(ctx)
 		}
-		return cmdlineArgs.OutFile
+		return cmdlineArgs.OutFile, ninjaDeps
 	}
 }
 
@@ -359,6 +337,8 @@
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	soongStartTime := time.Now()
+
 	shared.ReexecWithDelveMaybe(delveListen, delvePath)
 	android.InitSandbox(topDir)
 
@@ -369,13 +349,6 @@
 		configuration.SetAllowMissingDependencies()
 	}
 
-	extraNinjaDeps := []string{configuration.ProductVariablesFileName, usedEnvFile}
-	if shared.IsDebugging() {
-		// Add a non-existent file to the dependencies so that soong_build will rerun when the debugger is
-		// enabled even if it completed successfully.
-		extraNinjaDeps = append(extraNinjaDeps, filepath.Join(configuration.SoongOutDir(), "always_rerun_for_delve"))
-	}
-
 	// Bypass configuration.Getenv, as LOG_DIR does not need to be dependency tracked. By definition, it will
 	// change between every CI build, so tracking it would require re-running Soong for every build.
 	metricsDir := availableEnv["LOG_DIR"]
@@ -393,7 +366,16 @@
 	ctx.SetIncrementalAnalysis(incremental)
 
 	ctx.Register()
-	finalOutputFile := runSoongOnlyBuild(ctx, extraNinjaDeps)
+	finalOutputFile, ninjaDeps := runSoongOnlyBuild(ctx)
+
+	ninjaDeps = append(ninjaDeps, usedEnvFile)
+	if shared.IsDebugging() {
+		// Add a non-existent file to the dependencies so that soong_build will rerun when the debugger is
+		// enabled even if it completed successfully.
+		ninjaDeps = append(ninjaDeps, filepath.Join(configuration.SoongOutDir(), "always_rerun_for_delve"))
+	}
+
+	writeDepFile(finalOutputFile, ctx.EventHandler, ninjaDeps)
 
 	if ctx.GetIncrementalEnabled() {
 		data, err := shared.EnvFileContents(configuration.EnvDeps())
@@ -407,6 +389,9 @@
 
 	writeUsedEnvironmentFile(configuration)
 
+	err = writeGlobFile(ctx.EventHandler, finalOutputFile, ctx.Globs(), soongStartTime)
+	maybeQuit(err, "")
+
 	// Touch the output file so that it's the newest file created by soong_build.
 	// This is necessary because, if soong_build generated any files which
 	// are ninja inputs to the main output file, then ninja would superfluously
@@ -423,18 +408,33 @@
 	data, err := shared.EnvFileContents(configuration.EnvDeps())
 	maybeQuit(err, "error writing used environment file '%s'\n", usedEnvFile)
 
-	if preexistingData, err := os.ReadFile(path); err != nil {
-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			maybeQuit(err, "error reading used environment file '%s'", usedEnvFile)
-		}
-	} else if bytes.Equal(preexistingData, data) {
-		// used environment file is unchanged
-		return
-	}
-	err = os.WriteFile(path, data, 0666)
+	err = pathtools.WriteFileIfChanged(path, data, 0666)
 	maybeQuit(err, "error writing used environment file '%s'", usedEnvFile)
 }
 
+func writeGlobFile(eventHandler *metrics.EventHandler, finalOutFile string, globs pathtools.MultipleGlobResults, soongStartTime time.Time) error {
+	eventHandler.Begin("writeGlobFile")
+	defer eventHandler.End("writeGlobFile")
+
+	globsFile, err := os.Create(shared.JoinPath(topDir, finalOutFile+".globs"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer globsFile.Close()
+	globsFileEncoder := json.NewEncoder(globsFile)
+	for _, glob := range globs {
+		if err := globsFileEncoder.Encode(glob); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return os.WriteFile(
+		shared.JoinPath(topDir, finalOutFile+".globs_time"),
+		[]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", soongStartTime.UnixMicro())),
+		0666,
+	)
+}
+
 func touch(path string) {
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
 	maybeQuit(err, "Error touching '%s'", path)
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap_test.sh b/tests/bootstrap_test.sh
index 2e40950..715f976 100755
--- a/tests/bootstrap_test.sh
+++ b/tests/bootstrap_test.sh
@@ -145,36 +145,19 @@
   run_soong
   local -r ninja_mtime1=$(stat -c "%y" out/soong/build."${target_product}".ninja)
 
-  local glob_deps_file=out/soong/globs/"${target_product}"/0.d
-
   run_soong
   local -r ninja_mtime2=$(stat -c "%y" out/soong/build."${target_product}".ninja)
 
-  # There is an ineffiencency in glob that requires bpglob to rerun once for each glob to update
-  # the entry in the .ninja_log.  It doesn't update the output file, but we can detect the rerun
-  # by checking if the deps file was created.
-  if [ ! -e "$glob_deps_file" ]; then
-    fail "Glob deps file missing after second build"
-  fi
-
-  local -r glob_deps_mtime2=$(stat -c "%y" "$glob_deps_file")
-
   if [[ "$ninja_mtime1" != "$ninja_mtime2" ]]; then
     fail "Ninja file rewritten on null incremental build"
   fi
 
   run_soong
   local -r ninja_mtime3=$(stat -c "%y" out/soong/build."${target_product}".ninja)
-  local -r glob_deps_mtime3=$(stat -c "%y" "$glob_deps_file")
 
   if [[ "$ninja_mtime2" != "$ninja_mtime3" ]]; then
     fail "Ninja file rewritten on null incremental build"
   fi
-
-  # The bpglob commands should not rerun after the first incremental build.
-  if [[ "$glob_deps_mtime2" != "$glob_deps_mtime3" ]]; then
-    fail "Glob deps file rewritten on second null incremental build"
-  fi
 }
 
 function test_add_file_to_glob() {
diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index 08e1957..f02222e 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -1037,10 +1037,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *configImpl) NamedGlobFile(name string) string {
-	return shared.JoinPath(c.SoongOutDir(), "globs-"+name+".ninja")
-}
-
 func (c *configImpl) UsedEnvFile(tag string) string {
 	if v, ok := c.environ.Get("TARGET_PRODUCT"); ok {
 		return shared.JoinPath(c.SoongOutDir(), usedEnvFile+"."+v+c.CoverageSuffix()+"."+tag)
diff --git a/ui/build/soong.go b/ui/build/soong.go
index b94ffa5..76a3e35 100644
--- a/ui/build/soong.go
+++ b/ui/build/soong.go
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
 package build
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@
 
 	// bootstrapEpoch is used to determine if an incremental build is incompatible with the current
 	// version of bootstrap and needs cleaning before continuing the build.  Increment this for
-	// incompatible changes, for example when moving the location of the bpglob binary that is
+	// incompatible changes, for example when moving the location of a microfactory binary that is
 	// executed during bootstrap before the primary builder has had a chance to update the path.
 	bootstrapEpoch = 1
 )
@@ -226,10 +230,6 @@
 
 	var allArgs []string
 	allArgs = append(allArgs, pb.specificArgs...)
-	globPathName := getGlobPathNameFromPrimaryBuilderFactory(config, pb)
-	allArgs = append(allArgs,
-		"--globListDir", globPathName,
-		"--globFile", pb.config.NamedGlobFile(globPathName))
 
 	allArgs = append(allArgs, commonArgs...)
 	allArgs = append(allArgs, environmentArgs(pb.config, pb.name)...)
@@ -241,10 +241,8 @@
 	}
 	allArgs = append(allArgs, "Android.bp")
 
-	globfiles := bootstrap.GlobFileListFiles(bootstrap.GlobDirectory(config.SoongOutDir(), globPathName))
-
 	return bootstrap.PrimaryBuilderInvocation{
-		Implicits:   globfiles,
+		Implicits:   []string{pb.output + ".glob_results"},
 		Outputs:     []string{pb.output},
 		Args:        allArgs,
 		Description: pb.description,
@@ -276,24 +274,15 @@
 				os.Remove(file)
 			}
 		}
-		for _, globFile := range bootstrapGlobFileList(config) {
-			os.Remove(globFile)
-		}
+		os.Remove(soongNinjaFile + ".globs")
+		os.Remove(soongNinjaFile + ".globs_time")
+		os.Remove(soongNinjaFile + ".glob_results")
 
 		// Mark the tree as up to date with the current epoch by writing the epoch marker file.
 		writeEmptyFile(ctx, epochPath)
 	}
 }
 
-func bootstrapGlobFileList(config Config) []string {
-	return []string{
-		config.NamedGlobFile(getGlobPathName(config)),
-		config.NamedGlobFile(jsonModuleGraphTag),
-		config.NamedGlobFile(queryviewTag),
-		config.NamedGlobFile(soongDocsTag),
-	}
-}
-
 func bootstrapBlueprint(ctx Context, config Config) {
 	ctx.BeginTrace(metrics.RunSoong, "blueprint bootstrap")
 	defer ctx.EndTrace()
@@ -411,32 +400,9 @@
 		runGoTests:  !config.skipSoongTests,
 		// If we want to debug soong_build, we need to compile it for debugging
 		debugCompilation:          delvePort != "",
-		subninjas:                 bootstrapGlobFileList(config),
 		primaryBuilderInvocations: invocations,
 	}
 
-	// The glob ninja files are generated during the main build phase. However, the
-	// primary buildifer invocation depends on all of its glob files, even before
-	// it's been run. Generate a "empty" glob ninja file on the first run,
-	// so that the files can be there to satisfy the dependency.
-	for _, pb := range pbfs {
-		globPathName := getGlobPathNameFromPrimaryBuilderFactory(config, pb)
-		globNinjaFile := config.NamedGlobFile(globPathName)
-		if _, err := os.Stat(globNinjaFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			err := bootstrap.WriteBuildGlobsNinjaFile(&bootstrap.GlobSingleton{
-				GlobLister: func() pathtools.MultipleGlobResults { return nil },
-				GlobFile:   globNinjaFile,
-				GlobDir:    bootstrap.GlobDirectory(config.SoongOutDir(), globPathName),
-				SrcDir:     ".",
-			}, blueprintConfig)
-			if err != nil {
-				ctx.Fatal(err)
-			}
-		} else if err != nil {
-			ctx.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// since `bootstrap.ninja` is regenerated unconditionally, we ignore the deps, i.e. little
 	// reason to write a `bootstrap.ninja.d` file
 	_, err := bootstrap.RunBlueprint(blueprintArgs, bootstrap.DoEverything, blueprintCtx, blueprintConfig)
@@ -614,9 +580,6 @@
 		}
 	}()
 
-	runMicrofactory(ctx, config, "bpglob", "github.com/google/blueprint/bootstrap/bpglob",
-		map[string]string{"github.com/google/blueprint": "build/blueprint"})
-
 	ninja := func(targets ...string) {
 		ctx.BeginTrace(metrics.RunSoong, "bootstrap")
 		defer ctx.EndTrace()
@@ -698,6 +661,12 @@
 		targets = append(targets, config.SoongNinjaFile())
 	}
 
+	for _, target := range targets {
+		if err := checkGlobs(ctx, target); err != nil {
+			ctx.Fatalf("Error checking globs: %s", err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
 	beforeSoongTimestamp := time.Now()
 
 	ninja(targets...)
@@ -724,6 +693,157 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// checkGlobs manages the globs that cause soong to rerun.
+//
+// When soong_build runs, it will run globs. It will write all the globs
+// it ran into the "{finalOutFile}.globs" file. Then every build,
+// soong_ui will check that file, rerun the globs, and if they changed
+// from the results that soong_build got, update the ".glob_results"
+// file, causing soong_build to rerun. The ".glob_results" file will
+// be empty on the first run of soong_build, because we don't know
+// what the globs are yet, but also remain empty until the globs change
+// so that we don't run soong_build a second time unnecessarily.
+// Both soong_build and soong_ui will also update a ".globs_time" file
+// with the time that they ran at every build. When soong_ui checks
+// globs, it only reruns globs whose dependencies are newer than the
+// time in the ".globs_time" file.
+func checkGlobs(ctx Context, finalOutFile string) error {
+	ctx.BeginTrace(metrics.RunSoong, "check_globs")
+	defer ctx.EndTrace()
+	st := ctx.Status.StartTool()
+	st.Status("Running globs...")
+	defer st.Finish()
+
+	globsFile, err := os.Open(finalOutFile + ".globs")
+	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		// if the glob file doesn't exist, make sure the glob_results file exists and is empty.
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(finalOutFile), 0777); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		f, err := os.Create(finalOutFile + ".glob_results")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return f.Close()
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer globsFile.Close()
+	globsFileDecoder := json.NewDecoder(globsFile)
+
+	globsTimeBytes, err := os.ReadFile(finalOutFile + ".globs_time")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	globsTimeMicros, err := strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(string(globsTimeBytes)), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	globCheckStartTime := time.Now().UnixMicro()
+
+	globsChan := make(chan pathtools.GlobResult)
+	errorsChan := make(chan error)
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	hasChangedGlobs := false
+	for i := 0; i < runtime.NumCPU()*2; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			for cachedGlob := range globsChan {
+				// If we've already determined we have changed globs, just finish consuming
+				// the channel without doing any more checks.
+				if hasChangedGlobs {
+					continue
+				}
+				// First, check if any of the deps are newer than the last time globs were checked.
+				// If not, we don't need to rerun the glob.
+				hasNewDep := false
+				for _, dep := range cachedGlob.Deps {
+					info, err := os.Stat(dep)
+					if err != nil {
+						errorsChan <- err
+						continue
+					}
+					if info.ModTime().UnixMicro() > globsTimeMicros {
+						hasNewDep = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				if !hasNewDep {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// Then rerun the glob and check if we got the same result as before.
+				result, err := pathtools.Glob(cachedGlob.Pattern, cachedGlob.Excludes, pathtools.FollowSymlinks)
+				if err != nil {
+					errorsChan <- err
+				} else {
+					if !slices.Equal(result.Matches, cachedGlob.Matches) {
+						hasChangedGlobs = true
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(errorsChan)
+	}()
+
+	errorsWg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	errorsWg.Add(1)
+	var errFromGoRoutines error
+	go func() {
+		for result := range errorsChan {
+			if errFromGoRoutines == nil {
+				errFromGoRoutines = result
+			}
+		}
+		errorsWg.Done()
+	}()
+
+	var cachedGlob pathtools.GlobResult
+	for globsFileDecoder.More() {
+		if err := globsFileDecoder.Decode(&cachedGlob); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Need to clone the GlobResult because the json decoder will
+		// reuse the same slice allocations.
+		globsChan <- cachedGlob.Clone()
+	}
+	close(globsChan)
+	errorsWg.Wait()
+	if errFromGoRoutines != nil {
+		return errFromGoRoutines
+	}
+
+	// Update the globs_time file whether or not we found changed globs,
+	// so that we don't rerun globs in the future that we just saw didn't change.
+	err = os.WriteFile(
+		finalOutFile+".globs_time",
+		[]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", globCheckStartTime)),
+		0666,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if hasChangedGlobs {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Globs changed, rerunning soong...\n")
+		// Write the current time to the glob_results file. We just need
+		// some unique value to trigger a rerun, it doesn't matter what it is.
+		err = os.WriteFile(
+			finalOutFile+".glob_results",
+			[]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", globCheckStartTime)),
+			0666,
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // loadSoongBuildMetrics reads out/soong_build_metrics.pb if it was generated by soong_build and copies the
 // events stored in it into the soong_ui trace to provide introspection into how long the different phases of
 // soong_build are taking.
diff --git a/ui/build/test_build.go b/ui/build/test_build.go
index 3faa94d..ba53119 100644
--- a/ui/build/test_build.go
+++ b/ui/build/test_build.go
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@
 	// out/build_date.txt is considered a "source file"
 	buildDatetimeFilePath := filepath.Join(outDir, "build_date.txt")
 
-	// bpglob is built explicitly using Microfactory
-	bpglob := filepath.Join(config.SoongOutDir(), "bpglob")
-
 	// release-config files are generated from the initial lunch or Kati phase
 	// before running soong and ninja.
 	releaseConfigDir := filepath.Join(outDir, "soong", "release-config")
@@ -105,7 +102,6 @@
 			line == extraVariablesFilePath ||
 			line == dexpreoptConfigFilePath ||
 			line == buildDatetimeFilePath ||
-			line == bpglob ||
 			strings.HasPrefix(line, releaseConfigDir) ||
 			buildFingerPrintFilePattern.MatchString(line) {
 			// Leaf node is in one of Soong's bootstrap directories, which do not have