diff --git a/rust/builder.go b/rust/builder.go
index 0740518..09933d3 100644
--- a/rust/builder.go
+++ b/rust/builder.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
+	cc_config "android/soong/cc/config"
 	"android/soong/rust/config"
 )
 
@@ -204,7 +205,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	envVars = append(envVars, "AR="+cmd.PathForTool(deps.Llvm_ar))
+	envVars = append(envVars, "AR="+cmd.PathForInput(
+		cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "bin/llvm-ar")),
+	)
 
 	if ctx.Darwin() {
 		envVars = append(envVars, "ANDROID_RUST_DARWIN=true")
@@ -292,11 +295,6 @@
 	}
 
 	if flags.Clippy {
-		// TODO(b/298461712) remove this hack to let slim manifest branches build
-		if deps.Clippy_driver == nil {
-			deps.Clippy_driver = config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/clippy-driver")
-		}
-
 		clippyRule := getRuleBuilder(ctx, pctx, false, "clippy")
 		clippyCmd := clippyRule.Command()
 		clippyFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, outputFile.Base()+".clippy")
@@ -305,7 +303,7 @@
 
 		clippyCmd.
 			Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, clippyCmd)).
-			Tool(deps.Clippy_driver).
+			Tool(config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/clippy-driver")).
 			Flag("--emit metadata").
 			FlagWithOutput("-o ", clippyFile).
 			FlagWithOutput("--emit dep-info=", clippyDepInfoFile).
@@ -365,14 +363,18 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO(b/298461712) remove this hack to let slim manifest branches build
-	if deps.Rustc == nil {
-		deps.Rustc = config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/rustc")
+	clangTools := android.Paths{
+		cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "bin/llvm-ar"),
+	}
+	if ctx.Config().BuildOS != android.Darwin {
+		clangTools = append(clangTools,
+			cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "lib/libc++.so"),
+		)
 	}
 
 	rustcCmd.
 		Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, rustcCmd)).
-		Tool(deps.Rustc).
+		Tool(config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/rustc")).
 		FlagWithInput("-C linker=", android.PathForSource(ctx, "build", "soong", "scripts", "mkcratersp.py")).
 		Flag("--emit link").
 		Flag("-o").
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@
 		FlagWithOutput("--emit dep-info=", depInfoFile).
 		Inputs(inputs).
 		Flags(libFlags).
+		Implicits(clangTools).
 		ImplicitTools(toolImplicits).
 		Implicits(implicits).
 		Flags(rustcFlags).
@@ -406,9 +409,20 @@
 		// those need to be renamed/symlinked to something in the rustLink sandbox
 		// if we want to separate the rules
 		linkerSboxOutputFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory, outputFile.Base())
+		clangTools := android.Paths{
+			cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "bin/clang++"),
+			cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "bin/lld"),
+			cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "bin/ld.lld"),
+		}
+		if ctx.Config().BuildOS != android.Darwin {
+			clangTools = append(clangTools,
+				cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "bin/clang++.real"),
+				cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "lib/libc++.so"),
+			)
+		}
 		rustLinkCmd := rustcRule.Command()
 		rustLinkCmd.
-			Tool(deps.Clang).
+			Tool(cc_config.ClangPath(ctx, "bin/clang++")).
 			Flag("-o").
 			Output(linkerSboxOutputFile).
 			Inputs(deps.CrtBegin).
@@ -416,6 +430,7 @@
 			FlagWithInput("@", rustSboxOutputFile).
 			Flags(linkFlags).
 			Inputs(deps.CrtEnd).
+			ImplicitTools(clangTools).
 			ImplicitTools(toolImplicits).
 			Implicits(rustcImplicitOutputs.Paths()).
 			Implicits(implicits).
@@ -441,7 +456,7 @@
 			Flag("KYTHE_CANONICALIZE_VNAME_PATHS=prefer-relative").
 			Tool(ctx.Config().PrebuiltBuildTool(ctx, "rust_extractor")).
 			Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, kytheCmd)).
-			Tool(deps.Rustc).
+			Tool(config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/rustc")).
 			Flag("-C linker=true").
 			Inputs(inputs).
 			Flags(makeLibFlags(deps, kytheCmd)).
@@ -455,11 +470,6 @@
 }
 
 func Rustdoc(ctx ModuleContext, main android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags) android.ModuleOutPath {
-	// TODO(b/298461712) remove this hack to let slim manifest branches build
-	if deps.Rustdoc == nil {
-		deps.Rustdoc = config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/rustdoc")
-	}
-
 	rustdocRule := getRuleBuilder(ctx, pctx, false, "rustdoc")
 	rustdocCmd := rustdocRule.Command()
 
@@ -498,7 +508,7 @@
 
 	rustdocCmd.
 		Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, rustdocCmd)).
-		Tool(deps.Rustdoc).
+		Tool(config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/rustdoc")).
 		Flags(rustdocFlags).
 		Input(main).
 		Flag("-o "+docDir.String()).
diff --git a/rust/config/global.go b/rust/config/global.go
index 0ddc116..9daafba 100644
--- a/rust/config/global.go
+++ b/rust/config/global.go
@@ -147,6 +147,6 @@
 		if override := ctx.Config().Getenv("RUST_DEFAULT_VERSION"); override != "" {
 			rustVersion = override
 		}
-		return android.PathForSource(ctx, rustBase, ctx.Config().PrebuiltOS(), rustVersion)
+		return android.PathForSource(ctx, rustBase, HostPrebuiltTag(ctx.Config()), rustVersion)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 6d6b55e..26e3ffc 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -472,13 +472,6 @@
 	// Paths to generated source files
 	SrcDeps          android.Paths
 	srcProviderFiles android.Paths
-
-	// Paths to specific build tools
-	Rustc         android.Path
-	Clang         android.Path
-	Llvm_ar       android.Path
-	Clippy_driver android.Path
-	Rustdoc       android.Path
 }
 
 type RustLibraries []RustLibrary
@@ -1480,18 +1473,9 @@
 				depPaths.BuildToolDeps = append(depPaths.BuildToolDeps, buildTool.Deps...)
 				switch android.RemoveOptionalPrebuiltPrefix(dep.Name()) {
 				case "rustc":
-					depPaths.Rustc = buildTool.Src
 					// rustc expects the standard cc toolchain libraries (libdl, libm, libc, etc.)
 					// not to be under the __SBOX_SANDBOX_DIR__/ directory
 					depPaths.BuildToolSrcDeps = append(depPaths.BuildToolSrcDeps, buildTool.Deps...)
-				case "clang++":
-					depPaths.Clang = buildTool.Src
-				case "llvm-ar":
-					depPaths.Llvm_ar = buildTool.Src
-				case "clippy-driver":
-					depPaths.Clippy_driver = buildTool.Src
-				case "rustdoc":
-					depPaths.Rustdoc = buildTool.Src
 				}
 			case depTag == cc.CrtBeginDepTag:
 				depPaths.CrtBegin = append(depPaths.CrtBegin, android.OutputFileForModule(ctx, dep, ""))
@@ -1612,13 +1596,6 @@
 	}
 
 	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "rustc")
-	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "clippy-driver")
-	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "rustdoc")
-	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "clang++")
-	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "clang++.real")
-	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "lld")
-	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "ld.lld")
-	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{}, buildToolDepTag, "llvm-ar")
 
 	// rlibs
 	rlibDepVariations = append(rlibDepVariations, blueprint.Variation{Mutator: "rust_libraries", Variation: rlibVariation})