diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 5a7afe1..2c5f22f 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -404,6 +404,16 @@
 
 	builderFlags := flagsToBuilderFlags(flags)
 
+	if !ctx.Darwin() {
+		// Optimize out relinking against shared libraries whose interface hasn't changed by
+		// depending on a table of contents file instead of the library itself.
+		tocPath := outputFile.RelPathString()
+		tocPath = pathtools.ReplaceExtension(tocPath, flags.Toolchain.ShlibSuffix()[1:]+".toc")
+		tocFile := android.PathForOutput(ctx, tocPath)
+		library.tocFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(tocFile)
+		TransformSharedObjectToToc(ctx, outputFile, tocFile, builderFlags)
+	}
+
 	if library.relocationPacker.needsPacking(ctx) {
 		packedOutputFile := outputFile
 		outputFile = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "unpacked", fileName)
@@ -445,21 +455,6 @@
 		deps.StaticLibs, deps.LateStaticLibs, deps.WholeStaticLibs,
 		linkerDeps, deps.CrtBegin, deps.CrtEnd, false, builderFlags, outputFile)
 
-	if ctx.Device() {
-		// For device targets, optimize out relinking against shared
-		// libraries whose interface hasn't changed by depending on
-		// a table of contents file instead of the library itself.
-		// For host targets, the library might be part of a host tool
-		// that is run during the build, use the library directly so
-		// that the timestamp of the binary changes whenever a library
-		// changes and any necessary tools get re-run.
-		tocPath := outputFile.RelPathString()
-		tocPath = pathtools.ReplaceExtension(tocPath, flags.Toolchain.ShlibSuffix()[1:]+".toc")
-		tocFile := android.PathForOutput(ctx, tocPath)
-		library.tocFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(tocFile)
-		TransformSharedObjectToToc(ctx, outputFile, tocFile, builderFlags)
-	}
-
 	return ret
 }