diff --git a/rust/builder.go b/rust/builder.go
index b1f049d..0740518 100644
--- a/rust/builder.go
+++ b/rust/builder.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package rust
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -25,54 +26,6 @@
 )
 
 var (
-	_     = pctx.SourcePathVariable("rustcCmd", "${config.RustBin}/rustc")
-	_     = pctx.SourcePathVariable("mkcraterspCmd", "build/soong/scripts/mkcratersp.py")
-	rustc = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("rustc",
-		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command: "$envVars $rustcCmd " +
-				"-C linker=$mkcraterspCmd " +
-				"--emit link -o $out --emit dep-info=$out.d.raw $in ${libFlags} $rustcFlags" +
-				" && grep \"^$out:\" $out.d.raw > $out.d",
-			CommandDeps: []string{"$rustcCmd", "$mkcraterspCmd"},
-			// Rustc deps-info writes out make compatible dep files: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/7633
-			// Rustc emits unneeded dependency lines for the .d and input .rs files.
-			// Those extra lines cause ninja warning:
-			//     "warning: depfile has multiple output paths"
-			// For ninja, we keep/grep only the dependency rule for the rust $out file.
-			Deps:    blueprint.DepsGCC,
-			Depfile: "$out.d",
-		},
-		"rustcFlags", "libFlags", "envVars")
-	rustLink = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("rustLink",
-		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command: "${config.RustLinker} -o $out ${crtBegin} ${earlyLinkFlags} @$in ${linkFlags} ${crtEnd}",
-		},
-		"earlyLinkFlags", "linkFlags", "crtBegin", "crtEnd")
-
-	_       = pctx.SourcePathVariable("rustdocCmd", "${config.RustBin}/rustdoc")
-	rustdoc = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("rustdoc",
-		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command: "$envVars $rustdocCmd $rustdocFlags $in -o $outDir && " +
-				"touch $out",
-			CommandDeps: []string{"$rustdocCmd"},
-		},
-		"rustdocFlags", "outDir", "envVars")
-
-	_            = pctx.SourcePathVariable("clippyCmd", "${config.RustBin}/clippy-driver")
-	clippyDriver = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("clippy",
-		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command: "$envVars $clippyCmd " +
-				// Because clippy-driver uses rustc as backend, we need to have some output even during the linting.
-				// Use the metadata output as it has the smallest footprint.
-				"--emit metadata -o $out --emit dep-info=$out.d.raw $in ${libFlags} " +
-				"$rustcFlags $clippyFlags" +
-				" && grep \"^$out:\" $out.d.raw > $out.d",
-			CommandDeps: []string{"$clippyCmd"},
-			Deps:        blueprint.DepsGCC,
-			Depfile:     "$out.d",
-		},
-		"rustcFlags", "libFlags", "clippyFlags", "envVars")
-
 	zip = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("zip",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
 			Command:        "cat $out.rsp | tr ' ' '\\n' | tr -d \\' | sort -u > ${out}.tmp && ${SoongZipCmd} -o ${out} -C $$OUT_DIR -l ${out}.tmp",
@@ -81,7 +34,7 @@
 			RspfileContent: "$in",
 		})
 
-	cp = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("cp",
+	cpDir = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("cpDir",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
 			Command:        "cp `cat $outDir.rsp` $outDir",
 			Rspfile:        "${outDir}.rsp",
@@ -89,6 +42,12 @@
 		},
 		"outDir")
 
+	cp = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("cp",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command:     "rm -f $out && cp $in $out",
+			Description: "cp $out",
+		})
+
 	// Cross-referencing:
 	_ = pctx.SourcePathVariable("rustExtractor",
 		"prebuilts/build-tools/${config.HostPrebuiltTag}/bin/rust_extractor")
@@ -96,23 +55,6 @@
 		func(ctx android.PackageVarContext) string { return ctx.Config().XrefCorpusName() })
 	_ = pctx.VariableFunc("kytheCuEncoding",
 		func(ctx android.PackageVarContext) string { return ctx.Config().XrefCuEncoding() })
-	_            = pctx.SourcePathVariable("kytheVnames", "build/soong/vnames.json")
-	kytheExtract = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("kythe",
-		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command: `KYTHE_CORPUS=${kytheCorpus} ` +
-				`KYTHE_OUTPUT_FILE=$out ` +
-				`KYTHE_VNAMES=$kytheVnames ` +
-				`KYTHE_KZIP_ENCODING=${kytheCuEncoding} ` +
-				`KYTHE_CANONICALIZE_VNAME_PATHS=prefer-relative ` +
-				`$rustExtractor $envVars ` +
-				`$rustcCmd ` +
-				`-C linker=true ` +
-				`$in ${libFlags} $rustcFlags`,
-			CommandDeps:    []string{"$rustExtractor", "$kytheVnames"},
-			Rspfile:        "${out}.rsp",
-			RspfileContent: "$in",
-		},
-		"rustcFlags", "libFlags", "envVars")
 )
 
 type buildOutput struct {
@@ -124,40 +66,40 @@
 	pctx.HostBinToolVariable("SoongZipCmd", "soong_zip")
 }
 
-func TransformSrcToBinary(ctx ModuleContext, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
+func TransformSrcToBinary(ctx ModuleContext, c compiler, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
 	outputFile android.WritablePath) buildOutput {
 	flags.GlobalRustFlags = append(flags.GlobalRustFlags, "-C lto=thin")
 
-	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "bin")
+	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, c, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "bin")
 }
 
-func TransformSrctoRlib(ctx ModuleContext, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
+func TransformSrctoRlib(ctx ModuleContext, c compiler, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
 	outputFile android.WritablePath) buildOutput {
-	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "rlib")
+	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, c, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "rlib")
 }
 
-func TransformSrctoDylib(ctx ModuleContext, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
+func TransformSrctoDylib(ctx ModuleContext, c compiler, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
 	outputFile android.WritablePath) buildOutput {
 	flags.GlobalRustFlags = append(flags.GlobalRustFlags, "-C lto=thin")
 
-	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "dylib")
+	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, c, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "dylib")
 }
 
-func TransformSrctoStatic(ctx ModuleContext, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
+func TransformSrctoStatic(ctx ModuleContext, c compiler, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
 	outputFile android.WritablePath) buildOutput {
 	flags.GlobalRustFlags = append(flags.GlobalRustFlags, "-C lto=thin")
-	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "staticlib")
+	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, c, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "staticlib")
 }
 
-func TransformSrctoShared(ctx ModuleContext, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
+func TransformSrctoShared(ctx ModuleContext, c compiler, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
 	outputFile android.WritablePath) buildOutput {
 	flags.GlobalRustFlags = append(flags.GlobalRustFlags, "-C lto=thin")
-	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "cdylib")
+	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, c, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "cdylib")
 }
 
-func TransformSrctoProcMacro(ctx ModuleContext, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps,
+func TransformSrctoProcMacro(ctx ModuleContext, c compiler, mainSrc android.Path, deps PathDeps,
 	flags Flags, outputFile android.WritablePath) buildOutput {
-	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "proc-macro")
+	return transformSrctoCrate(ctx, c, mainSrc, deps, flags, outputFile, "proc-macro")
 }
 
 func rustLibsToPaths(libs RustLibraries) android.Paths {
@@ -168,28 +110,46 @@
 	return paths
 }
 
-func makeLibFlags(deps PathDeps) []string {
+func makeLibFlags(deps PathDeps, ruleCmd *android.RuleBuilderCommand) []string {
 	var libFlags []string
 
 	// Collect library/crate flags
-	for _, lib := range deps.RLibs {
-		libFlags = append(libFlags, "--extern "+lib.CrateName+"="+lib.Path.String())
+	for _, lib := range deps.Rlibs.ToListDirect() {
+		libPath := ruleCmd.PathForInput(lib.Path)
+		libFlags = append(libFlags, "--extern "+lib.CrateName+"="+libPath)
 	}
-	for _, lib := range deps.DyLibs {
-		libFlags = append(libFlags, "--extern "+lib.CrateName+"="+lib.Path.String())
+	for _, lib := range deps.Dylibs.ToListDirect() {
+		libPath := ruleCmd.PathForInput(lib.Path)
+		libFlags = append(libFlags, "--extern "+lib.CrateName+"="+libPath)
 	}
-	for _, proc_macro := range deps.ProcMacros {
-		libFlags = append(libFlags, "--extern "+proc_macro.CrateName+"="+proc_macro.Path.String())
+	for _, procMacro := range deps.ProcMacros.ToListDirect() {
+		procMacroPath := ruleCmd.PathForInput(procMacro.Path)
+		libFlags = append(libFlags, "--extern "+procMacro.CrateName+"="+procMacroPath)
 	}
 
 	for _, path := range deps.linkDirs {
-		libFlags = append(libFlags, "-L "+path)
+		libFlags = append(libFlags, "-L "+ruleCmd.PathForInput(path))
 	}
 
 	return libFlags
 }
 
-func rustEnvVars(ctx ModuleContext, deps PathDeps) []string {
+func collectImplicits(deps PathDeps) android.Paths {
+	depPaths := android.Paths{}
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, rustLibsToPaths(deps.Rlibs.ToList())...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, rustLibsToPaths(deps.Dylibs.ToList())...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, rustLibsToPaths(deps.ProcMacros.ToList())...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, deps.AfdoProfiles...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, deps.WholeStaticLibs...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, deps.SrcDeps...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, deps.srcProviderFiles...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, deps.LibDeps...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, deps.linkObjects...)
+	depPaths = append(depPaths, deps.BuildToolSrcDeps...)
+	return depPaths
+}
+
+func rustEnvVars(ctx ModuleContext, deps PathDeps, cmd *android.RuleBuilderCommand) []string {
 	var envVars []string
 
 	// libstd requires a specific environment variable to be set. This is
@@ -203,15 +163,17 @@
 		moduleGenDir := ctx.RustModule().compiler.CargoOutDir()
 		// We must calculate an absolute path for OUT_DIR since Rust's include! macro (which normally consumes this)
 		// assumes that paths are relative to the source file.
-		var outDirPrefix string
-		if !filepath.IsAbs(moduleGenDir.String()) {
-			// If OUT_DIR is not absolute, we use $$PWD to generate an absolute path (os.Getwd() returns '/')
-			outDirPrefix = "$$PWD/"
-		} else {
+		var outDir string
+		if filepath.IsAbs(moduleGenDir.String()) {
 			// If OUT_DIR is absolute, then moduleGenDir will be an absolute path, so we don't need to set this to anything.
-			outDirPrefix = ""
+			outDir = moduleGenDir.String()
+		} else if moduleGenDir.Valid() {
+			// If OUT_DIR is not absolute, we use $$PWD to generate an absolute path (os.Getwd() returns '/')
+			outDir = filepath.Join("$$PWD/", cmd.PathForInput(moduleGenDir.Path()))
+		} else {
+			outDir = "$$PWD/"
 		}
-		envVars = append(envVars, "OUT_DIR="+filepath.Join(outDirPrefix, moduleGenDir.String()))
+		envVars = append(envVars, "OUT_DIR="+outDir)
 	} else {
 		// TODO(pcc): Change this to "OUT_DIR=" after fixing crates to not rely on this value.
 		envVars = append(envVars, "OUT_DIR=out")
@@ -242,7 +204,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	envVars = append(envVars, "AR=${cc_config.ClangBin}/llvm-ar")
+	envVars = append(envVars, "AR="+cmd.PathForTool(deps.Llvm_ar))
 
 	if ctx.Darwin() {
 		envVars = append(envVars, "ANDROID_RUST_DARWIN=true")
@@ -251,21 +213,18 @@
 	return envVars
 }
 
-func transformSrctoCrate(ctx ModuleContext, main android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
+func transformSrctoCrate(ctx ModuleContext, comp compiler, main android.Path, deps PathDeps, flags Flags,
 	outputFile android.WritablePath, crateType string) buildOutput {
 
 	var inputs android.Paths
-	var implicits, linkImplicits, linkOrderOnly android.Paths
 	var output buildOutput
 	var rustcFlags, linkFlags []string
-	var earlyLinkFlags string
+	var earlyLinkFlags []string
 
 	output.outputFile = outputFile
 	crateName := ctx.RustModule().CrateName()
 	targetTriple := ctx.toolchain().RustTriple()
 
-	envVars := rustEnvVars(ctx, deps)
-
 	inputs = append(inputs, main)
 
 	// Collect rustc flags
@@ -286,7 +245,6 @@
 	// Enable incremental compilation if requested by user
 	if ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("SOONG_RUSTC_INCREMENTAL") {
 		incrementalPath := android.PathForOutput(ctx, "rustc").String()
-
 		rustcFlags = append(rustcFlags, "-Cincremental="+incrementalPath)
 	}
 
@@ -298,36 +256,16 @@
 
 	// Collect linker flags
 	if !ctx.Darwin() {
-		earlyLinkFlags = "-Wl,--as-needed"
+		earlyLinkFlags = append(earlyLinkFlags, "-Wl,--as-needed")
 	}
 
-	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, flags.GlobalLinkFlags...)
-	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, flags.LinkFlags...)
-
-	// Check if this module needs to use the bootstrap linker
-	if ctx.RustModule().Bootstrap() && !ctx.RustModule().InRecovery() && !ctx.RustModule().InRamdisk() && !ctx.RustModule().InVendorRamdisk() {
-		dynamicLinker := "-Wl,-dynamic-linker,/system/bin/bootstrap/linker"
-		if ctx.toolchain().Is64Bit() {
-			dynamicLinker += "64"
-		}
-		linkFlags = append(linkFlags, dynamicLinker)
-	}
-
-	libFlags := makeLibFlags(deps)
-
 	// Collect dependencies
-	implicits = append(implicits, rustLibsToPaths(deps.RLibs)...)
-	implicits = append(implicits, rustLibsToPaths(deps.DyLibs)...)
-	implicits = append(implicits, rustLibsToPaths(deps.ProcMacros)...)
-	implicits = append(implicits, deps.AfdoProfiles...)
-	implicits = append(implicits, deps.srcProviderFiles...)
-	implicits = append(implicits, deps.WholeStaticLibs...)
-
-	linkImplicits = append(linkImplicits, deps.LibDeps...)
+	var linkImplicits android.Paths
+	implicits := collectImplicits(deps)
+	toolImplicits := android.Concat(deps.BuildToolDeps)
 	linkImplicits = append(linkImplicits, deps.CrtBegin...)
 	linkImplicits = append(linkImplicits, deps.CrtEnd...)
-
-	linkOrderOnly = append(linkOrderOnly, deps.linkObjects...)
+	implicits = append(implicits, comp.compilationSourcesAndData(ctx)...)
 
 	if len(deps.SrcDeps) > 0 {
 		moduleGenDir := ctx.RustModule().compiler.CargoOutDir()
@@ -342,7 +280,7 @@
 		}
 
 		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-			Rule:        cp,
+			Rule:        cpDir,
 			Description: "cp " + moduleGenDir.Path().Rel(),
 			Outputs:     outputs,
 			Inputs:      deps.SrcDeps,
@@ -354,81 +292,176 @@
 	}
 
 	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")
-		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-			Rule:        clippyDriver,
-			Description: "clippy " + main.Rel(),
-			Output:      clippyFile,
-			Inputs:      inputs,
-			Implicits:   implicits,
-			Args: map[string]string{
-				"rustcFlags":  strings.Join(rustcFlags, " "),
-				"libFlags":    strings.Join(libFlags, " "),
-				"clippyFlags": strings.Join(flags.ClippyFlags, " "),
-				"envVars":     strings.Join(envVars, " "),
-			},
-		})
+		clippyDepInfoFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, outputFile.Base()+".clippy.d.raw")
+		clippyDepFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, outputFile.Base()+".clippy.d")
+
+		clippyCmd.
+			Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, clippyCmd)).
+			Tool(deps.Clippy_driver).
+			Flag("--emit metadata").
+			FlagWithOutput("-o ", clippyFile).
+			FlagWithOutput("--emit dep-info=", clippyDepInfoFile).
+			Inputs(inputs).
+			Flags(makeLibFlags(deps, clippyCmd)).
+			Flags(rustcFlags).
+			Flags(flags.ClippyFlags).
+			ImplicitTools(toolImplicits).
+			Implicits(implicits)
+
+		depfileCreationCmd := clippyRule.Command()
+		depfileCreationCmd.
+			Flag(fmt.Sprintf(
+				`grep "^%s:" %s >`,
+				depfileCreationCmd.PathForOutput(clippyFile),
+				depfileCreationCmd.PathForOutput(clippyDepInfoFile),
+			)).
+			DepFile(clippyDepFile)
+
+		clippyRule.BuildWithUnescapedNinjaVars("clippy", "clippy "+main.Rel())
+
 		// Declare the clippy build as an implicit dependency of the original crate.
 		implicits = append(implicits, clippyFile)
 	}
 
-	rustcOutputFile := outputFile
+	sboxDirectory := "rustc"
+	rustSboxOutputFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory, outputFile.Base())
+	depFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory, rustSboxOutputFile.Base()+".d")
+	depInfoFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory, rustSboxOutputFile.Base()+".d.raw")
+	var rustcImplicitOutputs android.WritablePaths
+
+	sandboxedCompilation := comp.crateRoot(ctx) != nil
+	rustcRule := getRuleBuilder(ctx, pctx, sandboxedCompilation, sboxDirectory)
+	rustcCmd := rustcRule.Command()
+
+	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, flags.GlobalLinkFlags...)
+	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, flags.LinkFlags...)
+	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, rustcCmd.PathsForInputs(deps.linkObjects)...)
+
+	// Check if this module needs to use the bootstrap linker
+	if ctx.RustModule().Bootstrap() && !ctx.RustModule().InRecovery() && !ctx.RustModule().InRamdisk() && !ctx.RustModule().InVendorRamdisk() {
+		dynamicLinker := "-Wl,-dynamic-linker,/system/bin/bootstrap/linker"
+		if ctx.toolchain().Is64Bit() {
+			dynamicLinker += "64"
+		}
+		linkFlags = append(linkFlags, dynamicLinker)
+	}
+
+	libFlags := makeLibFlags(deps, rustcCmd)
+
 	usesLinker := crateType == "bin" || crateType == "dylib" || crateType == "cdylib" || crateType == "proc-macro"
 	if usesLinker {
-		rustcOutputFile = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, outputFile.Base()+".rsp")
+		rustSboxOutputFile = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory, rustSboxOutputFile.Base()+".rsp")
+		rustcImplicitOutputs = android.WritablePaths{
+			android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory, rustSboxOutputFile.Base()+".whole.a"),
+			android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory, rustSboxOutputFile.Base()+".a"),
+		}
 	}
 
-	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-		Rule:        rustc,
-		Description: "rustc " + main.Rel(),
-		Output:      rustcOutputFile,
-		Inputs:      inputs,
-		Implicits:   implicits,
-		Args: map[string]string{
-			"rustcFlags": strings.Join(rustcFlags, " "),
-			"libFlags":   strings.Join(libFlags, " "),
-			"envVars":    strings.Join(envVars, " "),
-		},
-	})
+	// TODO(b/298461712) remove this hack to let slim manifest branches build
+	if deps.Rustc == nil {
+		deps.Rustc = config.RustPath(ctx, "bin/rustc")
+	}
 
-	if usesLinker {
+	rustcCmd.
+		Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, rustcCmd)).
+		Tool(deps.Rustc).
+		FlagWithInput("-C linker=", android.PathForSource(ctx, "build", "soong", "scripts", "mkcratersp.py")).
+		Flag("--emit link").
+		Flag("-o").
+		Output(rustSboxOutputFile).
+		FlagWithOutput("--emit dep-info=", depInfoFile).
+		Inputs(inputs).
+		Flags(libFlags).
+		ImplicitTools(toolImplicits).
+		Implicits(implicits).
+		Flags(rustcFlags).
+		ImplicitOutputs(rustcImplicitOutputs)
+
+	depfileCreationCmd := rustcRule.Command()
+	depfileCreationCmd.
+		Flag(fmt.Sprintf(
+			`grep "^%s:" %s >`,
+			depfileCreationCmd.PathForOutput(rustSboxOutputFile),
+			depfileCreationCmd.PathForOutput(depInfoFile),
+		)).
+		DepFile(depFile)
+
+	if !usesLinker {
 		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-			Rule:        rustLink,
-			Description: "rustLink " + main.Rel(),
-			Output:      outputFile,
-			Inputs:      android.Paths{rustcOutputFile},
-			Implicits:   linkImplicits,
-			OrderOnly:   linkOrderOnly,
-			Args: map[string]string{
-				"earlyLinkFlags": earlyLinkFlags,
-				"linkFlags":      strings.Join(linkFlags, " "),
-				"crtBegin":       strings.Join(deps.CrtBegin.Strings(), " "),
-				"crtEnd":         strings.Join(deps.CrtEnd.Strings(), " "),
-			},
+			Rule:   cp,
+			Input:  rustSboxOutputFile,
+			Output: outputFile,
+		})
+	} else {
+		// TODO: delmerico - separate rustLink into its own rule
+		// mkcratersp.py hardcodes paths to files within the sandbox, so
+		// 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())
+		rustLinkCmd := rustcRule.Command()
+		rustLinkCmd.
+			Tool(deps.Clang).
+			Flag("-o").
+			Output(linkerSboxOutputFile).
+			Inputs(deps.CrtBegin).
+			Flags(earlyLinkFlags).
+			FlagWithInput("@", rustSboxOutputFile).
+			Flags(linkFlags).
+			Inputs(deps.CrtEnd).
+			ImplicitTools(toolImplicits).
+			Implicits(rustcImplicitOutputs.Paths()).
+			Implicits(implicits).
+			Implicits(linkImplicits)
+		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
+			Rule:   cp,
+			Input:  linkerSboxOutputFile,
+			Output: outputFile,
 		})
 	}
 
+	rustcRule.BuildWithUnescapedNinjaVars("rustc", "rustc "+main.Rel())
+
 	if flags.EmitXrefs {
+		kytheRule := getRuleBuilder(ctx, pctx, false, "kythe")
+		kytheCmd := kytheRule.Command()
 		kytheFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, outputFile.Base()+".kzip")
-		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-			Rule:        kytheExtract,
-			Description: "Xref Rust extractor " + main.Rel(),
-			Output:      kytheFile,
-			Inputs:      inputs,
-			Implicits:   implicits,
-			Args: map[string]string{
-				"rustcFlags": strings.Join(rustcFlags, " "),
-				"libFlags":   strings.Join(libFlags, " "),
-				"envVars":    strings.Join(envVars, " "),
-			},
-		})
+		kytheCmd.
+			Flag("KYTHE_CORPUS=${kytheCorpus}").
+			FlagWithOutput("KYTHE_OUTPUT_FILE=", kytheFile).
+			FlagWithInput("KYTHE_VNAMES=", android.PathForSource(ctx, "build", "soong", "vnames.json")).
+			Flag("KYTHE_KZIP_ENCODING=${kytheCuEncoding}").
+			Flag("KYTHE_CANONICALIZE_VNAME_PATHS=prefer-relative").
+			Tool(ctx.Config().PrebuiltBuildTool(ctx, "rust_extractor")).
+			Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, kytheCmd)).
+			Tool(deps.Rustc).
+			Flag("-C linker=true").
+			Inputs(inputs).
+			Flags(makeLibFlags(deps, kytheCmd)).
+			Flags(rustcFlags).
+			ImplicitTools(toolImplicits).
+			Implicits(implicits)
+		kytheRule.BuildWithUnescapedNinjaVars("kythe", "Xref Rust extractor "+main.Rel())
 		output.kytheFile = kytheFile
 	}
 	return output
 }
 
-func Rustdoc(ctx ModuleContext, main android.Path, deps PathDeps,
-	flags Flags) android.ModuleOutPath {
+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()
 
 	rustdocFlags := append([]string{}, flags.RustdocFlags...)
 	rustdocFlags = append(rustdocFlags, "--sysroot=/dev/null")
@@ -447,7 +480,7 @@
 	crateName := ctx.RustModule().CrateName()
 	rustdocFlags = append(rustdocFlags, "--crate-name "+crateName)
 
-	rustdocFlags = append(rustdocFlags, makeLibFlags(deps)...)
+	rustdocFlags = append(rustdocFlags, makeLibFlags(deps, rustdocCmd)...)
 	docTimestampFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "rustdoc.timestamp")
 
 	// Silence warnings about renamed lints for third-party crates
@@ -463,18 +496,26 @@
 	// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs#L144-L146
 	docDir := android.PathForOutput(ctx, "rustdoc")
 
-	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-		Rule:        rustdoc,
-		Description: "rustdoc " + main.Rel(),
-		Output:      docTimestampFile,
-		Input:       main,
-		Implicit:    ctx.RustModule().UnstrippedOutputFile(),
-		Args: map[string]string{
-			"rustdocFlags": strings.Join(rustdocFlags, " "),
-			"outDir":       docDir.String(),
-			"envVars":      strings.Join(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps), " "),
-		},
-	})
+	rustdocCmd.
+		Flags(rustEnvVars(ctx, deps, rustdocCmd)).
+		Tool(deps.Rustdoc).
+		Flags(rustdocFlags).
+		Input(main).
+		Flag("-o "+docDir.String()).
+		FlagWithOutput("&& touch ", docTimestampFile).
+		Implicit(ctx.RustModule().UnstrippedOutputFile())
 
+	rustdocRule.BuildWithUnescapedNinjaVars("rustdoc", "rustdoc "+main.Rel())
 	return docTimestampFile
 }
+
+func getRuleBuilder(ctx android.ModuleContext, pctx android.PackageContext, sbox bool, sboxDirectory string) *android.RuleBuilder {
+	r := android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
+	if sbox {
+		r = r.Sbox(
+			android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory),
+			android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, sboxDirectory+".sbox.textproto"),
+		).SandboxInputs()
+	}
+	return r
+}