diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
index 6fb7b7e71e92..1282a89a5e4f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
@@ -2542,11 +2542,6 @@ pub fn stream_cargo(
     }
     cmd.arg("--message-format").arg(message_format);
 
-    if builder.config.compile_time_deps {
-        cmd.arg("-Zunstable-options");
-        cmd.arg("--compile-time-deps");
-    }
-
     for arg in tail_args {
         cmd.arg(arg);
     }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs
index 065d7e45e0f0..d5a290d804c5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs
@@ -747,6 +747,12 @@ impl Builder<'_> {
         // Make cargo emit diagnostics relative to the rustc src dir.
         cargo.arg(format!("-Zroot-dir={}", self.src.display()));
 
+        if self.config.compile_time_deps {
+            // Build only build scripts and proc-macros for rust-analyzer when requested.
+            cargo.arg("-Zunstable-options");
+            cargo.arg("--compile-time-deps");
+        }
+
         // FIXME: Temporary fix for https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/3005
         // Force cargo to output binaries with disambiguating hashes in the name
         let mut metadata = if compiler.stage == 0 {