diff --git a/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel b/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel
index a93b91cc64..1d06dba9a9 100644
--- a/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rust/settings/BUILD.bazel
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ load(
     "extra_rustc_flags",
     "incompatible_change_clippy_error_format",
     "incompatible_change_rust_test_compilation_output_directory",
+    "incompatible_do_not_include_cc_toolchain_files_in_rust_toolchain_all_files",
     "incompatible_do_not_include_data_in_compile_data",
     "lto",
     "no_std",
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ incompatible_change_clippy_error_format()
 
 incompatible_change_rust_test_compilation_output_directory()
 
+incompatible_do_not_include_cc_toolchain_files_in_rust_toolchain_all_files()
+
 incompatible_do_not_include_data_in_compile_data()
 
 lto()
diff --git a/rust/settings/settings.bzl b/rust/settings/settings.bzl
index abedffa4c0..db9f69b0ed 100644
--- a/rust/settings/settings.bzl
+++ b/rust/settings/settings.bzl
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ def incompatible_change_rust_test_compilation_output_directory():
         issue = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/issues/2827",
     )
 
+# buildifier: disable=unnamed-macro
+def incompatible_do_not_include_cc_toolchain_files_in_rust_toolchain_all_files():
+    """A flag to omit the cc_toolchain's all_files from the rust toolchain's all_files depset.
+    """
+    incompatible_flag(
+        name = "incompatible_do_not_include_cc_toolchain_files_in_rust_toolchain_all_files",
+        build_setting_default = False,
+        issue = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/issues/3680",
+    )
+
 def experimental_link_std_dylib():
     """A flag to control whether to link libstd dynamically."""
     bool_flag(
diff --git a/rust/toolchain.bzl b/rust/toolchain.bzl
index f3ef2f2987..7c0281f67d 100644
--- a/rust/toolchain.bzl
+++ b/rust/toolchain.bzl
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ def _generate_sysroot(
 
     # Rustc
     sysroot_rustc = _symlink_sysroot_bin(ctx, name, "bin", rustc)
-    direct_files.extend([sysroot_rustc])
+    direct_files.append(sysroot_rustc)
 
     # Rustc dependencies
     sysroot_rustc_lib = None
@@ -461,43 +461,43 @@ def _generate_sysroot(
 
     # Rustdoc
     sysroot_rustdoc = _symlink_sysroot_bin(ctx, name, "bin", rustdoc)
-    direct_files.extend([sysroot_rustdoc])
+    direct_files.append(sysroot_rustdoc)
 
     # Clippy
     sysroot_clippy = None
     if clippy:
         sysroot_clippy = _symlink_sysroot_bin(ctx, name, "bin", clippy)
-        direct_files.extend([sysroot_clippy])
+        direct_files.append(sysroot_clippy)
 
     # Cargo
     sysroot_cargo = None
     if cargo:
         sysroot_cargo = _symlink_sysroot_bin(ctx, name, "bin", cargo)
-        direct_files.extend([sysroot_cargo])
+        direct_files.append(sysroot_cargo)
 
     # Cargo-clippy
     sysroot_cargo_clippy = None
     if cargo_clippy:
         sysroot_cargo_clippy = _symlink_sysroot_bin(ctx, name, "bin", cargo_clippy)
-        direct_files.extend([sysroot_cargo_clippy])
+        direct_files.append(sysroot_cargo_clippy)
 
     # Rustfmt
     sysroot_rustfmt = None
     if rustfmt:
         sysroot_rustfmt = _symlink_sysroot_bin(ctx, name, "bin", rustfmt)
-        direct_files.extend([sysroot_rustfmt])
+        direct_files.append(sysroot_rustfmt)
 
     # Llvm tools
     sysroot_llvm_tools = None
     if llvm_tools:
         sysroot_llvm_tools = _symlink_sysroot_tree(ctx, name, llvm_tools)
-        transitive_file_sets.extend([sysroot_llvm_tools])
+        transitive_file_sets.append(sysroot_llvm_tools)
 
     # Rust standard library
     sysroot_rust_std = None
     if rust_std:
         sysroot_rust_std = _symlink_sysroot_tree(ctx, name, rust_std)
-        transitive_file_sets.extend([sysroot_rust_std])
+        transitive_file_sets.append(sysroot_rust_std)
 
         # Made available to support $(location) expansion in stdlib_linkflags and extra_rustc_flags.
         transitive_file_sets.append(depset(ctx.files.rust_std))
@@ -622,14 +622,10 @@ def _rust_toolchain_impl(ctx):
     }
 
     if sysroot.cargo:
-        make_variables.update({
-            "CARGO": sysroot.cargo.path,
-        })
+        make_variables["CARGO"] = sysroot.cargo.path
 
     if sysroot.rustfmt:
-        make_variables.update({
-            "RUSTFMT": sysroot.rustfmt.path,
-        })
+        make_variables["RUSTFMT"] = sysroot.rustfmt.path
 
     make_variable_info = platform_common.TemplateVariableInfo(make_variables)
 
@@ -709,13 +705,17 @@ def _rust_toolchain_impl(ctx):
     )
 
     # Include C++ toolchain files to ensure tools like 'ar' are available for cross-compilation
-    cc_toolchain, _ = find_cc_toolchain(ctx)
-    all_files_depsets = [sysroot.all_files]
-    if cc_toolchain and cc_toolchain.all_files:
-        all_files_depsets.append(cc_toolchain.all_files)
+    if ctx.attr._incompatible_do_not_include_cc_toolchain_files_in_rust_toolchain_all_files[IncompatibleFlagInfo].enabled:
+        all_files = sysroot.all_files
+    else:
+        cc_toolchain, _ = find_cc_toolchain(ctx)
+        all_files_depsets = [sysroot.all_files]
+        if cc_toolchain and cc_toolchain.all_files:
+            all_files_depsets.append(cc_toolchain.all_files)
+        all_files = depset(transitive = all_files_depsets)
 
     toolchain = platform_common.ToolchainInfo(
-        all_files = depset(transitive = all_files_depsets),
+        all_files = all_files,
         binary_ext = ctx.attr.binary_ext,
         cargo = sysroot.cargo,
         clippy_driver = sysroot.clippy,
@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ rust_toolchain = rule(
         "_incompatible_change_rust_test_compilation_output_directory": attr.label(
             default = Label("//rust/settings:incompatible_change_rust_test_compilation_output_directory"),
         ),
+        "_incompatible_do_not_include_cc_toolchain_files_in_rust_toolchain_all_files": attr.label(
+            default = Label("//rust/settings:incompatible_do_not_include_cc_toolchain_files_in_rust_toolchain_all_files"),
+        ),
         "_incompatible_do_not_include_data_in_compile_data": attr.label(
             default = Label("//rust/settings:incompatible_do_not_include_data_in_compile_data"),
             doc = "Label to a boolean build setting that controls whether to include data files in compile_data.",