4 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
index c9697e670b7..b10ea346d6f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.1.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1aeb932158bd710538c73702db6945cb68a8fb08c519e6e12706b94263b36db8"
+checksum = "9540e661f81799159abee814118cc139a2004b3a3aa3ea37724a1b66530b90e0"
 dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
index d8775a67e19..68e0591c6b7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ test = false
 # Most of the time updating these dependencies requires modifications to the
 # bootstrap codebase(e.g., https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/124565);
 # otherwise, some targets will fail. That's why these dependencies are explicitly pinned.
-cc = "=1.2.0"
+#
+# Do not upgrade this crate unless https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1317 is fixed.
+cc = "=1.1.22"
 cmake = "=0.1.48"
 
 build_helper = { path = "../build_helper" }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index 0587408e987..053330d7417 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ impl Config {
     /// used instead to provide a nice error to the user if the submodule is
     /// missing.
     pub(crate) fn update_submodule(&self, relative_path: &str) {
-        if !self.submodules() {
+        if self.rust_info.is_from_tarball() || !self.submodules() {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
index ccc115a279f..e5d2fc790fb 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ impl Build {
     /// The given `err_hint` will be shown to the user if the submodule is not
     /// checked out and submodule management is disabled.
     pub fn require_submodule(&self, submodule: &str, err_hint: Option<&str>) {
+        if self.rust_info().is_from_tarball() {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // When testing bootstrap itself, it is much faster to ignore
         // submodules. Almost all Steps work fine without their submodules.
         if cfg!(test) && !self.config.submodules() {