2 files changed, 8 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs b/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs
index a8c00c8c3ca..3072a4a1ae7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs
@@ -101,30 +101,6 @@ fn main() {
         {
             cmd.arg("-C").arg("panic=abort");
         }
-
-        // Set various options from config.toml to configure how we're building
-        // code.
-        let debug_assertions = match env::var("RUSTC_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS") {
-            Ok(s) => {
-                if s == "true" {
-                    "y"
-                } else {
-                    "n"
-                }
-            }
-            Err(..) => "n",
-        };
-
-        // The compiler builtins are pretty sensitive to symbols referenced in
-        // libcore and such, so we never compile them with debug assertions.
-        //
-        // FIXME(rust-lang/cargo#7253) we should be doing this in `builder.rs`
-        // with env vars instead of doing it here in this script.
-        if crate_name == Some("compiler_builtins") {
-            cmd.arg("-C").arg("debug-assertions=no");
-        } else {
-            cmd.arg("-C").arg(format!("debug-assertions={}", debug_assertions));
-        }
     } else {
         // FIXME(rust-lang/cargo#5754) we shouldn't be using special env vars
         // here, but rather Cargo should know what flags to pass rustc itself.
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
index 0735ba8869a..c5e2a4a38cf 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
@@ -950,14 +950,6 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
             .env("RUSTC", self.out.join("bootstrap/debug/rustc"))
             .env("RUSTC_REAL", self.rustc(compiler))
             .env("RUSTC_STAGE", stage.to_string())
-            .env(
-                "RUSTC_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS",
-                if mode == Mode::Std {
-                    self.config.rust_debug_assertions_std.to_string()
-                } else {
-                    self.config.rust_debug_assertions.to_string()
-                },
-            )
             .env("RUSTC_SYSROOT", &sysroot)
             .env("RUSTC_LIBDIR", &libdir)
             .env("RUSTDOC", self.out.join("bootstrap/debug/rustdoc"))
@@ -1041,6 +1033,14 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
             }
         };
         cargo.env(profile_var("DEBUG"), debuginfo_level.to_string());
+        cargo.env(
+            profile_var("DEBUG_ASSERTIONS"),
+            if mode == Mode::Std {
+                self.config.rust_debug_assertions_std.to_string()
+            } else {
+                self.config.rust_debug_assertions.to_string()
+            },
+        );
 
         if !mode.is_tool() {
             cargo.env("RUSTC_FORCE_UNSTABLE", "1");