diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs b/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs
index 54b689fb062a5..8d59d2e93c0cc 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bin/rustc.rs
@@ -287,10 +287,6 @@ fn main() {
                 cmd.arg("-C").arg("target-feature=-crt-static");
             }
         }
-
-        if let Ok(map) = env::var("RUSTC_DEBUGINFO_MAP") {
-            cmd.arg("--remap-path-prefix").arg(&map);
-        }
     } else {
         // Override linker if necessary.
         if let Ok(host_linker) = env::var("RUSTC_HOST_LINKER") {
@@ -307,6 +303,10 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
+    if let Ok(map) = env::var("RUSTC_DEBUGINFO_MAP") {
+        cmd.arg("--remap-path-prefix").arg(&map);
+    }
+
     // Force all crates compiled by this compiler to (a) be unstable and (b)
     // allow the `rustc_private` feature to link to other unstable crates
     // also in the sysroot. We also do this for host crates, since those