diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/genrule/BazelGenRuleRule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/genrule/BazelGenRuleRule.java
index 1d843da2cde635..ccc2c6c0427955 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/genrule/BazelGenRuleRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/genrule/BazelGenRuleRule.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.CppConfiguration;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.genrule.GenRuleBaseRule;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaConfiguration;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaSemantics;
 
 /**
  * Rule definition for genrule for Bazel.
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public RuleClass build(RuleClass.Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment env)
         .add(attr("stamp", BOOLEAN).value(false))
 
         .add(attr(":cc_toolchain", LABEL).value(GenRuleBaseRule.CC_TOOLCHAIN))
-        .add(attr(":host_jdk", LABEL).cfg(HOST).value(GenRuleBaseRule.HOST_JDK))
+        .add(attr(":host_jdk", LABEL).cfg(HOST).value(JavaSemantics.HOST_JDK))
 
         .build();
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/BUILD b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/BUILD
index 81ab46717af36b..5c97ae19887de0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/BUILD
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/BUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ java_library(
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:build-base",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:events",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:java-compilation",
-        "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:java-implicit-attributes",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:packages",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib:vfs",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBase.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBase.java
index 1aab9b16480cba..407a45cb3debab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBase.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ protected static boolean requiresCrosstool(String command) {
     return CROSSTOOL_MAKE_VARIABLE.matcher(command).find();
   }
 
-  protected static boolean requiresJdk(String command) {
+  protected boolean requiresJdk(String command) {
     return JDK_MAKE_VARIABLE.matcher(command).find();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBaseRule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBaseRule.java
index d4cb75844fb11a..544a03df21b230 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBaseRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/genrule/GenRuleBaseRule.java
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.MakeVariableProvider;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.CppConfiguration;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.CppRuleClasses;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaImplicitAttributes;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.JavaSemantics;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.java.Jvm;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.syntax.Type;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.FileTypeSet;
 
@@ -66,22 +63,6 @@ public Label resolve(Rule rule, AttributeMap attributes, BuildConfiguration conf
         }
       };
 
-  /**
-   * Late-bound dependency on the host JDK <i>iff</i> the genrule has make variables that need
-   * that rule.
-   */
-  public static final Attribute.LateBoundLabel<BuildConfiguration> HOST_JDK =
-      new Attribute.LateBoundLabel<BuildConfiguration>(
-          JavaImplicitAttributes.JDK_LABEL, Jvm.class) {
-        @Override
-        public Label resolve(Rule rule, AttributeMap attributes, BuildConfiguration configuration) {
-          return attributes != null
-              && GenRuleBase.requiresJdk(attributes.get("cmd", Type.STRING))
-              ? JavaSemantics.HOST_JDK.resolve(rule, attributes, configuration)
-              : null;
-        }
-      };
-
   @Override
   public RuleClass build(
       RuleClass.Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment env) {