diff --git a/library/Cargo.lock b/library/Cargo.lock
index a68b8350f1bd6..73a517fb449f9 100644
--- a/library/Cargo.lock
+++ b/library/Cargo.lock
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "alloc"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "bdwgc",
  "compiler_builtins",
  "core",
  "rand",
@@ -359,7 +360,6 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "addr2line",
  "alloc",
- "bdwgc",
  "cfg-if",
  "compiler_builtins",
  "core",
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "sysroot"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bdwgc",
  "proc_macro",
  "profiler_builtins",
  "std",
diff --git a/library/alloc/Cargo.toml b/library/alloc/Cargo.toml
index 869cd39a3a351..524de49bf1df4 100644
--- a/library/alloc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/library/alloc/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ autobenches = false
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+bdwgc = { path = "../bdwgc" }
 core = { path = "../core", public = true }
 compiler_builtins = { version = "=0.1.150", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ check-cfg = [
     'cfg(bootstrap)',
     'cfg(no_global_oom_handling)',
     'cfg(no_rc)',
+    'cfg(no_gc)',
     'cfg(no_sync)',
     'cfg(randomized_layouts)',
 ]
diff --git a/library/alloc/src/lib.rs b/library/alloc/src/lib.rs
index 034659101f21f..631bf2208b631 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/lib.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ pub mod __export {
     pub use core::hint::must_use;
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(no_gc))]
+#[unstable(feature = "gc", issue = "none")]
+pub use bdwgc;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[allow(dead_code)] // Not used in all configurations
 pub(crate) mod test_helpers {
diff --git a/library/bdwgc/Cargo.toml b/library/bdwgc/Cargo.toml
index cd14e93cec851..ac1d1e5c3076a 100644
--- a/library/bdwgc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/library/bdwgc/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@ libc = { version = "0.2.148", default-features = false, features = ['rustc-dep-o
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cmake = "0.1"
-
-[features]
-link-shared = []
-gc-assertions = []
-gc-debug = []
diff --git a/library/std/Cargo.toml b/library/std/Cargo.toml
index 55665cb2934ce..666205f253763 100644
--- a/library/std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/library/std/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ crate-type = ["dylib", "rlib"]
 [dependencies]
 alloc = { path = "../alloc", public = true }
 cfg-if = { version = "1.0", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
-bdwgc = { path = "../bdwgc" }
 panic_unwind = { path = "../panic_unwind", optional = true }
 panic_abort = { path = "../panic_abort" }
 core = { path = "../core", public = true }
@@ -108,8 +107,6 @@ log-stats = ["alloc/log-stats"]
 premature-finalizer-prevention = []
 premature-finalizer-prevention-optimize = []
 finalizer-elision = []
-bdwgc-assertions = ["bdwgc/gc-assertions"]
-bdwgc-debug = ["bdwgc/gc-debug"]
 bdwgc-disable = []
 
 # Make panics and failed asserts immediately abort without formatting any message
diff --git a/library/std/src/gc.rs b/library/std/src/gc.rs
index 8207372d6e722..b2a39d2b85d79 100644
--- a/library/std/src/gc.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/gc.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ use core::{fmt, iter};
 use crate::alloc::GC_COUNTERS;
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use crate::alloc::{Global, handle_alloc_error};
+use crate::bdwgc;
 use crate::sync::{Condvar, Mutex};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "log-stats")]
diff --git a/library/std/src/lib.rs b/library/std/src/lib.rs
index 47aac368fa039..bf14187c1f554 100644
--- a/library/std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/lib.rs
@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ pub use core::unsafe_binder;
 #[allow(deprecated, deprecated_in_future)]
 pub use core::usize;
 
+#[unstable(feature = "gc", issue = "none")]
+pub use alloc_crate::bdwgc;
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub use alloc_crate::borrow;
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -604,8 +606,6 @@ pub mod ascii;
 pub mod backtrace;
 #[unstable(feature = "bstr", issue = "134915")]
 pub mod bstr;
-#[unstable(feature = "gc", issue = "none")]
-use bdwgc;
 pub mod collections;
 pub mod env;
 pub mod error;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs
index f0cff2885ad3a..7033bf88b09fe 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl Thread {
 
         let ret = crate::bdwgc::GC_pthread_create(
             &mut native,
-            attr.as_ptr() as *const bdwgc::pthread_attr_t,
+            attr.as_ptr() as *const crate::bdwgc::pthread_attr_t,
             Some(thread_start),
             p as *mut _,
         );
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ impl Thread {
 
     pub fn join(self) {
         let id = self.into_id();
-        let ret = unsafe { bdwgc::GC_pthread_join(id, ptr::null_mut()) };
+        let ret = unsafe { crate::bdwgc::GC_pthread_join(id, ptr::null_mut()) };
         assert!(ret == 0, "failed to join thread: {}", io::Error::from_raw_os_error(ret));
     }
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ impl Thread {
 
 impl Drop for Thread {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        let ret = unsafe { bdwgc::GC_pthread_detach(self.id) };
+        let ret = unsafe { crate::bdwgc::GC_pthread_detach(self.id) };
         debug_assert_eq!(ret, 0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/sysroot/Cargo.toml b/library/sysroot/Cargo.toml
index 1cc9cf01a1c35..10da3c36ca530 100644
--- a/library/sysroot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/library/sysroot/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ proc_macro = { path = "../proc_macro", public = true }
 profiler_builtins = { path = "../profiler_builtins", optional = true }
 std = { path = "../std", public = true }
 test = { path = "../test", public = true }
-bdwgc = { path = "../bdwgc", public = true }
 
 # Forward features to the `std` crate as necessary
 [features]
@@ -39,6 +38,4 @@ log-stats = ["std/log-stats"]
 finalizer-elision = ["std/finalizer-elision"]
 premature-finalizer-prevention = ["std/premature-finalizer-prevention"]
 premature-finalizer-prevention-optimize = ["std/premature-finalizer-prevention-optimize"]
-bdwgc-assertions = ["std/bdwgc-assertions"]
-bdwgc-debug = ["std/bdwgc-debug"]
 bdwgc-disable = ["std/bdwgc-disable"]
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
index 2f287889c60c6..0ff54dbfd2adb 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
@@ -692,12 +692,6 @@ impl Build {
         if self.config.premature_finalizer_prevention_optimize {
             features.insert("premature-finalizer-prevention-optimize");
         }
-        if self.config.bdwgc_assertions {
-            features.insert("bdwgc-assertions");
-        }
-        if self.config.bdwgc_debug {
-            features.insert("bdwgc-debug");
-        }
         if self.config.bdwgc_disable {
             features.insert("bdwgc-disable");
         }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/alloc-no-oom-handling/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/alloc-no-oom-handling/rmake.rs
index 89a6636d9a0cc..8019e0f29564f 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/alloc-no-oom-handling/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/alloc-no-oom-handling/rmake.rs
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ fn main() {
         .crate_type("rlib")
         .input(source_root().join("library/alloc/src/lib.rs"))
         .cfg("no_global_oom_handling")
+        .cfg("no_gc")
         .run();
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/alloc-no-rc/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/alloc-no-rc/rmake.rs
index 12171c2148f1d..f514b5af5e65a 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/alloc-no-rc/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/alloc-no-rc/rmake.rs
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ fn main() {
         .crate_type("rlib")
         .input(source_root().join("library/alloc/src/lib.rs"))
         .cfg("no_rc")
+        .cfg("no_gc")
         .run();
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/alloc-no-sync/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/alloc-no-sync/rmake.rs
index 29f204f30673e..e5d6e87fce0ca 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/alloc-no-sync/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/alloc-no-sync/rmake.rs
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ fn main() {
         .crate_type("rlib")
         .input(source_root().join("library/alloc/src/lib.rs"))
         .cfg("no_sync")
+        .cfg("no_gc")
         .run();
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/linker-warning/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/linker-warning/rmake.rs
index 73ad248b6f363..8e5c2cd752ef3 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/linker-warning/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/linker-warning/rmake.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ fn run_rustc() -> Rustc {
         .arg("-Clink-self-contained=-linker")
         .arg("-Zunstable-options")
         .arg("-Wlinker-messages")
+        .cfg("no_gc")
         .output("main")
         .linker("./fake-linker");
     if run_make_support::target() == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" {
diff --git a/tests/run-make/linker-warning/short-error.txt b/tests/run-make/linker-warning/short-error.txt
index 34cdb4519777e..c3cfb5c85b23a 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/linker-warning/short-error.txt
+++ b/tests/run-make/linker-warning/short-error.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 error: linking with `./fake-linker` failed: exit status: 1
   |
-  = note:  "./fake-linker" "-m64" "/symbols.o" "-Wl,-rpath,<sysroot>/lib" "-Wl,-Bdynamic" "-Wl,--no-as-needed" "-lgc" "-Wl,--as-needed" "<2 object files omitted>" "-Wl,--as-needed" "-Wl,-Bstatic" "<sysroot>/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/{libstd-*,libpanic_unwind-*,libobject-*,libmemchr-*,libaddr2line-*,libgimli-*,librustc_demangle-*,libstd_detect-*,libhashbrown-*,librustc_std_workspace_alloc-*,libbdwgc-*,libminiz_oxide-*,libadler2-*,libunwind-*,libcfg_if-*,liblibc-*,liballoc-*,librustc_std_workspace_core-*,libcore-*,libcompiler_builtins-*}.rlib" "-Wl,-Bdynamic" "-lgc" "-lgcc_s" "-lutil" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lm" "-ldl" "-lc" "-L" "/raw-dylibs" "-Wl,--eh-frame-hdr" "-Wl,-z,noexecstack" "-L" "/build-root/test/run-make/linker-warning/rmake_out" "-L" "/build-root/bdwgc/lib" "-L" "<sysroot>/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-o" "main" "-Wl,--gc-sections" "-pie" "-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now" "-nodefaultlibs" "run_make_error"
+  = note:  "./fake-linker" "-m64" "/symbols.o" "-Wl,-rpath,<sysroot>/lib" "-Wl,-Bdynamic" "-Wl,--no-as-needed" "-lgc" "-Wl,--as-needed" "<2 object files omitted>" "-Wl,--as-needed" "-Wl,-Bstatic" "<sysroot>/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/{libstd-*,libpanic_unwind-*,libobject-*,libmemchr-*,libaddr2line-*,libgimli-*,librustc_demangle-*,libstd_detect-*,libhashbrown-*,librustc_std_workspace_alloc-*,libminiz_oxide-*,libadler2-*,libunwind-*,libcfg_if-*,liballoc-*,libbdwgc-*,liblibc-*,librustc_std_workspace_core-*,libcore-*,libcompiler_builtins-*}.rlib" "-Wl,-Bdynamic" "-lgcc_s" "-lgc" "-lutil" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lm" "-ldl" "-lc" "-L" "/raw-dylibs" "-Wl,--eh-frame-hdr" "-Wl,-z,noexecstack" "-L" "/build-root/test/run-make/linker-warning/rmake_out" "-L" "/build-root/bdwgc/lib" "-L" "<sysroot>/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-o" "main" "-Wl,--gc-sections" "-pie" "-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now" "-nodefaultlibs" "run_make_error"
   = note: some arguments are omitted. use `--verbose` to show all linker arguments
   = note: error: baz