diff --git a/cargo/private/cargo_build_script.bzl b/cargo/private/cargo_build_script.bzl
index 7ede86794b..ecabd037ea 100644
--- a/cargo/private/cargo_build_script.bzl
+++ b/cargo/private/cargo_build_script.bzl
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ cargo_build_script = rule(
             doc = "The binary script to run, generally a `rust_binary` target.",
             executable = True,
             mandatory = True,
-            cfg = "target",
+            cfg = "exec",
             providers = [CargoBuildScriptRunfilesInfo],
         ),
         "tools": attr.label_list(
diff --git a/test/cargo_build_script/location_expansion/test.rs b/test/cargo_build_script/location_expansion/test.rs
index e981cb692d..aeeae70801 100644
--- a/test/cargo_build_script/location_expansion/test.rs
+++ b/test/cargo_build_script/location_expansion/test.rs
@@ -63,24 +63,19 @@ pub fn test_execpath() {
         )
         .1;
 
-    let (data_cfg, data_short_path) = data_path.split_at(
+    let (_data_cfg, data_short_path) = data_path.split_at(
         data_path
             .find("/bin/")
             .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("Failed to find bin in {}", data_path))
             + "/bin/".len(),
     );
-    let (tool_cfg, tool_short_path) = tool_path.split_at(
+    let (_tool_cfg, tool_short_path) = tool_path.split_at(
         tool_path
             .find("/bin/")
             .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("Failed to find bin in {}", tool_path))
             + "/bin/".len(),
     );
 
-    assert_ne!(
-        data_cfg, tool_cfg,
-        "Data and tools should not be from the same configuration."
-    );
-
     assert_eq!(
         data_short_path,
         "test/cargo_build_script/location_expansion/target_data.txt"