diff --git a/bp2build/cc_binary_conversion_test.go b/bp2build/cc_binary_conversion_test.go
index fe156dffd..a39ed7de6 100644
--- a/bp2build/cc_binary_conversion_test.go
+++ b/bp2build/cc_binary_conversion_test.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func TestCcBinaryNocrtTests(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			description:   "nocrt: true",
 			soongProperty: `nocrt: true,`,
-			bazelAttr:     AttrNameToString{"link_crt": `False`},
+			bazelAttr:     AttrNameToString{"features": `["-link_crt"]`},
 		},
 		{
 			description:   "nocrt: false",
@@ -408,12 +408,12 @@ func TestCcBinaryNo_libcrtTests(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			description:   "no_libcrt: true",
 			soongProperty: `no_libcrt: true,`,
-			bazelAttr:     AttrNameToString{"use_libcrt": `False`},
+			bazelAttr:     AttrNameToString{"features": `["-use_libcrt"]`},
 		},
 		{
 			description:   "no_libcrt: false",
 			soongProperty: `no_libcrt: false,`,
-			bazelAttr:     AttrNameToString{"use_libcrt": `True`},
+			bazelAttr:     AttrNameToString{},
 		},
 		{
 			description: "no_libcrt: not set",
diff --git a/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go b/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
index c11a50d9d..54be7093a 100644
--- a/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
+++ b/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ cc_library {
 
 func TestCCLibraryNoCrtTrue(t *testing.T) {
 	runCcLibraryTestCase(t, Bp2buildTestCase{
-		Description:                "cc_library - nocrt: true emits attribute",
+		Description:                "cc_library - nocrt: true disables feature",
 		ModuleTypeUnderTest:        "cc_library",
 		ModuleTypeUnderTestFactory: cc.LibraryFactory,
 		Filesystem: map[string]string{
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ cc_library {
 }
 `,
 		ExpectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo-lib", AttrNameToString{
-			"link_crt": `False`,
+			"features": `["-link_crt"]`,
 			"srcs":     `["impl.cpp"]`,
 		}),
 	},
@@ -1375,7 +1375,13 @@ cc_library {
     include_build_directory: false,
 }
 `,
-		ExpectedErr: fmt.Errorf("module \"foo-lib\": nocrt is not supported for arch variants"),
+		ExpectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo-lib", AttrNameToString{
+			"features": `select({
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:arm": ["-link_crt"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    })`,
+			"srcs": `["impl.cpp"]`,
+		}),
 	})
 }
 
@@ -1395,8 +1401,8 @@ cc_library {
 }
 `,
 		ExpectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo-lib", AttrNameToString{
-			"srcs":       `["impl.cpp"]`,
-			"use_libcrt": `False`,
+			"features": `["-use_libcrt"]`,
+			"srcs":     `["impl.cpp"]`,
 		}),
 	})
 }
@@ -1445,8 +1451,7 @@ cc_library {
 }
 `,
 		ExpectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo-lib", AttrNameToString{
-			"srcs":       `["impl.cpp"]`,
-			"use_libcrt": `True`,
+			"srcs": `["impl.cpp"]`,
 		}),
 	})
 }
@@ -1475,10 +1480,10 @@ cc_library {
 `,
 		ExpectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo-lib", AttrNameToString{
 			"srcs": `["impl.cpp"]`,
-			"use_libcrt": `select({
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:arm": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:x86": False,
-        "//conditions:default": None,
+			"features": `select({
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:arm": ["-use_libcrt"],
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:x86": ["-use_libcrt"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
     })`,
 		}),
 	})
@@ -1512,17 +1517,15 @@ cc_library {
 }
 `,
 		ExpectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo-lib", AttrNameToString{
-			"srcs": `["impl.cpp"]`,
-			"use_libcrt": `select({
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:android_arm": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:android_x86": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:darwin_arm64": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:darwin_x86_64": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:linux_glibc_x86": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:linux_musl_x86": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:windows_x86": False,
-        "//conditions:default": None,
+			"features": `select({
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:arm": ["-use_libcrt"],
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:x86": ["-use_libcrt"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    }) + select({
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/os:darwin": ["-use_libcrt"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
     })`,
+			"srcs": `["impl.cpp"]`,
 		}),
 	})
 }
@@ -1557,16 +1560,10 @@ cc_library {
 `,
 		ExpectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo-lib", AttrNameToString{
 			"srcs": `["impl.cpp"]`,
-			"use_libcrt": `select({
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:android_arm": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:android_x86_64": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:darwin_arm64": True,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:darwin_x86_64": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:linux_bionic_x86_64": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:linux_glibc_x86_64": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:linux_musl_x86_64": False,
-        "//build/bazel/platforms/os_arch:windows_x86_64": False,
-        "//conditions:default": None,
+			"features": `select({
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:arm": ["-use_libcrt"],
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:x86_64": ["-use_libcrt"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
     })`,
 		}),
 	})
diff --git a/bp2build/cc_library_shared_conversion_test.go b/bp2build/cc_library_shared_conversion_test.go
index 017df6f9c..620742115 100644
--- a/bp2build/cc_library_shared_conversion_test.go
+++ b/bp2build/cc_library_shared_conversion_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package bp2build
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ cc_library_shared {
 
 func TestCcLibrarySharedNoCrtTrue(t *testing.T) {
 	runCcLibrarySharedTestCase(t, Bp2buildTestCase{
-		Description: "cc_library_shared - nocrt: true emits attribute",
+		Description: "cc_library_shared - nocrt: true disables feature",
 		Filesystem: map[string]string{
 			"impl.cpp": "",
 		},
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ cc_library_shared {
 `,
 		ExpectedBazelTargets: []string{
 			MakeBazelTarget("cc_library_shared", "foo_shared", AttrNameToString{
-				"link_crt": `False`,
+				"features": `["-link_crt"]`,
 				"srcs":     `["impl.cpp"]`,
 			}),
 		},
@@ -428,7 +427,7 @@ cc_library_shared {
 
 func TestCcLibrarySharedNoCrtFalse(t *testing.T) {
 	runCcLibrarySharedTestCase(t, Bp2buildTestCase{
-		Description: "cc_library_shared - nocrt: false doesn't emit attribute",
+		Description: "cc_library_shared - nocrt: false doesn't disable feature",
 		Filesystem: map[string]string{
 			"impl.cpp": "",
 		},
@@ -469,7 +468,15 @@ cc_library_shared {
     include_build_directory: false,
 }
 `,
-		ExpectedErr: fmt.Errorf("module \"foo_shared\": nocrt is not supported for arch variants"),
+		ExpectedBazelTargets: []string{
+			MakeBazelTarget("cc_library_shared", "foo_shared", AttrNameToString{
+				"features": `select({
+        "//build/bazel/platforms/arch:arm": ["-link_crt"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    })`,
+				"srcs": `["impl.cpp"]`,
+			}),
+		},
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index a04b174e3..532b42a4c 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (binary *binaryDecorator) getStem(ctx BaseModuleContext) string {
 // modules common to most binaries, such as bionic libraries.
 func (binary *binaryDecorator) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 	deps = binary.baseLinker.linkerDeps(ctx, deps)
-	if !Bool(binary.baseLinker.Properties.Nocrt) {
+	if binary.baseLinker.Properties.crt() {
 		if binary.static() {
 			deps.CrtBegin = ctx.toolchain().CrtBeginStaticBinary()
 			deps.CrtEnd = ctx.toolchain().CrtEndStaticBinary()
@@ -630,8 +630,6 @@ func binaryBp2buildAttrs(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, m *Module) binaryAtt
 		Local_includes:    baseAttrs.localIncludes,
 		Absolute_includes: baseAttrs.absoluteIncludes,
 		Linkopts:          baseAttrs.linkopts,
-		Link_crt:          baseAttrs.linkCrt,
-		Use_libcrt:        baseAttrs.useLibcrt,
 		Use_version_lib:   baseAttrs.useVersionLib,
 		Rtti:              baseAttrs.rtti,
 		Stl:               baseAttrs.stl,
@@ -695,10 +693,7 @@ type binaryAttributes struct {
 
 	Linkopts                 bazel.StringListAttribute
 	Additional_linker_inputs bazel.LabelListAttribute
-
-	Link_crt        bazel.BoolAttribute
-	Use_libcrt      bazel.BoolAttribute
-	Use_version_lib bazel.BoolAttribute
+	Use_version_lib          bazel.BoolAttribute
 
 	Rtti    bazel.BoolAttribute
 	Stl     *string
diff --git a/cc/bp2build.go b/cc/bp2build.go
index 6c5505a6e..250241c3e 100644
--- a/cc/bp2build.go
+++ b/cc/bp2build.go
@@ -965,8 +965,6 @@ type linkerAttributes struct {
 	systemDynamicDeps                bazel.LabelListAttribute
 	usedSystemDynamicDepAsDynamicDep map[string]bool
 
-	linkCrt                       bazel.BoolAttribute
-	useLibcrt                     bazel.BoolAttribute
 	useVersionLib                 bazel.BoolAttribute
 	linkopts                      bazel.StringListAttribute
 	additionalLinkerInputs        bazel.LabelListAttribute
@@ -1138,6 +1136,13 @@ func (la *linkerAttributes) bp2buildForAxisAndConfig(ctx android.BazelConversion
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !props.libCrt() {
+		axisFeatures = append(axisFeatures, "-use_libcrt")
+	}
+	if !props.crt() {
+		axisFeatures = append(axisFeatures, "-link_crt")
+	}
+
 	// This must happen before the addition of flags for Version Script and
 	// Dynamic List, as these flags must be split on spaces and those must not
 	linkerFlags = parseCommandLineFlags(linkerFlags, filterOutClangUnknownCflags)
@@ -1157,16 +1162,6 @@ func (la *linkerAttributes) bp2buildForAxisAndConfig(ctx android.BazelConversion
 
 	la.additionalLinkerInputs.SetSelectValue(axis, config, additionalLinkerInputs)
 	la.linkopts.SetSelectValue(axis, config, linkerFlags)
-	la.useLibcrt.SetSelectValue(axis, config, props.libCrt())
-
-	// it's very unlikely for nocrt to be arch variant, so bp2build doesn't support it.
-	if props.crt() != nil {
-		if axis == bazel.NoConfigAxis {
-			la.linkCrt.SetSelectValue(axis, config, props.crt())
-		} else if axis == bazel.ArchConfigurationAxis {
-			ctx.ModuleErrorf("nocrt is not supported for arch variants")
-		}
-	}
 
 	if axisFeatures != nil {
 		la.features.SetSelectValue(axis, config, axisFeatures)
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 9421007ee..f33f37efc 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ type bazelCcLibraryAttributes struct {
 	Local_includes         bazel.StringListAttribute
 	Absolute_includes      bazel.StringListAttribute
 	Linkopts               bazel.StringListAttribute
-	Use_libcrt             bazel.BoolAttribute
 	Rtti                   bazel.BoolAttribute
 
 	Stl     *string
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ type bazelCcLibraryAttributes struct {
 	C_std   *string
 
 	// This is shared only.
-	Link_crt                 bazel.BoolAttribute
 	Additional_linker_inputs bazel.LabelListAttribute
 
 	// Common properties shared between both shared and static variants.
@@ -360,7 +358,6 @@ func libraryBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, m *Module) {
 		Export_system_includes:   exportedIncludes.SystemIncludes,
 		Local_includes:           compilerAttrs.localIncludes,
 		Absolute_includes:        compilerAttrs.absoluteIncludes,
-		Use_libcrt:               linkerAttrs.useLibcrt,
 		Rtti:                     compilerAttrs.rtti,
 		Stl:                      compilerAttrs.stl,
 		Cpp_std:                  compilerAttrs.cppStd,
@@ -381,8 +378,6 @@ func libraryBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, m *Module) {
 		Local_includes:           compilerAttrs.localIncludes,
 		Absolute_includes:        compilerAttrs.absoluteIncludes,
 		Linkopts:                 linkerAttrs.linkopts,
-		Link_crt:                 linkerAttrs.linkCrt,
-		Use_libcrt:               linkerAttrs.useLibcrt,
 		Rtti:                     compilerAttrs.rtti,
 		Stl:                      compilerAttrs.stl,
 		Cpp_std:                  compilerAttrs.cppStd,
@@ -1500,7 +1495,7 @@ func (library *libraryDecorator) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = append(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, library.StaticProperties.Static.Export_shared_lib_headers...)
 		deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders = append(deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders, library.StaticProperties.Static.Export_static_lib_headers...)
 	} else if library.shared() {
-		if !Bool(library.baseLinker.Properties.Nocrt) {
+		if library.baseLinker.Properties.crt() {
 			deps.CrtBegin = append(deps.CrtBegin, ctx.toolchain().CrtBeginSharedLibrary()...)
 			deps.CrtEnd = append(deps.CrtEnd, ctx.toolchain().CrtEndSharedLibrary()...)
 		}
@@ -2884,13 +2879,10 @@ func sharedOrStaticLibraryBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, module *Mo
 		commonAttrs.Deps.Add(baseAttributes.protoDependency)
 		attrs = &bazelCcLibraryStaticAttributes{
 			staticOrSharedAttributes: commonAttrs,
-
-			Use_libcrt: linkerAttrs.useLibcrt,
-
-			Rtti:    compilerAttrs.rtti,
-			Stl:     compilerAttrs.stl,
-			Cpp_std: compilerAttrs.cppStd,
-			C_std:   compilerAttrs.cStd,
+			Rtti:                     compilerAttrs.rtti,
+			Stl:                      compilerAttrs.stl,
+			Cpp_std:                  compilerAttrs.cppStd,
+			C_std:                    compilerAttrs.cStd,
 
 			Export_includes:          exportedIncludes.Includes,
 			Export_absolute_includes: exportedIncludes.AbsoluteIncludes,
@@ -2915,8 +2907,6 @@ func sharedOrStaticLibraryBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, module *Mo
 			Asflags:    asFlags,
 
 			Linkopts:        linkerAttrs.linkopts,
-			Link_crt:        linkerAttrs.linkCrt,
-			Use_libcrt:      linkerAttrs.useLibcrt,
 			Use_version_lib: linkerAttrs.useVersionLib,
 
 			Rtti:    compilerAttrs.rtti,
@@ -2974,13 +2964,11 @@ func sharedOrStaticLibraryBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, module *Mo
 type bazelCcLibraryStaticAttributes struct {
 	staticOrSharedAttributes
 
-	Use_libcrt      bazel.BoolAttribute
 	Use_version_lib bazel.BoolAttribute
-
-	Rtti    bazel.BoolAttribute
-	Stl     *string
-	Cpp_std *string
-	C_std   *string
+	Rtti            bazel.BoolAttribute
+	Stl             *string
+	Cpp_std         *string
+	C_std           *string
 
 	Export_includes          bazel.StringListAttribute
 	Export_absolute_includes bazel.StringListAttribute
@@ -3000,10 +2988,7 @@ type bazelCcLibraryStaticAttributes struct {
 type bazelCcLibrarySharedAttributes struct {
 	staticOrSharedAttributes
 
-	Linkopts bazel.StringListAttribute
-	Link_crt bazel.BoolAttribute // Only for linking shared library (and cc_binary)
-
-	Use_libcrt      bazel.BoolAttribute
+	Linkopts        bazel.StringListAttribute
 	Use_version_lib bazel.BoolAttribute
 
 	Rtti    bazel.BoolAttribute
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 371d78daf..e49b97d0b 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -237,29 +237,14 @@ type BaseLinkerProperties struct {
 	Exclude_shared_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 }
 
-func invertBoolPtr(value *bool) *bool {
-	if value == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	ret := !(*value)
-	return &ret
+func (blp *BaseLinkerProperties) crt() bool {
+	// Since crt is enabled for almost every module compiling against the Bionic runtime,
+	// we interpret `nil` as  enabled.
+	return blp.Nocrt == nil || !*blp.Nocrt
 }
 
-func (blp *BaseLinkerProperties) crt() *bool {
-	val := invertBoolPtr(blp.Nocrt)
-	if val != nil && *val {
-		// == True
-		//
-		// Since crt is enabled for almost every module compiling against the Bionic runtime,
-		// use `nil` when it's enabled, and rely on the Starlark macro to set it to True by default.
-		// This keeps the BUILD files clean.
-		return nil
-	}
-	return val // can be False or nil
-}
-
-func (blp *BaseLinkerProperties) libCrt() *bool {
-	return invertBoolPtr(blp.No_libcrt)
+func (blp *BaseLinkerProperties) libCrt() bool {
+	return blp.No_libcrt == nil || !*blp.No_libcrt
 }
 
 func NewBaseLinker(sanitize *sanitize) *baseLinker {
@@ -392,7 +377,7 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 
 	if ctx.toolchain().Bionic() {
 		// libclang_rt.builtins has to be last on the command line
-		if !Bool(linker.Properties.No_libcrt) && !ctx.header() {
+		if linker.Properties.libCrt() && !ctx.header() {
 			deps.UnexportedStaticLibs = append(deps.UnexportedStaticLibs, config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain()))
 		}
 
@@ -415,7 +400,7 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("system_shared_libs", "libdl must be after libc")
 		}
 	} else if ctx.toolchain().Musl() {
-		if !Bool(linker.Properties.No_libcrt) && !ctx.header() {
+		if linker.Properties.libCrt() && !ctx.header() {
 			deps.UnexportedStaticLibs = append(deps.UnexportedStaticLibs, config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain()))
 		}
 	}