diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkRuleContext.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkRuleContext.java
index a05c662657065b..feae9d05050a0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkRuleContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkRuleContext.java
@@ -613,12 +613,6 @@ public BuildConfigurationValue getConfiguration() throws EvalException {
     return ruleContext.getConfiguration();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public BuildConfigurationValue getHostConfiguration() throws EvalException {
-    checkMutable("host_configuration");
-    return ruleContext.getHostConfiguration();
-  }
-
   @Override
   @Nullable
   public Object getBuildSettingValue() throws EvalException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/StarlarkRuleContextApi.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/StarlarkRuleContextApi.java
index 7f6096befeaf78..3919ecd8a69fe2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/StarlarkRuleContextApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlarkbuildapi/StarlarkRuleContextApi.java
@@ -210,14 +210,6 @@ public interface StarlarkRuleContextApi<ConstraintValueT extends ConstraintValue
               + "configuration</a> type for more details.")
   BuildConfigurationApi getConfiguration() throws EvalException;
 
-  @StarlarkMethod(
-      name = "host_configuration",
-      structField = true,
-      doc =
-          "The host configuration. See the <a href=\"configuration.html\">"
-              + "configuration</a> type for more details.")
-  BuildConfigurationApi getHostConfiguration() throws EvalException;
-
   @StarlarkMethod(
       name = "build_setting_value",
       structField = true,
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleContextTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleContextTest.java
index c451fe1c16cc84..da356aed57e613 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleContextTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleContextTest.java
@@ -1018,14 +1018,6 @@ public void testDisabledFeatures() throws Exception {
     assertThat((Sequence) result).containsExactly("f3");
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testHostConfiguration() throws Exception {
-    StarlarkRuleContext ruleContext = createRuleContext("//foo:foo");
-    setRuleContext(ruleContext);
-    Object result = ev.eval("ruleContext.host_configuration");
-    assertThat(ruleContext.getRuleContext().getHostConfiguration()).isSameInstanceAs(result);
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testWorkspaceName() throws Exception {
     assertThat(ruleClassProvider.getRunfilesPrefix()).isNotNull();
@@ -2875,7 +2867,6 @@ public void testCoverageInstrumentedMatchesFilterNonDefaultLabel() throws Except
           "label",
           "fragments",
           "configuration",
-          "host_configuration",
           "coverage_instrumented(dep)",
           "features",
           "bin_dir",
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleImplementationFunctionsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleImplementationFunctionsTest.java
index 0a3083955bfe8c..7b61daf2495385 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleImplementationFunctionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/starlark/StarlarkRuleImplementationFunctionsTest.java
@@ -3339,18 +3339,29 @@ public void testDeclareSharedArtifactIsPrivateAPI() throws Exception {
   public void testDeclareSharedArtifact_differentFileRoot() throws Exception {
     scratch.file(
         "test/rule.bzl",
+        "RootProvider = provider(fields = ['root'])",
         "def _impl(ctx):",
+        "  if not ctx.attr.dep:",
+        "      return [RootProvider(root = ctx.configuration.bin_dir)]", // This is the child.
+        "  exec_config_root = ctx.attr.dep[RootProvider].root",
         "  a1 = ctx.actions.declare_shareable_artifact(ctx.label.name + '1.so')",
         "  ctx.actions.write(a1, '')",
         "  a2 = ctx.actions.declare_shareable_artifact(",
         "           ctx.label.name + '2.so',",
-        "           ctx.host_configuration.bin_dir",
+        "           exec_config_root",
         "       )",
         "  ctx.actions.write(a2, '')",
         "  return [DefaultInfo(files = depset([a1, a2]))]",
         "",
-        "r = rule(implementation = _impl)");
-    scratch.file("test/BUILD", "load(':rule.bzl', 'r')", "r(name = 'foo')");
+        "r = rule(",
+        "    implementation = _impl,",
+        "    attrs = {'dep': attr.label(cfg = 'exec')},",
+        ")");
+    scratch.file(
+        "test/BUILD",
+        "load(':rule.bzl', 'r')",
+        "r(name = 'foo', dep = ':exec_configured_child')",
+        "r(name = 'exec_configured_child')");
 
     ConfiguredTarget target = getConfiguredTarget("//test:foo");
 
@@ -3369,6 +3380,7 @@ public void testDeclareSharedArtifact_differentFileRoot() throws Exception {
             .findFirst()
             .orElse(null);
     assertThat(a2).isNotNull();
-    assertThat(a2.getRoot().getExecPathString()).isEqualTo(getRelativeOutputPath() + "/host/bin");
+    assertThat(a2.getRoot().getExecPathString())
+        .matches(getRelativeOutputPath() + "/[\\w\\-]+\\-exec\\-[\\w\\-]+/bin");
   }
 }