diff --git a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
index 4a0ba5925773e..e861d520c5343 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "opener",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
  "sysinfo",
@@ -564,9 +565,6 @@ name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.137"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "61ea8d54c77f8315140a05f4c7237403bf38b72704d031543aa1d16abbf517d1"
-dependencies = [
- "serde_derive",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
index 22ceeca941e93..663987f113c8b 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ cc = "1.0.69"
 libc = "0.2"
 hex = "0.4"
 object = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false, features = ["archive", "coff", "read_core", "unaligned"] }
-serde = { version = "1.0.8", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = "1.0.137"
+# Directly use serde_derive rather than through the derive feature of serde to allow building both
+# in parallel and to allow serde_json and toml to start building as soon as serde has been built.
+serde_derive = "1.0.137"
 serde_json = "1.0.2"
 sha2 = "0.10"
 tar = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
index f0fcdf0d5a0cd..9956aad8b9943 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 use std::str;
 
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::builder::crate_description;
 use crate::builder::Cargo;
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
index 56f96734bbbc7..73a25fdbdc8f6 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use crate::flags::{Color, Flags};
 use crate::util::{exe, output, t};
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
 
 macro_rules! check_ci_llvm {
     ($name:expr) => {
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/format.rs b/src/bootstrap/format.rs
index 615794958d087..c064dbebf388a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/format.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/format.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ fn get_modified_rs_files(build: &Builder<'_>) -> Result<Option<Vec<String>>, Str
     get_git_modified_files(Some(&build.config.src), &vec!["rs"])
 }
 
-#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+#[derive(serde_derive::Deserialize)]
 struct RustfmtConfig {
     ignore: Vec<String>,
 }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/metadata.rs b/src/bootstrap/metadata.rs
index e193e70a0c417..bba4d65e8c318 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/metadata.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::cache::INTERNER;
 use crate::util::output;
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/metrics.rs b/src/bootstrap/metrics.rs
index c823dc7968465..2e62c950709df 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/metrics.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use crate::builder::Step;
 use crate::util::t;
 use crate::Build;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::BufWriter;
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/toolstate.rs b/src/bootstrap/toolstate.rs
index 1969e0b6f8722..7aab88a1a7364 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/toolstate.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/toolstate.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::builder::{Builder, RunConfig, ShouldRun, Step};
 use crate::util::t;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::fmt;