diff --git a/cargo/defs.bzl b/cargo/defs.bzl
index 609965112c..0a93379cc4 100644
--- a/cargo/defs.bzl
+++ b/cargo/defs.bzl
@@ -3,30 +3,20 @@
 Common definitions for the `@rules_rust//cargo` package
 """
 
-load(
-    "//cargo/private:cargo_bootstrap.bzl",
-    _cargo_bootstrap_repository = "cargo_bootstrap_repository",
-    _cargo_env = "cargo_env",
-)
 load(
     "//cargo/private:cargo_build_script_wrapper.bzl",
     _cargo_build_script = "cargo_build_script",
 )
-load(
-    "//cargo/private:cargo_dep_env.bzl",
-    _cargo_dep_env = "cargo_dep_env",
-)
 load(
     "//cargo/private:cargo_lints.bzl",
     _extract_cargo_lints = "extract_cargo_lints",
 )
-load("//cargo/private:cargo_toml_env_vars.bzl", _cargo_toml_env_vars = "cargo_toml_env_vars")
-
-cargo_bootstrap_repository = _cargo_bootstrap_repository
-cargo_env = _cargo_env
+load(
+    "//cargo/private:cargo_toml_env_vars.bzl",
+    _cargo_toml_env_vars = "cargo_toml_env_vars",
+)
 
 cargo_build_script = _cargo_build_script
-cargo_dep_env = _cargo_dep_env
 
 extract_cargo_lints = _extract_cargo_lints
 
diff --git a/cargo/tests/dep_env/BUILD.bazel b/cargo/tests/dep_env/BUILD.bazel
index f4f716db00..c5b52651eb 100644
--- a/cargo/tests/dep_env/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cargo/tests/dep_env/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """Tests for passing configuration to cargo_build_script rules"""
 
 load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_library.bzl", "cc_library")
-load("//cargo:defs.bzl", "cargo_build_script", "cargo_dep_env")
+load("//cargo:defs.bzl", "cargo_build_script")
+load("//cargo/private:cargo_dep_env.bzl", "cargo_dep_env")
 load("//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_library", "rust_library_group", "rust_test")
 load(":dep_env.bzl", "create_dep_dir")
 
diff --git a/crate_universe/private/internal_extensions.bzl b/crate_universe/private/internal_extensions.bzl
index bc9326de22..62c1ad65fd 100644
--- a/crate_universe/private/internal_extensions.bzl
+++ b/crate_universe/private/internal_extensions.bzl
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 load("@bazel_features//:features.bzl", "bazel_features")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
-load("//cargo:defs.bzl", "cargo_bootstrap_repository")
 load("//cargo/3rdparty/crates:crates.bzl", _cargo_crate_repositories = "crate_repositories")
+
+# buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+load("//cargo/private:cargo_bootstrap.bzl", "cargo_bootstrap_repository")
 load("//crate_universe/3rdparty:third_party_deps.bzl", "third_party_deps")
 load("//crate_universe/3rdparty/crates:crates.bzl", _vendor_crate_repositories = "crate_repositories")
 load("//crate_universe/private:srcs.bzl", "CARGO_BAZEL_SRCS")
diff --git a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl b/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl
index 8553791cee..8ee08ffb90 100644
--- a/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl
+++ b/crate_universe/tools/cross_installer/cross_installer_deps.bzl
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
-load("//cargo:defs.bzl", "cargo_bootstrap_repository")
+
+# buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
+load("//cargo/private:cargo_bootstrap.bzl", "cargo_bootstrap_repository")
 
 # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
 load("//rust/private:common.bzl", "DEFAULT_RUST_VERSION")
diff --git a/docs/BUILD.bazel b/docs/BUILD.bazel
index 27c2ccc6f1..4d74eba741 100644
--- a/docs/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/docs/BUILD.bazel
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ stardoc(
     out = "src/cargo.md",
     input = "@rules_rust//cargo:defs.bzl",
     symbol_names = [
-        "cargo_bootstrap_repository",
         "cargo_build_script",
-        "cargo_dep_env",
-        "cargo_env",
         "extract_cargo_lints",
     ],
     table_of_contents_template = "@stardoc//stardoc:templates/markdown_tables/table_of_contents.vm",