diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1fd1faaaa..4fddda316 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@ on the host machine. To do so, simply add the following to the WORKSPACE file in
 your project:
 
 ```python
-# Note: The `cargo_raze` repository expects `rules_foreign_cc` and `rules_rust` to
-# have already been specified in the WORKSPACE per the Usage section of the README.
-
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index a95bd4e90..7cb073df7 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
 workspace(name = "cargo_raze")
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_rust",
-    sha256 = "accb5a89cbe63d55dcdae85938e56ff3aa56f21eb847ed826a28a83db8500ae6",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_rust-9aa49569b2b0dacecc51c05cee52708b7255bd98",
-    urls = [
-        # Main branch as of 2021-02-19
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/archive/9aa49569b2b0dacecc51c05cee52708b7255bd98.tar.gz",
-    ],
-)
-
-load("@rules_rust//rust:repositories.bzl", "rust_repositories")
-
-rust_repositories(
-    edition = "2018",
-    version = "1.49.0",
-)
-
 load("//:repositories.bzl", "cargo_raze_repositories")
 
 cargo_raze_repositories()
diff --git a/repositories.bzl b/repositories.bzl
index 4d85b5007..082dd0aca 100644
--- a/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories.bzl
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ load("//third_party/zlib:zlib_repositories.bzl", "zlib_repositories")
 def cargo_raze_repositories():
     """Creates repository definitions for all cargo-raze third party dependencies"""
 
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "rules_rust",
+        sha256 = "accb5a89cbe63d55dcdae85938e56ff3aa56f21eb847ed826a28a83db8500ae6",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_rust-9aa49569b2b0dacecc51c05cee52708b7255bd98",
+        # Main branch as of 2021-02-19
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/archive/9aa49569b2b0dacecc51c05cee52708b7255bd98.tar.gz",
+    )
+
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "rules_foreign_cc",
diff --git a/transitive_deps.bzl b/transitive_deps.bzl
index 60cf54092..db6d5a6c0 100644
--- a/transitive_deps.bzl
+++ b/transitive_deps.bzl
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 """A module defining the transitive dependencies of cargo-raze"""
 
 load("@rules_foreign_cc//:workspace_definitions.bzl", "rules_foreign_cc_dependencies")
+load("@rules_rust//rust:repositories.bzl", "rust_repositories")
 
 def cargo_raze_transitive_deps():
     """Loads all dependnecies from repositories required for cargo-raze"""
     rules_foreign_cc_dependencies()
+    rust_repositories()