diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 3985801ea..016d5f408 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@ registry-auth = true
 [registries]
 powershell = { index = "sparse+https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/powershell/PowerShell/_packaging/powershell/Cargo/index/" }
 
+[registry]
+global-credential-providers = ["cargo:token"]
+
 # Enable Control Flow Guard (needed for OneBranch's post-build analysis).
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
 rustflags = ["-Ccontrol-flow-guard", "-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static", "-Clink-args=/DYNAMICBASE /CETCOMPAT"]
 
 [target.aarch64-windows-msvc]
 rustflags = ["-Ccontrol-flow-guard", "-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static", "-Clink-args=/DYNAMICBASE"]
+
+# The following is only needed for release builds
+[source.crates-io]
+replace-with = "powershell"
diff --git a/.pipelines/DSC-Official.yml b/.pipelines/DSC-Official.yml
index e8100299e..a071b8051 100644
--- a/.pipelines/DSC-Official.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/DSC-Official.yml
@@ -141,13 +141,7 @@ extends:
             ob_restore_phase: true
         - pwsh: |
             Set-Location "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/DSC"
-            Write-Host "Use 'powershell' CFS"
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[source.crates-io]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'replace-with = "powershell"'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[registry]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'global-credential-providers = ["cargo:token"]'
-
-            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture $(buildName) -SkipLinkCheck
+            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture $(buildName) -SkipLinkCheck -UseCFS
           displayName: 'Build $(buildName)'
           env:
             ob_restore_phase: true
@@ -279,13 +273,7 @@ extends:
           env:
             ob_restore_phase: true
         - pwsh: |
-            Write-Host "Use 'powershell' CFS"
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[source.crates-io]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'replace-with = "powershell"'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[registry]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'global-credential-providers = ["cargo:token"]'
-
-            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -UseCFS
             ./build.ps1 -PackageType tgz -Architecture x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -Release
             Copy-Item ./bin/*.tar.gz "$(ob_outputDirectory)"
           displayName: 'Build x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
@@ -325,13 +313,7 @@ extends:
           env:
             ob_restore_phase: true
         - pwsh: |
-            Write-Host "Use 'powershell' CFS"
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[source.crates-io]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'replace-with = "powershell"'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[registry]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'global-credential-providers = ["cargo:token"]'
-
-            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu -UseCFS
             ./build.ps1 -PackageType tgz -Architecture aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu -Release
             Copy-Item ./bin/*.tar.gz "$(ob_outputDirectory)"
           displayName: 'Build aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
@@ -379,18 +361,7 @@ extends:
           env:
             ob_restore_phase: true
         - pwsh: |
-            Write-Host "Use 'powershell' CFS"
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[source.crates-io]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'replace-with = "powershell"'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value '[registry]'
-            Add-Content -Path "./.cargo/config.toml" -Value 'global-credential-providers = ["cargo:token"]'
-
-            $c = get-content "./.cargo/config.toml" | Out-String
-            Write-Host $c
-
-            $env:CARGO_HTTP_DEBUG=true
-            $env:CARGO_LOG='network=trace'
-            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture $(buildName)
+            ./build.ps1 -Release -Architecture $(buildName) -UseCFS
             ./build.ps1 -PackageType tgz -Architecture $(buildName) -Release
             Copy-Item ./bin/*.tar.gz "$(ob_outputDirectory)"
             Write-Host "##vso[artifact.upload containerfolder=release;artifactname=release]$(ob_outputDirectory)/DSC-$(PackageVersion)-$(buildName).tar.gz"
diff --git a/archive/registry/.cargo/config.toml b/archive/registry/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/archive/registry/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index 7e32916f0..19456183b 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ param(
     [switch]$Test,
     [switch]$GetPackageVersion,
     [switch]$SkipLinkCheck,
-    [switch]$UseX64MakeAppx
+    [switch]$UseX64MakeAppx,
+    [switch]$UseCFS
 )
 
 if ($GetPackageVersion) {
@@ -171,6 +172,17 @@ if (!$SkipBuild) {
     }
     New-Item -ItemType Directory $target -ErrorAction Ignore > $null
 
+    if (!$UseCFS) {
+        # this will override the config.toml
+        Write-Host "Setting CARGO_SOURCE_crates-io_REPLACE_WITH to 'crates-io'"
+        ${env:CARGO_SOURCE_crates-io_REPLACE_WITH} = 'CRATESIO'
+        $env:CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATESIO_INDEX = 'sparse+https://index.crates.io/'
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Using CFS for cargo source replacement"
+        ${env:CARGO_SOURCE_crates-io_REPLACE_WITH} = $null
+        $env:CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATESIO_INDEX = $null
+    }
+
     # make sure dependencies are built first so clippy runs correctly
     $windows_projects = @("pal", "registry", "reboot_pending", "wmi-adapter")
 
@@ -240,6 +252,7 @@ if (!$SkipBuild) {
 
             if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
                 $failed = $true
+                break
             }
 
             $binary = Split-Path $project -Leaf
diff --git a/dsc/.cargo/config.toml b/dsc/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/dsc/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dsc_lib/.cargo/config.toml b/dsc_lib/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/dsc_lib/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/osinfo/.cargo/config.toml b/osinfo/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/osinfo/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/process/.cargo/config.toml b/process/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/process/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/dsctest/.cargo/config.toml b/tools/dsctest/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/tools/dsctest/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/test_group_resource/.cargo/config.toml b/tools/test_group_resource/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/tools/test_group_resource/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/y2j/.cargo/config.toml b/y2j/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c07317..000000000
--- a/y2j/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
-[target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file