diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 5f8123c7b3442..71683b82ba62b 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ build --java_runtime_version=remotejdk_11
 build --tool_java_runtime_version=remotejdk_11
 build --platform_mappings=bazel/platform_mappings
 
+# Pass PATH, CC, CXX and LLVM_CONFIG variables from the environment.
+build --action_env=CC
+build --action_env=CXX
+build --action_env=LLVM_CONFIG
+build --action_env=PATH
+
 build --enable_platform_specific_config
 
 # Allow tags to influence execution requirements
@@ -39,12 +45,6 @@ build:linux --action_env=BAZEL_LINKOPTS=-lm
 # We already have absl in the build, define absl=1 to tell googletest to use absl for backtrace.
 build --define absl=1
 
-# Pass PATH, CC, CXX and LLVM_CONFIG variables from the environment.
-build --action_env=CC
-build --action_env=CXX
-build --action_env=LLVM_CONFIG
-build --action_env=PATH
-
 # Disable ICU linking for googleurl.
 build --@com_googlesource_googleurl//build_config:system_icu=0