diff --git a/cc/private/rules_impl/cc_flags_supplier.bzl b/cc/private/rules_impl/cc_flags_supplier.bzl
index e026284..afd73e0 100644
--- a/cc/private/rules_impl/cc_flags_supplier.bzl
+++ b/cc/private/rules_impl/cc_flags_supplier.bzl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Rule that provides the CC_FLAGS Make variable."""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain", "use_cpp_toolchain")
 load("//cc:action_names.bzl", "CC_FLAGS_MAKE_VARIABLE_ACTION_NAME")
 load("//cc/private/rules_impl:cc_flags_supplier_lib.bzl", "build_cc_flags")
 
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ cc_flags_supplier = rule(
     attrs = {
         "_cc_toolchain": attr.label(default = Label("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:current_cc_toolchain")),
     },
-    toolchains = ["@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_type"],  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
+    toolchains = use_cpp_toolchain(),  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
     fragments = ["cpp"],
 )
diff --git a/examples/my_c_archive/my_c_archive.bzl b/examples/my_c_archive/my_c_archive.bzl
index eb3648c..4ab2dd5 100644
--- a/examples/my_c_archive/my_c_archive.bzl
+++ b/examples/my_c_archive/my_c_archive.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 """Example showing how to create a rule that rules_cc can depend on."""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain", "use_cpp_toolchain")
 load("@rules_cc//cc:action_names.bzl", "CPP_LINK_STATIC_LIBRARY_ACTION_NAME")
 load("//examples/my_c_compile:my_c_compile.bzl", "MyCCompileInfo")
 
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ my_c_archive = rule(
         "_cc_toolchain": attr.label(default = Label("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:current_cc_toolchain")),
     },
     fragments = ["cpp"],
-    toolchains = ["@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_type"],  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
+    toolchains = use_cpp_toolchain(),  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
 )
diff --git a/examples/my_c_compile/my_c_compile.bzl b/examples/my_c_compile/my_c_compile.bzl
index 668c256..d78fe09 100644
--- a/examples/my_c_compile/my_c_compile.bzl
+++ b/examples/my_c_compile/my_c_compile.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 """Example showing how to create a rule that just compiles C sources."""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain", "use_cpp_toolchain")
 load("@rules_cc//cc:action_names.bzl", "C_COMPILE_ACTION_NAME")
 
 MyCCompileInfo = provider(doc = "", fields = ["object"])
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ my_c_compile = rule(
         "src": attr.label(mandatory = True, allow_single_file = True),
         "_cc_toolchain": attr.label(default = Label("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:current_cc_toolchain")),
     },
-    toolchains = ["@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_type"],  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
+    toolchains = use_cpp_toolchain(),  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
     fragments = ["cpp"],
 )
diff --git a/examples/write_cc_toolchain_cpu/write_cc_toolchain_cpu.bzl b/examples/write_cc_toolchain_cpu/write_cc_toolchain_cpu.bzl
index 152521a..90100ba 100644
--- a/examples/write_cc_toolchain_cpu/write_cc_toolchain_cpu.bzl
+++ b/examples/write_cc_toolchain_cpu/write_cc_toolchain_cpu.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 """Example showing how to get CcToolchainInfo in a custom rule."""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_utils.bzl", "find_cpp_toolchain", "use_cpp_toolchain")
 
 def _write_cc_toolchain_cpu_impl(ctx):
     cc_toolchain = find_cpp_toolchain(ctx)
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ write_cc_toolchain_cpu = rule(
     attrs = {
         "_cc_toolchain": attr.label(default = Label("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:current_cc_toolchain")),
     },
-    toolchains = ["@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain_type"],  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
+    toolchains = use_cpp_toolchain(),  # copybara-use-repo-external-label
 )