--- a/components/cbor/BUILD.gn
+++ b/components/cbor/BUILD.gn
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildflag_header("buildflags") {
   # TODO(crbug.com/535682335): Remove `USE_CBOR_RUST` buildflag entirely,
   # unconditionally enable Rust CBOR parser, and drop `is_cronet_build` check
   # once Cronet supports Crubit dependencies.
-  flags = [ "USE_CBOR_RUST=!$is_cronet_build" ]
+  flags = [ "USE_CBOR_RUST=!$is_cronet_build && $enable_cpp_api_from_rust" ]
 }
 
 component("cbor") {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ component("cbor") {
     "//base",
   ]
 
-  if (!is_cronet_build) {
+  if (!is_cronet_build && enable_cpp_api_from_rust) {
     public_deps = [
       "//build/rust/crubit",
       "//components/cbor/rust:cbor_rust_bindings",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ source_set("unit_tests") {
     "//testing/gtest",
     "//third_party/fuzztest",
   ]
-  if (!is_cronet_build) {
+  if (!is_cronet_build && enable_cpp_api_from_rust) {
     deps += [ "//components/cbor/rust:cbor_rust_unittests" ]
   }