diff --git a/tools/build-kani/src/sysroot.rs b/tools/build-kani/src/sysroot.rs
index 2d4dd1be4169..29d481e4b9dd 100644
--- a/tools/build-kani/src/sysroot.rs
+++ b/tools/build-kani/src/sysroot.rs
@@ -279,17 +279,16 @@ pub fn build_bin<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(extra_args: &[T]) -> Result<PathBuf> {
     Ok(out_dir)
 }
 
-/// Build tool binaries with the extra arguments provided and return the path to
-/// the binaries folder. At present, the only tool we build for the bundle is
-/// `kani-cov`, but this could include other tools in the future.
-pub fn build_tools<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(extra_args: &[T]) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-    let out_dir = kani_sysroot_bin();
-    let args = ["-p", "kani-cov", "--target-dir", out_dir.to_str().unwrap()];
+/// Build tool binaries with the extra arguments provided.
+/// At present, the only tool we build for the bundle is `kani-cov`, but this
+/// could include other tools in the future.
+pub fn build_tools<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(extra_args: &[T]) -> Result<()> {
+    let args = ["-p", "kani-cov"];
     Command::new("cargo")
         .arg("build")
         .args(extra_args)
         .args(args)
         .run()
         .or(Err(format_err!("Failed to build tool binaries.")))?;
-    Ok(out_dir)
+    Ok(())
 }