diff --git a/components/profile/Cargo.toml b/components/profile/Cargo.toml
index dfb3a187e30..05900ad7dbc 100644
--- a/components/profile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/profile/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 [dependencies.profile_traits]
 path = "../profile_traits"
 
-[dependencies.task_info]
-path = "../../support/rust-task_info"
-
 [dependencies.util]
 path = "../util"
 
@@ -20,3 +17,9 @@ path = "../util"
 libc = "*"
 regex = "0.1.14"
 time = "0.1.12"
+
+[target.x86_64-apple-darwin.dependencies.task_info]
+path = "../../support/rust-task_info"
+
+[target.i686-apple-darwin.dependencies.task_info]
+path = "../../support/rust-task_info"
diff --git a/components/servo/Cargo.lock b/components/servo/Cargo.lock
index 4c6ff5d1ed0..ffd53bb25a9 100644
--- a/components/servo/Cargo.lock
+++ b/components/servo/Cargo.lock
@@ -1180,6 +1180,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "task_info"
 version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "gcc 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempdir"
diff --git a/ports/cef/Cargo.lock b/ports/cef/Cargo.lock
index 7afa33f29df..d67bf315e3e 100644
--- a/ports/cef/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ports/cef/Cargo.lock
@@ -1173,6 +1173,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "task_info"
 version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "gcc 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempdir"
diff --git a/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock b/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock
index 3c49472e14c..7a10f08a05d 100644
--- a/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock
@@ -1044,6 +1044,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "task_info"
 version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "gcc 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempdir"
diff --git a/support/rust-task_info/Cargo.toml b/support/rust-task_info/Cargo.toml
index 27f3385f5ed..499bd39f5f3 100644
--- a/support/rust-task_info/Cargo.toml
+++ b/support/rust-task_info/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 authors = ["The Servo Project Developers"]
 
 build = "build.rs"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+gcc = "0.3.4"
diff --git a/support/rust-task_info/Makefile.in b/support/rust-task_info/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a844cdf6371..00000000000
--- a/support/rust-task_info/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-VPATH=%VPATH%
-
-CC ?= gcc
-RUSTC ?= rustc
-AR ?= ar
-RUSTFLAGS ?=
-CFLAGS += -Wall
-
-RUST_SRC = $(shell find $(VPATH)/. -type f -name '*.rs')
-
-.PHONY: all
-all: libtask_info-servo.dummy
-
-libtask_info-servo.dummy: task_info.rc $(RUST_SRC) libtask_info.a
-	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) $< --out-dir . -C extra-filename=-servo
-	touch $@
-
-task_info-test: task_info.rc $(RUST_SRC) libtask_info.a
-	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) $< -o $@ --test
-
-libtask_info.a: task_info.o
-	$(AR) rcs libtask_info.a task_info.o
-
-task_info.o: task_info.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -c
-
-check: task_info-test
-	./task_info-test
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	rm -f task_info-test *.a *.o *.so *.dylib *.rlib *.dll *.dummy task_info-test
diff --git a/support/rust-task_info/build.rs b/support/rust-task_info/build.rs
index 99552a2ed48..b7461713a09 100644
--- a/support/rust-task_info/build.rs
+++ b/support/rust-task_info/build.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
-use std::process::Command;
-use std::env;
+extern crate gcc;
 
 fn main() {
-    assert!(Command::new("make")
-        .args(&["-f", "makefile.cargo"])
-        .status()
-        .unwrap()
-        .success());
-    println!("cargo:rustc-flags=-L native={}", env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+    let mut cfg = gcc::Config::new();
+    cfg.file("src/task_info.c");
+    cfg.compile("libtask_info.a");
 }
diff --git a/support/rust-task_info/makefile.cargo b/support/rust-task_info/makefile.cargo
deleted file mode 100644
index 01be6df7b4c..00000000000
--- a/support/rust-task_info/makefile.cargo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-CC ?= gcc
-AR ?= ar
-CFLAGS += -Wall
-
-.PHONY: all
-ifeq (darwin,$(findstring darwin,$(TARGET)))
-
-all: $(OUT_DIR)/libtask_info.a
-
-$(OUT_DIR)/libtask_info.a: $(OUT_DIR)/task_info.o
-	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
-
-$(OUT_DIR)/task_info.o: src/task_info.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -c
-
-else
-
-all:
-
-endif
diff --git a/support/rust-task_info/src/lib.rs b/support/rust-task_info/src/lib.rs
index fe2a5bd3524..bf7580b3263 100644
--- a/support/rust-task_info/src/lib.rs
+++ b/support/rust-task_info/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@
 
 extern crate libc;
 
-#[cfg(target_os="macos")]
 pub mod task_basic_info;