diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/ng_module.bzl b/packages/bazel/src/ng_module.bzl
index fc67d73766..30c2f806ef 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/ng_module.bzl
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/ng_module.bzl
@@ -277,11 +277,8 @@ def _expected_outs(ctx):
 
     # TODO(alxhub): i18n is only produced by the legacy compiler currently. This should be re-enabled
     # when ngtsc can extract messages
-    if is_legacy_ngc and _is_bazel():
+    if is_legacy_ngc:
         i18n_messages_files = [ctx.actions.declare_file(ctx.label.name + "_ngc_messages.xmb")]
-    elif is_legacy_ngc:
-        # write the xmb file to blaze-genfiles since that path appears in the translation console keys
-        i18n_messages_files = [ctx.new_file(ctx.genfiles_dir, ctx.label.name + "_ngc_messages.xmb")]
     else:
         i18n_messages_files = []
 
@@ -458,19 +455,13 @@ def ngc_compile_action(
     )
 
     if is_legacy_ngc and messages_out != None:
-        # The base path is bin_dir because of the way the ngc
-        # compiler host is configured. Under Blaze, we need to explicitly
-        # point to genfiles/ to redirect the output.
-        # See _expected_outs above, where the output path for the message file
-        # is conditional on whether we are in Bazel.
-        message_file_path = messages_out[0].short_path if _is_bazel() else "../genfiles/" + messages_out[0].short_path
         ctx.actions.run(
             inputs = inputs,
             outputs = messages_out,
             executable = ctx.executable.ng_xi18n,
             arguments = (_EXTRA_NODE_OPTIONS_FLAGS +
                          [tsconfig_file.path] +
-                         [message_file_path]),
+                         [messages_out[0].short_path]),
             progress_message = "Extracting Angular 2 messages (ng_xi18n)",
             mnemonic = "Angular2MessageExtractor",
         )