diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/src/BUILD.bazel.template b/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/src/BUILD.bazel.template
index 58fbf4b98e..8ebbfee9aa 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/src/BUILD.bazel.template
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/src/BUILD.bazel.template
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ html_insert_assets(
     outs = ["_/index.html"],
     args = [
         "--html",
-        "$(location :index.html)",
+        "$(execpath :index.html)",
         "--out",
         "$@",
         "--roots",
         "$(RULEDIR)",
         "--assets",
-        "$(location :global_stylesheet.css)",
-        "$(location @npm//:node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.min.js)",
+        "$(execpath :global_stylesheet.css)",
+        "$(execpath @npm//:node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.min.js)",
         "bundle.min.js",
     ],
     data = [
diff --git a/tools/defaults.bzl b/tools/defaults.bzl
index 4d96e64f52..307de07373 100644
--- a/tools/defaults.bzl
+++ b/tools/defaults.bzl
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def rollup_bundle(name, testonly = False, **kwargs):
             name + ".js",
         ],
         args = [
-            "$(location :%s.es2015.js)" % name,
+            "$(execpath :%s.es2015.js)" % name,
             "--types",
             "--skipLibCheck",
             "--target",
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def rollup_bundle(name, testonly = False, **kwargs):
             "es2015,dom",
             "--allowJS",
             "--outFile",
-            "$(location :%s.js)" % name,
+            "$(execpath :%s.js)" % name,
         ],
         data = [
             name + ".es2015.js",
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ def rollup_bundle(name, testonly = False, **kwargs):
             name + ".es5umd.js",
         ],
         args = [
-            "$(location :%s.umd.js)" % name,
+            "$(execpath :%s.umd.js)" % name,
             "--types",
             "--skipLibCheck",
             "--target",
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def rollup_bundle(name, testonly = False, **kwargs):
             "es2015,dom",
             "--allowJS",
             "--outFile",
-            "$(location :%s.es5umd.js)" % name,
+            "$(execpath :%s.es5umd.js)" % name,
         ],
         data = [
             name + ".umd.js",
diff --git a/tools/ng_rollup_bundle/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl b/tools/ng_rollup_bundle/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl
index 93f468dd7f..30ecc22054 100644
--- a/tools/ng_rollup_bundle/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl
+++ b/tools/ng_rollup_bundle/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ def ng_rollup_bundle(name, **kwargs):
         data = [name + ".min.js"],
         outs = [name + ".min.js.br"],
         args = [
-            "--output=$(location %s.min.js.br)" % name,
-            "$(location %s.min.js)" % name,
+            "--output=$(execpath %s.min.js.br)" % name,
+            "$(execpath %s.min.js)" % name,
         ],
         visibility = visibility,
     )
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ def ng_rollup_bundle(name, **kwargs):
         data = [name + ".min.es2015.js"],
         outs = [name + ".min.es2015.js.br"],
         args = [
-            "--output=$(location %s.min.es2015.js.br)" % name,
-            "$(location %s.min.es2015.js)" % name,
+            "--output=$(execpath %s.min.es2015.js.br)" % name,
+            "$(execpath %s.min.es2015.js)" % name,
         ],
         visibility = visibility,
     )