diff --git a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
index 47ad8fae26b..aa4d518d014 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
@@ -1024,13 +1024,10 @@ impl Step for Cargo {
         tarball.set_overlay(OverlayKind::Cargo);
 
         tarball.add_file(&cargo, "bin", 0o755);
-        tarball.add_file(src.join("README.md"), "share/doc/cargo", 0o644);
-        tarball.add_file(src.join("LICENSE-MIT"), "share/doc/cargo", 0o644);
-        tarball.add_file(src.join("LICENSE-APACHE"), "share/doc/cargo", 0o644);
-        tarball.add_file(src.join("LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY"), "share/doc/cargo", 0o644);
         tarball.add_file(etc.join("_cargo"), "share/zsh/site-functions", 0o644);
         tarball.add_renamed_file(etc.join("cargo.bashcomp.sh"), "etc/bash_completion.d", "cargo");
         tarball.add_dir(etc.join("man"), "share/man/man1");
+        tarball.add_legal_and_readme_to("share/doc/cargo");
 
         for dirent in fs::read_dir(cargo.parent().unwrap()).expect("read_dir") {
             let dirent = dirent.expect("read dir entry");
@@ -1265,16 +1262,13 @@ impl Step for Clippy {
         let cargoclippy = builder
             .ensure(tool::CargoClippy { compiler, target, extra_features: Vec::new() })
             .expect("clippy expected to build - essential tool");
-        let src = builder.src.join("src/tools/clippy");
 
         let mut tarball = Tarball::new(builder, "clippy", &target.triple);
         tarball.set_overlay(OverlayKind::Clippy);
         tarball.is_preview(true);
         tarball.add_file(clippy, "bin", 0o755);
         tarball.add_file(cargoclippy, "bin", 0o755);
-        tarball.add_file(src.join("README.md"), "share/doc/clippy", 0o644);
-        tarball.add_file(src.join("LICENSE-APACHE"), "share/doc/clippy", 0o644);
-        tarball.add_file(src.join("LICENSE-MIT"), "share/doc/clippy", 0o644);
+        tarball.add_legal_and_readme_to("share/doc/clippy");
         tarball.generate()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/tarball.rs b/src/bootstrap/tarball.rs
index c0c84222e7d..2c8f69e94b3 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/tarball.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/tarball.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub(crate) enum OverlayKind {
 }
 
 impl OverlayKind {
-    fn included_files(&self) -> &[&str] {
+    fn legal_and_readme(&self) -> &[&str] {
         match self {
             OverlayKind::Rust => &["COPYRIGHT", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT", "README.md"],
             OverlayKind::LLVM => {
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ impl<'a> Tarball<'a> {
         self.builder.copy(src.as_ref(), &destdir.join(new_name));
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn add_legal_and_readme_to(&self, destdir: impl AsRef<Path>) {
+        for file in self.overlay.legal_and_readme() {
+            self.add_file(self.builder.src.join(file), destdir.as_ref(), 0o644);
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn add_dir(&self, src: impl AsRef<Path>, dest: impl AsRef<Path>) {
         let dest = self.image_dir.join(dest.as_ref());
 
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ impl<'a> Tarball<'a> {
         if let Some(sha) = self.builder.rust_sha() {
             self.builder.create(&self.overlay_dir.join("git-commit-hash"), &sha);
         }
-        for file in self.overlay.included_files() {
+        for file in self.overlay.legal_and_readme() {
             self.builder.install(&self.builder.src.join(file), &self.overlay_dir, 0o644);
         }