diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c9d6c56076a97..d2d4a7e3d42f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 env:
   TOOLSTATE_REPO: "https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-toolstate"
+  # This will be empty in PR jobs.
+  TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 jobs:
   # The job matrix for `calculate_matrix` is defined in src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml.
   # It calculates which jobs should be executed, based on the data of the ${{ github }} context.
@@ -242,6 +244,5 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         if: needs.calculate_matrix.outputs.run_type == 'auto'
         env:
-          TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           TOOLSTATE_ISSUES_API_URL: https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues
           TOOLSTATE_PUBLISH: 1
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
index d43258622486c..8c84e721f5de5 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ envs:
     CACHES_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: AKIA46X5W6CZI5DHEBFL
     ARTIFACTS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: AKIA46X5W6CZN24CBO55
     AWS_REGION: us-west-1
+    TOOLSTATE_PUBLISH: 1
 
   try:
     <<: *production
diff --git a/src/ci/publish_toolstate.sh b/src/ci/publish_toolstate.sh
index 691df04e754a6..e828365c416f7 100755
--- a/src/ci/publish_toolstate.sh
+++ b/src/ci/publish_toolstate.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ cd rust-toolstate
 FAILURE=1
 for RETRY_COUNT in 1 2 3 4 5; do
     # The purpose of this is to publish the new "current" toolstate in the toolstate repo.
-    # This happens post-landing, on master.
-    # (Publishing the per-commit test results happens pre-landing in src/bootstrap/toolstate.rs).
+    # This happens at the end of auto builds.
+    # (Publishing the per-commit test results happens in src/bootstrap/toolstate.rs).
     "$(ciCheckoutPath)/src/tools/publish_toolstate.py" "$GIT_COMMIT" \
         "$GIT_COMMIT_MSG" \
         "$MESSAGE_FILE" \