diff --git a/cargo-afl/src/common.rs b/cargo-afl/src/common.rs
index 1168c7081..f57aa3819 100644
--- a/cargo-afl/src/common.rs
+++ b/cargo-afl/src/common.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fn xdg_dir(toolchain: Option<&str>) -> xdg::BaseDirectories {
     xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix(prefix).unwrap()
 }
 
-fn data_dir(base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>, dir_name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+fn data_dir(toolchain: Option<&str>, dir_name: &str) -> PathBuf {
     // For docs.rs builds, use OUT_DIR.
     // For other cases, use a XDG data directory.
     // It is necessary to use OUT_DIR for docs.rs builds,
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ fn data_dir(base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>, dir_name: &str) -> Pat
     // The Cargo documentation recommends that build scripts
     // place their generated files at OUT_DIR too, but we
     // don't change that for now for normal builds.
-    if let Some(base) = base {
-        let path = base.join(dir_name);
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&path).unwrap();
-        path
-    } else {
-        xdg_dir(toolchain).create_data_directory(dir_name).unwrap()
-    }
+    // smoelius: AFL++ is no longer built on docs.rs.
+    xdg_dir(toolchain).create_data_directory(dir_name).unwrap()
 }
 
 const SHORT_COMMIT_HASH_LEN: usize = 7;
@@ -69,24 +64,24 @@ fn pkg_version() -> String {
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[must_use]
-pub fn afl_dir(base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
-    data_dir(base, toolchain, "afl")
+pub fn afl_dir(toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    data_dir(toolchain, "afl")
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[must_use]
-pub fn afl_llvm_dir(base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
-    data_dir(base, toolchain, "afl-llvm")
+pub fn afl_llvm_dir(toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    data_dir(toolchain, "afl-llvm")
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[must_use]
-pub fn object_file_path(base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
-    afl_llvm_dir(base, toolchain).join("libafl-llvm-rt.o")
+pub fn object_file_path(toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    afl_llvm_dir(toolchain).join("libafl-llvm-rt.o")
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[must_use]
-pub fn archive_file_path(base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
-    afl_llvm_dir(base, toolchain).join("libafl-llvm-rt.a")
+pub fn archive_file_path(toolchain: Option<&str>) -> PathBuf {
+    afl_llvm_dir(toolchain).join("libafl-llvm-rt.a")
 }
diff --git a/cargo-afl/src/config.rs b/cargo-afl/src/config.rs
index 736fd4c28..8e7d4233c 100644
--- a/cargo-afl/src/config.rs
+++ b/cargo-afl/src/config.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub struct Args {
 }
 
 pub fn build(args: &Args) {
-    if !args.force && common::archive_file_path(None, args.toolchain.as_deref()).exists() {
+    if !args.force && common::archive_file_path(args.toolchain.as_deref()).exists() {
         let version = common::afl_rustc_version(args.toolchain.as_deref());
         eprintln!(
             "AFL LLVM runtime was already built for Rust {version}; run `cargo \
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ pub fn build(args: &Args) {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     let _file = sys::lock_path(work_dir).unwrap();
 
-    build_afl(args, work_dir, None, args.toolchain.as_deref());
-    build_afl_llvm_runtime(work_dir, None, args.toolchain.as_deref());
+    build_afl(args, work_dir, args.toolchain.as_deref());
+    build_afl_llvm_runtime(work_dir, args.toolchain.as_deref());
 
     if args.plugins {
-        copy_afl_llvm_plugins(work_dir, None, args.toolchain.as_deref());
+        copy_afl_llvm_plugins(work_dir, args.toolchain.as_deref());
     }
 }
 
-fn build_afl(args: &Args, work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>) {
+fn build_afl(args: &Args, work_dir: &Path, toolchain: Option<&str>) {
     // if you had already installed cargo-afl previously you **must** clean AFL++
     let mut command = Command::new("make");
     command
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fn build_afl(args: &Args, work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Optio
         .args(["clean", "install"])
         // skip the checks for the legacy x86 afl-gcc compiler
         .env("AFL_NO_X86", "1")
-        .env("DESTDIR", common::afl_dir(base, toolchain))
+        .env("DESTDIR", common::afl_dir(toolchain))
         .env("PREFIX", "")
         .env_remove("DEBUG");
 
@@ -99,23 +99,23 @@ fn build_afl(args: &Args, work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Optio
     assert!(status.success());
 }
 
-fn build_afl_llvm_runtime(work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>) {
+fn build_afl_llvm_runtime(work_dir: &Path, toolchain: Option<&str>) {
     std::fs::copy(
         work_dir.join("afl-compiler-rt.o"),
-        common::object_file_path(base, toolchain),
+        common::object_file_path(toolchain),
     )
     .expect("Couldn't copy object file");
 
     let status = Command::new(AR_CMD)
         .arg("r")
-        .arg(common::archive_file_path(base, toolchain))
-        .arg(common::object_file_path(base, toolchain))
+        .arg(common::archive_file_path(toolchain))
+        .arg(common::object_file_path(toolchain))
         .status()
         .expect("could not run 'ar'");
     assert!(status.success());
 }
 
-fn copy_afl_llvm_plugins(work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option<&str>) {
+fn copy_afl_llvm_plugins(work_dir: &Path, toolchain: Option<&str>) {
     // Iterate over the files in the directory.
     for result in work_dir.read_dir().unwrap() {
         let entry = result.unwrap();
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fn copy_afl_llvm_plugins(work_dir: &Path, base: Option<&Path>, toolchain: Option
             // Attempt to copy the shared object file.
             std::fs::copy(
                 work_dir.join(&file_name),
-                common::afl_llvm_dir(base, toolchain).join(&file_name),
+                common::afl_llvm_dir(toolchain).join(&file_name),
             )
             .unwrap_or_else(|error| {
                 panic!("Couldn't copy shared object file {file_name:?}: {error}")
diff --git a/cargo-afl/src/main.rs b/cargo-afl/src/main.rs
index 5d70784c7..9dedd4d1f 100644
--- a/cargo-afl/src/main.rs
+++ b/cargo-afl/src/main.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ fn main() {
     };
 
     if !matches!(afl_args.subcmd, Some(AflSubcommand::Config(..)))
-        && !common::archive_file_path(None, None).exists()
+        && !common::archive_file_path(None).exists()
     {
         let version = common::afl_rustc_version(None);
         eprintln!(
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ where
     S: AsRef<OsStr>,
 {
     let no_sudo = env::var("NO_SUDO").is_ok();
-    let cmd_path = common::afl_dir(None, None).join("bin").join(tool);
+    let cmd_path = common::afl_dir(None).join("bin").join(tool);
     let mut cmd = if !no_sudo && tool == "afl-system-config" {
         let mut cmd = Command::new("sudo");
         cmd.args([OsStr::new("--reset-timestamp"), cmd_path.as_os_str()]);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ where
     // `-C codegen-units=1` is needed to work around link errors
     // https://github.com/rust-fuzz/afl.rs/pull/193#issuecomment-933550430
 
-    let binding = common::afl_llvm_dir(None, None);
+    let binding = common::afl_llvm_dir(None);
     let p = binding.display();
 
     let mut rustflags = format!(
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ where
     rustflags.push_str(&format!(
         "-l afl-llvm-rt \
          -L {} ",
-        common::afl_llvm_dir(None, None).display()
+        common::afl_llvm_dir(None).display()
     ));
 
     // add user provided flags
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ fn is_nightly() -> bool {
 }
 
 fn plugins_available() -> bool {
-    let afl_llvm_dir = common::afl_llvm_dir(None, None);
+    let afl_llvm_dir = common::afl_llvm_dir(None);
     for result in afl_llvm_dir.read_dir().unwrap() {
         let entry = result.unwrap();
         let file_name = entry.file_name();