--- third_party/xla/third_party/python_runtime/BUILD.bazel.orig	2026-03-04 21:33:50 UTC
+++ third_party/xla/third_party/python_runtime/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-alias(
+# On FreeBSD, replace the rules_python CC toolchain alias with a direct
+# cc_library. Python headers are added globally via --copt=-isystem in bazelrc.
+cc_library(
     name = "headers",
-    actual = "@rules_python//python/cc:current_py_cc_headers",
 )