diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/check.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/check.rs
index 5b720ffbc76..3e0bb2884cd 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/check.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/check.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
     }
 
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule("library/stdarch", None);
+        builder.require_submodule("library/stdarch", None);
 
         let target = self.target;
         let compiler = builder.compiler(builder.top_stage, builder.config.build);
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/clippy.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/clippy.rs
index add28f858ef..68abf1e464a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/clippy.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/clippy.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
     }
 
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule("library/stdarch", None);
+        builder.require_submodule("library/stdarch", None);
 
         let target = self.target;
         let compiler = builder.compiler(builder.top_stage, builder.config.build);
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
index 6bea163cdfe..59649058046 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
@@ -182,11 +182,11 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
             return;
         }
 
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule("library/stdarch", None);
+        builder.require_submodule("library/stdarch", None);
 
         // Profiler information requires LLVM's compiler-rt
         if builder.config.profiler {
-            builder.require_and_update_submodule(
+            builder.require_submodule(
                 "src/llvm-project",
                 Some(
                     "The `build.profiler` config option requires `compiler-rt` sources from LLVM.",
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ pub fn std_cargo(builder: &Builder<'_>, target: TargetSelection, stage: u32, car
         // That's probably ok? At least, the difference wasn't enforced before. There's a comment in
         // the compiler_builtins build script that makes me nervous, though:
         // https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-builtins/blob/31ee4544dbe47903ce771270d6e3bea8654e9e50/build.rs#L575-L579
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule(
+        builder.require_submodule(
             "src/llvm-project",
             Some(
                 "The `build.optimized-compiler-builtins` config option \
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
index 998f083b676..4f4ef29c1d7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
     /// Creates the `rust-src` installer component
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> GeneratedTarball {
         if !builder.config.dry_run() {
-            builder.require_and_update_submodule("src/llvm-project", None);
+            builder.require_submodule("src/llvm-project", None);
         }
 
         let tarball = Tarball::new_targetless(builder, "rust-src");
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/doc.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/doc.rs
index 1fbc78a94df..bdd48fa644a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/doc.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/doc.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
             fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
                 $(
                     let path = submodule_helper!( $path, submodule $( = $submodule )? );
-                    builder.require_and_update_submodule(path, None);
+                    builder.require_submodule(path, None);
                 )?
                 builder.ensure(RustbookSrc {
                     target: self.target,
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
     /// * Index page
     /// * Redirect pages
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule("src/doc/book", None);
+        builder.require_submodule("src/doc/book", None);
 
         let compiler = self.compiler;
         let target = self.target;
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
                     let source_type = SourceType::Submodule;
 
                     let path = submodule_helper!( $path, submodule $( = $submodule )? );
-                    builder.require_and_update_submodule(path, None);
+                    builder.require_submodule(path, None);
                 )?
 
                 let stage = builder.top_stage;
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
 
     /// Builds the reference book.
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule("src/doc/reference", None);
+        builder.require_submodule("src/doc/reference", None);
 
         // This is needed for generating links to the standard library using
         // the mdbook-spec plugin.
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs
index b302e6eb632..369e14df14b 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
 
     /// Build crtbegin.o/crtend.o for musl target.
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> Self::Output {
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule(
+        builder.require_submodule(
             "src/llvm-project",
             Some("The LLVM sources are required for the CRT from `compiler-rt`."),
         );
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
 
     /// Build libunwind.a
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> Self::Output {
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule(
+        builder.require_submodule(
             "src/llvm-project",
             Some("The LLVM sources are required for libunwind."),
         );
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
index e2eef1baaf5..daafb41e9d8 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
                 fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
                     $(
                         for submodule in $submodules {
-                            builder.require_and_update_submodule(submodule, None);
+                            builder.require_submodule(submodule, None);
                         }
                     )*
                     builder.ensure(BookTest {
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
 
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
         let relative_path = "src/doc/rustc-dev-guide";
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule(relative_path, None);
+        builder.require_submodule(relative_path, None);
 
         let src = builder.src.join(relative_path);
         let mut rustbook_cmd = builder.tool_cmd(Tool::Rustbook).delay_failure();
@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
         let _guard = builder.msg(Kind::Test, 0, "bootstrap", host, host);
 
         // Some tests require cargo submodule to be present.
-        builder.build.require_and_update_submodule("src/tools/cargo", None);
+        builder.build.require_submodule("src/tools/cargo", None);
 
         let mut check_bootstrap = command(builder.python());
         check_bootstrap
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/tool.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/tool.rs
index 57447117b29..a0cb0b0dbb9 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/tool.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/tool.rs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
             fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> PathBuf {
                 $(
                     for submodule in $submodules {
-                        builder.require_and_update_submodule(submodule, None);
+                        builder.require_submodule(submodule, None);
                     }
                 )*
                 builder.ensure(ToolBuild {
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> PathBuf {
         // We need to ensure the rustc-perf submodule is initialized when building opt-dist since
         // the tool requires it to be in place to run.
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule("src/tools/rustc-perf", None);
+        builder.require_submodule("src/tools/rustc-perf", None);
 
         builder.ensure(ToolBuild {
             compiler: self.compiler,
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
 
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> PathBuf {
         // We need to ensure the rustc-perf submodule is initialized.
-        builder.require_and_update_submodule("src/tools/rustc-perf", None);
+        builder.require_submodule("src/tools/rustc-perf", None);
 
         let tool = ToolBuild {
             compiler: self.compiler,
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ fn make_run(run: RunConfig<'_>) {
     }
 
     fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> PathBuf {
-        builder.build.require_and_update_submodule("src/tools/cargo", None);
+        builder.build.require_submodule("src/tools/cargo", None);
 
         builder.ensure(ToolBuild {
             compiler: self.compiler,
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/vendor.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/vendor.rs
index d5cd3c0832a..8732b30e940 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/vendor.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/vendor.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) -> Self::Output {
 
         // These submodules must be present for `x vendor` to work.
         for submodule in SUBMODULES_FOR_RUSTBOOK.iter().chain(["src/tools/cargo"].iter()) {
-            builder.build.require_and_update_submodule(submodule, None);
+            builder.build.require_submodule(submodule, None);
         }
 
         // Sync these paths by default.
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/tests.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/tests.rs
index f9d6d551370..ccabcad243f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/tests.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/tests.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn configure_with_args(cmd: &[String], host: &[&str], target: &[&str]) -> Config
         rust_codegen_backends: vec![],
         ..Config::parse(&["check".to_owned()])
     });
-    submodule_build.require_and_update_submodule("src/doc/book", None);
+    submodule_build.require_submodule("src/doc/book", None);
     config.submodules = Some(false);
 
     config.ninja_in_file = false;
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
index 49df30022e3..d4303aab6d6 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ pub fn new(mut config: Config) -> Build {
             // Cargo.toml files.
             let rust_submodules = ["library/backtrace", "library/stdarch"];
             for s in rust_submodules {
-                build.require_and_update_submodule(
+                build.require_submodule(
                     s,
                     Some(
                         "The submodule is required for the standard library \
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ pub fn new(mut config: Config) -> Build {
     ///
     /// This *does not* update the submodule if `config.toml` explicitly says
     /// not to, or if we're not in a git repository (like a plain source
-    /// tarball). Typically [`Build::require_and_update_submodule`] should be
+    /// tarball). Typically [`Build::require_submodule`] should be
     /// used instead to provide a nice error to the user if the submodule is
     /// missing.
     fn update_submodule(&self, relative_path: &str) {
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ fn update_submodule(&self, relative_path: &str) {
     ///
     /// The given `err_hint` will be shown to the user if the submodule is not
     /// checked out and submodule management is disabled.
-    pub fn require_and_update_submodule(&self, submodule: &str, err_hint: Option<&str>) {
+    pub fn require_submodule(&self, submodule: &str, err_hint: Option<&str>) {
         // When testing bootstrap itself, it is much faster to ignore
         // submodules. Almost all Steps work fine without their submodules.
         if cfg!(test) && !self.config.submodules() {
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ pub fn require_and_update_submodule(&self, submodule: &str, err_hint: Option<&st
     /// management is disabled and the submodule does not exist.
     pub fn require_and_update_all_submodules(&self) {
         for submodule in build_helper::util::parse_gitmodules(&self.src) {
-            self.require_and_update_submodule(submodule, None);
+            self.require_submodule(submodule, None);
         }
     }