diff --git a/tools/defaults.bzl b/tools/defaults.bzl
index c5577c24927..b0549c382a5 100644
--- a/tools/defaults.bzl
+++ b/tools/defaults.bzl
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ load("@npm//typescript:index.bzl", "tsc")
 load("//packages/bazel:index.bzl", _ng_module = "ng_module", _ng_package = "ng_package")
 load("@npm//@angular/dev-infra-private/bazel/benchmark/ng_rollup_bundle:ng_rollup_bundle.bzl", _ng_rollup_bundle = "ng_rollup_bundle")
 load("//tools:ng_benchmark.bzl", _ng_benchmark = "ng_benchmark")
-load("//tools:tsec.bzl", _get_forwarded_target_name = "get_forwarded_target_name", _ts_library_forwarded = "ts_library_forwarded")
 load("@npm//@angular/dev-infra-private/bazel/api-golden:index.bzl", _api_golden_test = "api_golden_test", _api_golden_test_npm_package = "api_golden_test_npm_package")
 load("@npm//@angular/dev-infra-private/bazel:extract_js_module_output.bzl", "extract_js_module_output")
 
@@ -129,16 +128,6 @@ def ts_library(name, tsconfig = None, testonly = False, deps = [], module_name =
         **kwargs
     )
 
-    # Forward `srcs` and `deps` to an implicitly create rule so that
-    # `tsec_test` can get those arguments from its `target` argument.
-    _ts_library_forwarded(
-        name = _get_forwarded_target_name(name),
-        testonly = True,
-        srcs = kwargs.get("srcs", []),
-        deps = deps,
-        tags = ["tsec"],
-    )
-
     # Select the es5 .js output of the ts_library for use in downstream boostrap targets
     # with `output_group = "es5_sources"`. This exposes an internal detail of ts_library
     # that is not ideal.
@@ -192,16 +181,6 @@ def ng_module(name, tsconfig = None, entry_point = None, testonly = False, deps
         **kwargs
     )
 
-    # Forward `srcs` and `deps` to an implicitly create rule so that
-    # `tsec_test` can get those arguments from its `target` argument.
-    _ts_library_forwarded(
-        name = _get_forwarded_target_name(name),
-        testonly = True,
-        srcs = kwargs.get("srcs", []),
-        deps = deps,
-        tags = ["tsec"],
-    )
-
 def ng_package(name, readme_md = None, license_banner = None, deps = [], **kwargs):
     """Default values for ng_package"""
     if not readme_md:
diff --git a/tools/tsec.bzl b/tools/tsec.bzl
index fb72ed1275c..a4c36212e0c 100644
--- a/tools/tsec.bzl
+++ b/tools/tsec.bzl
@@ -60,24 +60,14 @@ tsec_config = rule(
 
 TsLibInfo = provider(fields = ["srcs", "deps"])
 
-def _ts_library_forwarded_impl(ctx):
+def _capture_tsec_deps_aspect_impl(target, ctx):
     """Forward `srcs` and `deps` of `ts_library` and `ng_module` macros to `_tsec_test`."""
-    return [TsLibInfo(srcs = ctx.attr.srcs, deps = ctx.attr.deps)]
+    return [TsLibInfo(srcs = ctx.rule.attr.srcs, deps = ctx.rule.attr.deps)]
 
-ts_library_forwarded = rule(
-    implementation = _ts_library_forwarded_impl,
-    attrs = {
-        "srcs": attr.label_list(allow_files = [".ts", ".tsx"]),
-        "deps": attr.label_list(),
-    },
-    doc = """A rule-in-the-middle to forward `srcs` and `deps` to _src_and_deps, to avoid repeating these arguments in tsec_test.
-
-Should only be used by the `ts_library` and `ng_module` macros in tools/default.bzel.""",
+_capture_tsec_deps_aspect = aspect(
+    implementation = _capture_tsec_deps_aspect_impl,
 )
 
-def get_forwarded_target_name(name):
-    return "%s_forwarded" % name
-
 def _all_transitive_deps_impl(ctx):
     files = []
 
@@ -90,10 +80,10 @@ def _all_transitive_deps_impl(ctx):
         files.append(tsec_tsconfig_info.exemption)
     files.extend(tsec_tsconfig_info.deps)
 
-    if TsLibInfo not in ctx.attr.forwarded_ts_target:
-        fail("`target` must be a ts_library_forwarded target")
+    if TsLibInfo not in ctx.attr.ts_target:
+        fail("`target` must be a ts_library or ng_module target")
 
-    ts_target_info = ctx.attr.forwarded_ts_target[TsLibInfo]
+    ts_target_info = ctx.attr.ts_target[TsLibInfo]
     for s in ts_target_info.srcs:
         if hasattr(s, "files"):
             files.extend(s.files.to_list())
@@ -110,7 +100,7 @@ _all_transitive_deps = rule(
     implementation = _all_transitive_deps_impl,
     attrs = {
         "tsconfig": attr.label(),
-        "forwarded_ts_target": attr.label(),
+        "ts_target": attr.label(aspects = [_capture_tsec_deps_aspect]),
     },
     doc = """Expand all transitive dependencies needed to run `_tsec_test`.""",
 )
@@ -131,7 +121,7 @@ def tsec_test(name, target, tsconfig):
         name = all_transitive_deps_name,
         testonly = True,
         tsconfig = tsconfig,
-        forwarded_ts_target = get_forwarded_target_name(target),
+        ts_target = target,
         tags = ["tsec"],
     )