diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FileArtifactValue.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FileArtifactValue.java
index a10cde4eaf3f12..58009868547c6a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FileArtifactValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FileArtifactValue.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety.Immutable;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety.ThreadSafe;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.SerializationConstant;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.Fingerprint;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.DigestUtils;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.FileStatus;
@@ -177,14 +177,17 @@ protected boolean couldBeModifiedByMetadata(FileArtifactValue lastKnown) {
    */
   interface Singleton {}
 
-  @AutoCodec public static final FileArtifactValue DEFAULT_MIDDLEMAN = new SingletonMarkerValue();
+  @SerializationConstant
+  public static final FileArtifactValue DEFAULT_MIDDLEMAN = new SingletonMarkerValue();
   /** Data that marks that a file is not present on the filesystem. */
-  @AutoCodec public static final FileArtifactValue MISSING_FILE_MARKER = new SingletonMarkerValue();
+  @SerializationConstant
+  public static final FileArtifactValue MISSING_FILE_MARKER = new SingletonMarkerValue();
   /**
    * Represents an omitted file -- we are aware of it but it doesn't exist. All access methods are
    * unsupported.
    */
-  @AutoCodec public static final FileArtifactValue OMITTED_FILE_MARKER = new OmittedFileValue();
+  @SerializationConstant
+  public static final FileArtifactValue OMITTED_FILE_MARKER = new OmittedFileValue();
 
   public static FileArtifactValue createForSourceArtifact(Artifact artifact, FileValue fileValue)
       throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java
index 58bad5dde908f0..4d29b19e0b2577 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/FilesetTraversalParamsFactory.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety.Immutable;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety.ThreadSafe;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.Fingerprint;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.PathFragment;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ private static ImmutableSortedSet<String> getOrderedExcludes(@Nullable Set<Strin
         : ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(Ordering.natural(), excludes);
   }
 
-  @AutoCodec
   @AutoValue
   abstract static class DirectoryTraversalParams implements FilesetTraversalParams {
     @Override
@@ -208,7 +206,8 @@ public void fingerprint(Fingerprint fp) {
       fp.addBytes(getFingerprint());
     }
 
-    static DirectoryTraversalParams getDirectoryTraversalParams(Label ownerLabel,
+    static DirectoryTraversalParams getDirectoryTraversalParams(
+        Label ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
         DirectTraversalRoot root,
         boolean isPackage,
         PathFragment destPath,
@@ -221,22 +220,14 @@ static DirectoryTraversalParams getDirectoryTraversalParams(Label ownerLabel,
       DirectTraversal traversal = DirectTraversal.getDirectTraversal(root, isPackage,
           symlinkBehaviorMode == SymlinkBehavior.DEREFERENCE, pkgBoundaryMode, strictFilesetOutput,
           isRecursive, isGenerated);
-      return create(ownerLabel, destPath, getOrderedExcludes(excludes), Optional.of(traversal));
-    }
-
-    @AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization
-    @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-    static DirectoryTraversalParams create(
-        Label ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
-        PathFragment destPath,
-        ImmutableSortedSet<String> excludedFiles,
-        Optional<DirectTraversal> directTraversal) {
       return new AutoValue_FilesetTraversalParamsFactory_DirectoryTraversalParams(
-          ownerLabelForErrorMessages, destPath, excludedFiles, directTraversal);
+          ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
+          destPath,
+          getOrderedExcludes(excludes),
+          Optional.of(traversal));
     }
   }
 
-  @AutoCodec
   @AutoValue
   abstract static class NestedTraversalParams implements FilesetTraversalParams {
     @Override
@@ -270,26 +261,15 @@ public void fingerprint(Fingerprint fp) {
     }
 
     static NestedTraversalParams getNestedTraversal(
-        Label ownerLabel,
+        Label ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
         Artifact nestedArtifact,
         PathFragment destPath,
         @Nullable Set<String> excludes) {
-      return create(ownerLabel, destPath, getOrderedExcludes(excludes), nestedArtifact);
-    }
-
-    @AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization
-    @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-    static NestedTraversalParams create(
-        Label ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
-        PathFragment destPath,
-        ImmutableSortedSet<String> excludedFiles,
-        Artifact nestedArtifact) {
       return new AutoValue_FilesetTraversalParamsFactory_NestedTraversalParams(
-          ownerLabelForErrorMessages, destPath, excludedFiles, nestedArtifact);
+          ownerLabelForErrorMessages, destPath, getOrderedExcludes(excludes), nestedArtifact);
     }
   }
 
-  @AutoCodec
   @AutoValue
   abstract static class KnownLinksTraversalParams implements FilesetTraversalParams {
     @Override
@@ -323,22 +303,12 @@ public void fingerprint(Fingerprint fp) {
     }
 
     static KnownLinksTraversalParams getKnownLinksTraversal(
-        Label ownerLabel,
+        Label ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
         LinkSupplier additionalLinks,
         PathFragment destPath,
         @Nullable Set<String> excludes) {
-      return create(ownerLabel, destPath, getOrderedExcludes(excludes), additionalLinks);
-    }
-
-    @AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization
-    @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-    static KnownLinksTraversalParams create(
-        Label ownerLabelForErrorMessages,
-        PathFragment destPath,
-        ImmutableSortedSet<String> excludedFiles,
-        LinkSupplier additionalLinks) {
       return new AutoValue_FilesetTraversalParamsFactory_KnownLinksTraversalParams(
-          ownerLabelForErrorMessages, destPath, excludedFiles, additionalLinks);
+          ownerLabelForErrorMessages, destPath, getOrderedExcludes(excludes), additionalLinks);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkCustomCommandLine.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkCustomCommandLine.java
index c17ece532201a6..cf82e84ea1bc9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkCustomCommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/starlark/StarlarkCustomCommandLine.java
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 import net.starlark.java.syntax.Location;
 
 /** Supports ctx.actions.args() from Starlark. */
-@AutoCodec
 public class StarlarkCustomCommandLine extends CommandLine {
 
   protected final ImmutableList<Object> arguments;
@@ -680,9 +679,7 @@ StarlarkCustomCommandLine build(boolean flagPerLine) {
     }
   }
 
-  @AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization
-  @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-  StarlarkCustomCommandLine(ImmutableList<Object> arguments) {
+  private StarlarkCustomCommandLine(ImmutableList<Object> arguments) {
     this.arguments = arguments;
   }
 
@@ -718,9 +715,7 @@ private static class StarlarkCustomCommandLineWithIndexes extends StarlarkCustom
      */
     private final ImmutableList<Integer> argStartIndexes;
 
-    @AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization
-    @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-    public StarlarkCustomCommandLineWithIndexes(
+    StarlarkCustomCommandLineWithIndexes(
         ImmutableList<Object> arguments, ImmutableList<Integer> argStartIndexes) {
       super(arguments);
       this.argStartIndexes = argStartIndexes;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkerInputs.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkerInputs.java
index ea0cee47e469db..59e0f4212eb5b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkerInputs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LinkerInputs.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Artifact;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.CollectionUtils;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec.VisibleForSerialization;
 
 /** Factory for creating new {@link LinkerInput} objects. */
 public abstract class LinkerInputs {
@@ -31,15 +29,13 @@ public abstract class LinkerInputs {
    * object file.
    */
   @ThreadSafety.Immutable
-  @AutoCodec
-  public static class SimpleLinkerInput implements LinkerInput {
+  private static class SimpleLinkerInput implements LinkerInput {
     private final Artifact artifact;
     private final ArtifactCategory category;
     private final boolean disableWholeArchive;
     private final String libraryIdentifier;
 
-    @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-    public SimpleLinkerInput(
+    SimpleLinkerInput(
         Artifact artifact,
         ArtifactCategory category,
         boolean disableWholeArchive,
@@ -175,14 +171,11 @@ public interface LibraryToLink extends LinkerInput {
    * library that it links to.
    */
   @ThreadSafety.Immutable
-  @AutoCodec
-  public static class SolibLibraryToLink implements LibraryToLink {
+  private static class SolibLibraryToLink implements LibraryToLink {
     private final Artifact solibSymlinkArtifact;
     private final Artifact libraryArtifact;
     private final String libraryIdentifier;
 
-    @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-    @VisibleForSerialization
     SolibLibraryToLink(
         Artifact solibSymlinkArtifact, Artifact libraryArtifact, String libraryIdentifier) {
       Preconditions.checkArgument(
@@ -272,9 +265,7 @@ public boolean disableWholeArchive() {
 
   /** This class represents a library that may contain object files. */
   @ThreadSafety.Immutable
-  @AutoCodec
-  @VisibleForSerialization
-  static class CompoundLibraryToLink implements LibraryToLink {
+  private static class CompoundLibraryToLink implements LibraryToLink {
     private final Artifact libraryArtifact;
     private final ArtifactCategory category;
     private final String libraryIdentifier;
@@ -284,28 +275,7 @@ static class CompoundLibraryToLink implements LibraryToLink {
     private final boolean mustKeepDebug;
     private final boolean disableWholeArchive;
 
-    @AutoCodec.Instantiator
-    @VisibleForSerialization
     CompoundLibraryToLink(
-        Artifact libraryArtifact,
-        ArtifactCategory category,
-        String libraryIdentifier,
-        Iterable<Artifact> objectFiles,
-        LtoCompilationContext ltoCompilationContext,
-        ImmutableMap<Artifact, LtoBackendArtifacts> sharedNonLtoBackends,
-        boolean mustKeepDebug,
-        boolean disableWholeArchive) {
-      this.libraryArtifact = libraryArtifact;
-      this.category = category;
-      this.libraryIdentifier = libraryIdentifier;
-      this.objectFiles = objectFiles;
-      this.ltoCompilationContext = ltoCompilationContext;
-      this.sharedNonLtoBackends = sharedNonLtoBackends;
-      this.mustKeepDebug = mustKeepDebug;
-      this.disableWholeArchive = disableWholeArchive;
-    }
-
-    private CompoundLibraryToLink(
         Artifact libraryArtifact,
         ArtifactCategory category,
         String libraryIdentifier,