diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go b/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go
index 70dee6b0116..9e98edc59fe 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go
@@ -3108,11 +3108,12 @@ func commandGetVSchema(ctx context.Context, wr *wrangler.Wrangler, subFlags *fla
 }
 
 func commandGetRoutingRules(ctx context.Context, wr *wrangler.Wrangler, subFlags *flag.FlagSet, args []string) error {
-	rr, err := wr.TopoServer().GetRoutingRules(ctx)
+	resp, err := wr.VtctldServer().GetRoutingRules(ctx, &vtctldatapb.GetRoutingRulesRequest{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	b, err := json2.MarshalIndentPB(rr, "  ")
+
+	b, err := json2.MarshalIndentPB(resp.RoutingRules, "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		wr.Logger().Printf("%v\n", err)
 		return err
@@ -3132,7 +3133,10 @@ func commandRebuildVSchemaGraph(ctx context.Context, wr *wrangler.Wrangler, subF
 		return fmt.Errorf("RebuildVSchemaGraph doesn't take any arguments")
 	}
 
-	return wr.TopoServer().RebuildSrvVSchema(ctx, cells)
+	_, err := wr.VtctldServer().RebuildVSchemaGraph(ctx, &vtctldatapb.RebuildVSchemaGraphRequest{
+		Cells: cells,
+	})
+	return err
 }
 
 func commandApplyVSchema(ctx context.Context, wr *wrangler.Wrangler, subFlags *flag.FlagSet, args []string) error {
@@ -3286,15 +3290,12 @@ func commandApplyRoutingRules(ctx context.Context, wr *wrangler.Wrangler, subFla
 		wr.Logger().Printf("New RoutingRules object:\n%s\nIf this is not what you expected, check the input data (as JSON parsing will skip unexpected fields).\n", b)
 	}
 
-	if err := wr.TopoServer().SaveRoutingRules(ctx, rr); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if *skipRebuild {
-		wr.Logger().Warningf("Skipping rebuild of SrvVSchema, will need to run RebuildVSchemaGraph for changes to take effect")
-		return nil
-	}
-	return wr.TopoServer().RebuildSrvVSchema(ctx, cells)
+	_, err = wr.VtctldServer().ApplyRoutingRules(ctx, &vtctldatapb.ApplyRoutingRulesRequest{
+		RoutingRules: rr,
+		SkipRebuild:  *skipRebuild,
+		RebuildCells: cells,
+	})
+	return err
 }
 
 func commandGetSrvKeyspaceNames(ctx context.Context, wr *wrangler.Wrangler, subFlags *flag.FlagSet, args []string) error {