diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binaryBuild.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binaryBuild.nix
index 488d43a6fea4..77dba7f9e620 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binaryBuild.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binaryBuild.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, makeWrapper, bash, buildRustPackage, curl, darwin
+{ stdenv, makeWrapper, bash, curl, darwin
 , version
 , src
 , platform
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ let
 in
 
 rec {
-  inherit buildRustPackage;
-
   rustc = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "rustc-${versionType}-${version}";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/bootstrap.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/bootstrap.nix
index f0413f194135..9528d798618f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/bootstrap.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@ let
 
 in callPackage ./binaryBuild.nix
   { inherit version src platform;
-    buildRustPackage = null;
     versionType = "bootstrap";
   }