diff --git a/nix/artiq-dev.nix b/nix/artiq-dev.nix
index 479352d2c..33e888d81 100644
--- a/nix/artiq-dev.nix
+++ b/nix/artiq-dev.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ in
         xorg.libXi
         (python3.withPackages(ps: with ps; [ jinja2 numpy artiqpkgs.migen artiqpkgs.microscope artiqpkgs.misoc artiqpkgs.jesd204b artiqpkgs.artiq ]))
         git
+        cargo
       ] ++
       (with artiqpkgs; [
         rustc
-        cargo
         binutils-or1k
         llvm-or1k
         openocd
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index 90063b48d..5b27187aa 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
     });
   llvm-src = callPackage ./fetch-llvm-clang.nix {};
 in rec {
-  inherit (rust) cargo rustc;
+  inherit (rust) rustc;
   inherit (callPackage ./pkgs/python3Packages.nix {}) migen microscope misoc jesd204b;
   binutils-or1k = callPackage ./pkgs/binutils-or1k.nix {};
   llvm-or1k = callPackage ./pkgs/llvm-or1k.nix { inherit llvm-src; };
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/rust/cargo.nix b/nix/pkgs/rust/cargo.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cdeca0fa8..000000000
--- a/nix/pkgs/rust/cargo.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, file, curl, pkgconfig, python, openssl, cmake, zlib
-, makeWrapper, libiconv, cacert, rustPlatform, rustc, libgit2, darwin
-, version
-, patches ? []
-, src }:
-
-let
-  inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation;
-  src_rustc = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-1.28.0-src.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "11k4rn77bca2rikykkk9fmprrgjswd4x4kaq7fia08vgkir82nhx";
-  };
-in
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  name = "cargo-${version}";
-  inherit version src patches;
-
-  # the rust source tarball already has all the dependencies vendored, no need to fetch them again
-  cargoVendorDir = "src/vendor";
-  preBuild = "cd src; pushd tools/cargo";
-  postBuild = "popd";
-
-  passthru.rustc = rustc;
-
-  # changes hash of vendor directory otherwise
-  dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ cacert file curl python openssl cmake zlib makeWrapper libgit2 ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreFoundation libiconv ];
-
-  LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=1;
-
-  # fixes: the cargo feature `edition` requires a nightly version of Cargo, but this is the `stable` channel
-  RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1;
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-        tar xf ${src_rustc}
-    mv rustc-1.28.0-src/src/vendor/ src/vendor
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    # NOTE: We override the `http.cainfo` option usually specified in
-    # `.cargo/config`. This is an issue when users want to specify
-    # their own certificate chain as environment variables take
-    # precedence
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/cargo" \
-      --suffix PATH : "${rustc}/bin" \
-      --set CARGO_HTTP_CAINFO "${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" \
-      --set SSL_CERT_FILE "${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
-  '';
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    # Disable cross compilation tests
-    export CFG_DISABLE_CROSS_TESTS=1
-    cargo test
-  '';
-
-  # Disable check phase as there are failures (4 tests fail)
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://crates.io;
-    description = "Downloads your Rust project's dependencies and builds your project";
-    #maintainers = with maintainers; [ sb0 ];
-    license = [ licenses.mit licenses.asl20 ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/rust/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/rust/default.nix
index fa8f93856..3971c6f57 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/rust/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/rust/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 let
   rustPlatform = recurseIntoAttrs (makeRustPlatform (callPackage ./bootstrap.nix {}));
   version = "1.28.0";
-  cargoVersion = "1.28.0";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "m-labs";
     repo = "rust";
@@ -86,12 +85,4 @@ in rec {
     # Disabled for now; see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/42348#issuecomment-402115598.
     doCheck = false;
   };
-
-  cargo = callPackage ./cargo.nix rec {
-    version = cargoVersion;
-    inherit src;
-    inherit stdenv;
-    inherit rustc; # the rustc that will be wrapped by cargo
-    inherit rustPlatform; # used to build cargo
-  };
 }