diff --git a/src/driver.rs b/src/driver.rs
index ea01b6865626..973abc59c1a2 100644
--- a/src/driver.rs
+++ b/src/driver.rs
@@ -21,48 +21,26 @@ use rustc_session::EarlyDiagCtxt;
 use rustc_span::symbol::Symbol;
 
 use std::env;
-use std::fs::read_to_string;
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::exit;
 
 use anstream::println;
 
-/// If a command-line option matches `find_arg`, then apply the predicate `pred` on its value. If
-/// true, then return it. The parameter is assumed to be either `--arg=value` or `--arg value`.
-fn arg_value<'a, T: Deref<Target = str>>(
-    args: &'a [T],
-    find_arg: &str,
-    pred: impl Fn(&str) -> bool,
-) -> Option<&'a str> {
-    let mut args = args.iter().map(Deref::deref);
-    while let Some(arg) = args.next() {
-        let mut arg = arg.splitn(2, '=');
-        if arg.next() != Some(find_arg) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        match arg.next().or_else(|| args.next()) {
-            Some(v) if pred(v) => return Some(v),
-            _ => {},
-        }
-    }
-    None
+/// Returns if `args` contains `find_arg`, accounts for `--foo=bar` and `--foo bar`
+fn has_arg(args: &[String], find_arg: &str) -> bool {
+    args.iter().any(|arg| arg.split('=').next().unwrap_or(arg) == find_arg)
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_arg_value() {
-    let args = &["--bar=bar", "--foobar", "123", "--foo"];
-
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(&[] as &[&str], "--foobar", |_| true), None);
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--bar", |_| false), None);
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--bar", |_| true), Some("bar"));
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--bar", |p| p == "bar"), Some("bar"));
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--bar", |p| p == "foo"), None);
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--foobar", |p| p == "foo"), None);
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--foobar", |p| p == "123"), Some("123"));
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--foobar", |p| p.contains("12")), Some("123"));
-    assert_eq!(arg_value(args, "--foo", |_| true), None);
+    let args = &["--bar=bar", "--foobar", "123", "-vV"].map(String::from);
+
+    assert!(!has_arg(&[], "--foobar"));
+    assert!(!has_arg(args, "--foo"));
+
+    assert!(has_arg(args, "--bar"));
+    assert!(has_arg(args, "--foobar"));
+    assert!(has_arg(args, "-vV"));
 }
 
 fn track_clippy_args(psess: &mut ParseSess, args_env_var: &Option<String>) {
@@ -188,24 +166,18 @@ pub fn main() {
     exit(rustc_driver::catch_with_exit_code(move || {
         let mut orig_args = rustc_driver::args::raw_args(&early_dcx)?;
 
-        let has_sysroot_arg = |args: &mut [String]| -> bool {
-            if arg_value(args, "--sysroot", |_| true).is_some() {
+        let has_sysroot_arg = |args: &[String]| -> bool {
+            if has_arg(args, "--sysroot") {
                 return true;
             }
             // https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/command-line-arguments.html#path-load-command-line-flags-from-a-path
             // Beside checking for existence of `--sysroot` on the command line, we need to
             // check for the arg files that are prefixed with @ as well to be consistent with rustc
-            for arg in args.iter() {
-                if let Some(arg_file_path) = arg.strip_prefix('@') {
-                    if let Ok(arg_file) = read_to_string(arg_file_path) {
-                        let split_arg_file: Vec<String> = arg_file.lines().map(ToString::to_string).collect();
-                        if arg_value(&split_arg_file, "--sysroot", |_| true).is_some() {
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
+            if let Ok(expanded) = rustc_driver::args::arg_expand_all(&early_dcx, args) {
+                has_arg(&expanded, "--sysroot")
+            } else {
+                false
             }
-            false
         };
 
         let sys_root_env = std::env::var("SYSROOT").ok();
@@ -275,8 +247,11 @@ pub fn main() {
 
         // Disable Clippy if `--no-deps` is passed and we aren't in a primary package
         let disabled_dep = no_deps && env::var_os("CARGO_PRIMARY_PACKAGE").is_none();
+        // Disable Clippy for `-vV`, `--print cfg ...` requests so that malformed `clippy_args` do not end
+        // up being cached - https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/14385
+        let info_query = has_arg(&args, "-vV") || has_arg(&args, "--print");
 
-        let clippy_enabled = !disabled_dep;
+        let clippy_enabled = !disabled_dep && !info_query;
         if clippy_enabled {
             args.extend(clippy_args);
             rustc_driver::RunCompiler::new(&args, &mut ClippyCallbacks { clippy_args_var })