diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index d025d47be1280..475d61d06d0a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -15,99 +15,91 @@
   rustc,
   auditable ? !cargo-auditable.meta.broken,
   cargo-auditable,
-  pkgsBuildBuild,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override
   {
     cargo-auditable = cargo-auditable.bootstrap;
   }
-  (
-    {
-      pname = "cargo";
-      inherit (rustc.unwrapped) version src;
-
-      # the rust source tarball already has all the dependencies vendored, no need to fetch them again
-      cargoVendorDir = "vendor";
-      buildAndTestSubdir = "src/tools/cargo";
-
-      inherit auditable;
-
-      passthru = {
-        rustc = rustc;
-        inherit (rustc.unwrapped) tests;
-      };
-
-      # changes hash of vendor directory otherwise
-      dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
-
-      nativeBuildInputs = [
-        pkg-config
-        cmake
-        installShellFiles
-        makeWrapper
-        (lib.getDev pkgsHostHost.curl)
-        zlib
-      ];
-      buildInputs = [
-        file
-        curl
-        python3
-        openssl
-        zlib
+  {
+    pname = "cargo";
+    inherit (rustc.unwrapped) version src;
+
+    # the rust source tarball already has all the dependencies vendored, no need to fetch them again
+    cargoVendorDir = "vendor";
+    buildAndTestSubdir = "src/tools/cargo";
+
+    inherit auditable;
+
+    passthru = {
+      rustc = rustc;
+      inherit (rustc.unwrapped) tests;
+    };
+
+    # changes hash of vendor directory otherwise
+    dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      pkg-config
+      cmake
+      installShellFiles
+      makeWrapper
+      (lib.getDev pkgsHostHost.curl)
+      zlib
+    ];
+    buildInputs = [
+      file
+      curl
+      python3
+      openssl
+      zlib
+    ];
+
+    # cargo uses git-rs which is made for a version of libgit2 from recent master that
+    # is not compatible with the current version in nixpkgs.
+    #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;
+
+    postInstall = ''
+      wrapProgram "$out/bin/cargo" --suffix PATH : "${rustc}/bin"
+
+      installManPage src/tools/cargo/src/etc/man/*
+
+      installShellCompletion --bash --name cargo \
+        src/tools/cargo/src/etc/cargo.bashcomp.sh
+
+      installShellCompletion --zsh src/tools/cargo/src/etc/_cargo
+    '';
+
+    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;
+
+    doInstallCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf;
+    installCheckPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstallCheck
+      ${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}readelf -a $out/bin/.cargo-wrapped | grep -F 'Shared library: [libcurl.so'
+      runHook postInstallCheck
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      homepage = "https://crates.io";
+      description = "Downloads your Rust project's dependencies and builds your project";
+      mainProgram = "cargo";
+      teams = [ teams.rust ];
+      license = [
+        licenses.mit
+        licenses.asl20
       ];
-
-      # cargo uses git-rs which is made for a version of libgit2 from recent master that
-      # is not compatible with the current version in nixpkgs.
-      #LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = 1;
-
-      # fixes: the cargo feature `edition` requires a nightly version of Cargo, but this is the `stable` channel
-      RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
-
-      postInstall = ''
-        wrapProgram "$out/bin/cargo" --suffix PATH : "${rustc}/bin"
-
-        installManPage src/tools/cargo/src/etc/man/*
-
-        installShellCompletion --bash --name cargo \
-          src/tools/cargo/src/etc/cargo.bashcomp.sh
-
-        installShellCompletion --zsh src/tools/cargo/src/etc/_cargo
-      '';
-
-      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;
-
-      doInstallCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.hostPlatform.isElf;
-      installCheckPhase = ''
-        runHook preInstallCheck
-        ${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}readelf -a $out/bin/.cargo-wrapped | grep -F 'Shared library: [libcurl.so'
-        runHook postInstallCheck
-      '';
-
-      meta = with lib; {
-        homepage = "https://crates.io";
-        description = "Downloads your Rust project's dependencies and builds your project";
-        mainProgram = "cargo";
-        teams = [ teams.rust ];
-        license = [
-          licenses.mit
-          licenses.asl20
-        ];
-        platforms = platforms.unix;
-        # https://github.com/alexcrichton/nghttp2-rs/issues/2
-        broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 && stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform;
-      };
-    }
-    //
-      lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.buildPlatform.rust.rustcTarget != stdenv.hostPlatform.rust.rustcTarget)
-        {
-          HOST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH = "${pkgsBuildBuild.pkg-config}/bin/pkg-config";
-        }
-  )
+      platforms = platforms.unix;
+      # https://github.com/alexcrichton/nghttp2-rs/issues/2
+      broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 && stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform;
+    };
+  }