diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix
index b574eb546421..734d31aba2d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  lib,
   rust-bindgen-unwrapped,
   zlib,
   bash,
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ let
         #for substituteAll
         inherit bash;
         unwrapped = rust-bindgen-unwrapped;
-        libclang = (lib.getLib clang.cc);
         meta = rust-bindgen-unwrapped.meta // {
           longDescription = rust-bindgen-unwrapped.meta.longDescription + ''
             This version of bindgen is wrapped with the required compiler flags
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix
index c569789143d5..39b4de40b83b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/unwrapped.nix
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-K/iM79RfNU+3f2ae6wy/FMFAD68vfqzSUebqALPJpJY=";
 
-  buildInputs = [ (lib.getLib clang.cc) ];
-
   preConfigure = ''
     export LIBCLANG_PATH="${lib.getLib clang.cc}/lib"
   '';
 
+  # Disable the "runtime" feature, so libclang is linked.
+  buildNoDefaultFeatures = true;
+  buildFeatures = [ "logging" ];
+  checkNoDefaultFeatures = buildNoDefaultFeatures;
+  checkFeatures = buildFeatures;
+
   doCheck = true;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ clang ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/wrapper.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/wrapper.sh
index b7110385c26d..4311b9720aa8 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/bindgen/wrapper.sh
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ fi;
 if [[ -n "$NIX_DEBUG" ]]; then
   set -x;
 fi;
-export LIBCLANG_PATH="@libclang@/lib"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 # cxxflags and NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE should be word-split
 exec -a "$0" @unwrapped@/bin/bindgen "$@" $sep $cxxflags @cincludes@ $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
 # note that we add the flags after $@ which is incorrect. This is only for the sake
 # of simplicity.
-