diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
index a7a9d9b52fc0..6da9566f8813 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 , buildFeatures ? [ ]
 , checkFeatures ? buildFeatures
 , useNextest ? false
-, auditable ? true
+, auditable ? false # TODO: change to true
+
 , depsExtraArgs ? {}
 
 # Toggles whether a custom sysroot is created when the target is a .json file.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index ec80533cc069..5571918fdc62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , file, curl, pkg-config, python3, openssl, cmake, zlib
 , installShellFiles, makeWrapper, cacert, rustPlatform, rustc
 , libiconv, CoreFoundation, Security
-, auditable ? true
+, auditable ? false # TODO: change to true when this is the default
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-auditable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-auditable/default.nix
index 52d647b2b0a5..6d8424040d02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-auditable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-auditable/default.nix
@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ let
   });
 in
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override { cargo-auditable = bootstrap; } args
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override { cargo-auditable = bootstrap; } (args // {
+  auditable = true; # TODO: remove when this is the default
+})