diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix
index 0903096ed281..8ba8bcdb1a35 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ crate_:
 lib.makeOverridable
   (
     # The rust compiler to use.
-    #
-    # Default: pkgs.rustc
     {
       rust ? rustc,
       # The cargo package to use for getting some metadata.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ab5fbbc4ea45..81a5d2c6d34e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4401,11 +4401,20 @@ with pkgs;
       );
     in
     callPackage ../build-support/rust/build-rust-crate (
-      { }
-      // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == null) {
+      lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == null) {
         stdenv = stdenvNoCC; # Some build targets without libc will fail to evaluate with a normal stdenv.
       }
-      // lib.optionalAttrs targetAlreadyIncluded { inherit (pkgsBuildBuild) rustc cargo; } # Optimization.
+      // (
+        if targetAlreadyIncluded then
+          # Optimization
+          {
+            inherit (pkgsBuildBuild) rustc cargo;
+          }
+        else
+          {
+            inherit (pkgsBuildHost) rustc cargo;
+          }
+      )
     );
   buildRustCrateHelpers = callPackage ../build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/helpers.nix { };