diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index f639d330566d..6259101f6b64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, file, curl, pkgconfig, python3, openssl, cmake, zlib
-, makeWrapper, libiconv, cacert, rustPlatform, rustc, libgit2
+, makeWrapper, libiconv, cacert, rustPlatform, rustc
 , CoreFoundation, Security
 }:
 
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ cacert file curl python3 openssl zlib libgit2 ]
+  buildInputs = [ cacert file curl python3 openssl zlib ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreFoundation Security libiconv ];
 
-  LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = 1;
+  # 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;