diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zcash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zcash/default.nix
index 1706bcd888d7..2db86c9581a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zcash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zcash/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   libevent,
   libsodium,
   makeWrapper,
+  rustc,
   rustPlatform,
   pkg-config,
   Security,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
   zeromq,
 }:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override { inherit stdenv; } rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zcash";
   version = "5.4.2";
 
@@ -36,14 +37,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override { inherit stdenv; } rec {
     hash = "sha256-XGq/cYUo43FcpmRDO2YiNLCuEQLsTFLBFC4M1wM29l8=";
   };
 
-  prePatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 ''
-    substituteInPlace .cargo/config.offline \
-      --replace "[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]" "" \
-      --replace "linker = \"aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc\"" ""
-  '';
+  patches = [
+    # upstream has a custom way of specifying a cargo vendor-directory
+    # we'll remove that logic, since cargoSetupHook from nixpkgs works better
+    ./dont-use-custom-vendoring-logic.patch
+  ];
 
-  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-VBqasLpxqI4kr73Mr7OVuwb2OIhUwnY9CTyZZOyEElU=";
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
+    inherit pname version src;
+    hash = "sha256-VBqasLpxqI4kr73Mr7OVuwb2OIhUwnY9CTyZZOyEElU=";
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override { inherit stdenv; } rec {
     hexdump
     makeWrapper
     pkg-config
+    rustc
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs =
@@ -69,19 +74,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override { inherit stdenv; } rec {
       Security
     ];
 
-  # Use the stdenv default phases (./configure; make) instead of the
-  # ones from buildRustPackage.
-  configurePhase = "configurePhase";
-  dontCargoBuild = true;
-  dontCargoCheck = true;
-  dontCargoInstall = true;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Have to do this here instead of in preConfigure because
-    # cargoDepsCopy gets unset after postPatch.
-    configureFlagsArray+=("RUST_VENDORED_SOURCES=$cargoDepsCopy")
-  '';
-
   CXXFLAGS = [
     "-I${lib.getDev utf8cpp}/include/utf8cpp"
     "-I${lib.getDev cxx-rs}/include"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zcash/dont-use-custom-vendoring-logic.patch b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zcash/dont-use-custom-vendoring-logic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0096b4932293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/zcash/dont-use-custom-vendoring-logic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 8b14284..e614755 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ else
+ RUST_BUILD_OPTS += --locked --offline
+ 
+ CARGO_CONFIGURED = $(top_srcdir)/.cargo/.configured-for-offline
+-$(CARGO_CONFIGURED): $(top_srcdir)/.cargo/config.offline
+-	$(AM_V_at)rm -f $(top_srcdir)/.cargo/.configured-for-online
+-	$(AM_V_at)cp $< $(top_srcdir)/.cargo/config
+-	$(AM_V_at)echo "directory = \"$(RUST_VENDORED_SOURCES)\"" >>$(top_srcdir)/.cargo/config
++$(CARGO_CONFIGURED):
+ 	$(AM_V_at)touch $@
+ endif
+ if ENABLE_SHANI