diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lighthouse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lighthouse/default.nix
index 4d1a81d5da1a..2afce895da6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lighthouse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lighthouse/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , lighthouse
 , nix-update-script
 , nodePackages
-, perl
+, openssl
 , pkg-config
 , postgresql
 , protobuf
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     rustPlatform.bindgenHook
     cmake
-    perl
     pkg-config
     protobuf
   ];
@@ -65,6 +64,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [
     rust-jemalloc-sys
     sqlite
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+    openssl
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     CoreFoundation
     Security
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   LIGHTHOUSE_DEPOSIT_CONTRACT_SPEC_URL = "file://${depositContractSpec}";
   LIGHTHOUSE_DEPOSIT_CONTRACT_TESTNET_URL = "file://${testnetDepositContractSpec}";
 
+  OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
+
   cargoBuildFlags = [
     "--package lighthouse"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/av/avml/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/av/avml/package.nix
index 6ae9f4378ec6..f556430666dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/av/avml/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/av/avml/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   rustPlatform,
-  perl,
+  pkg-config,
+  openssl,
   testers,
   avml,
   nix-update-script,
@@ -21,7 +22,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-gcpjrxnQDyO92OW6LZVc4x73TmTtQoaEYhmGmqhz8ng=";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl ];
+
+  env = {
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
+  };
 
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = avml; };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-repl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-repl/package.nix
index fe97f891caa7..eedda8a397af 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-repl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-repl/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { rustPlatform
 , libdeltachat
-, perl
 , pkg-config
 }:
 
@@ -10,10 +9,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   inherit (libdeltachat) version src cargoLock buildInputs;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    perl
     pkg-config
   ];
 
+  env = {
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
+  };
+
   cargoBuildFlags = [ "--package" "deltachat-repl" ];
 
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
index b7d0dbef2374..1e1e95796771 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { rustPlatform
 , libdeltachat
-, perl
 , pkg-config
 }:
 
@@ -10,10 +9,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   inherit (libdeltachat) version src cargoLock buildInputs;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    perl
     pkg-config
   ];
 
+  env = {
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
+  };
+
   cargoBuildFlags = [ "--package" "deltachat-rpc-server" ];
 
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rover/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rover/default.nix
index 92b5339fdfe9..978935595fec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rover/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rover/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, perl
+, pkg-config
 , rustPlatform
+, openssl
 , darwin
 , stdenv
 }:
@@ -19,16 +20,22 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-Rf4kRXYW+WAF1rM7o8PmXBLgp/YyA8y/TqbZL22VOqI=";
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
     darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices
     darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.SystemConfiguration
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    perl
+    pkg-config
   ];
 
+  env = {
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
+  };
+
   # This test checks whether the plugins specified in the plugins json file are
   # valid by making a network call to the repo that houses their binaries; but, the
   # build env can't make network calls (impurity)
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
index c5f360cd2505..7d6b31c3090f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
   makeBinaryWrapper,
   pkg-config,
   curl,
+  openssl,
   Security,
   CoreServices,
   libiconv,
   xz,
-  perl,
   substituteAll,
   # for passthru.tests:
   edgedb,
@@ -19,26 +19,27 @@
 }:
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "edgedb";
-  version = "5.3.0";
+  version = "5.2.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "edgedb";
     repo = "edgedb-cli";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-oG3KxORNppQDa84CXjSxM9Z9GDLby+irUbEncyjoJU4=";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-WlXX1ACSZZNV0VBCoZjC1wLDF0qjIdjNJ4rQu6fBGfM=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   cargoLock = {
     lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
     outputHashes = {
-      "edgedb-derive-0.5.2" = "sha256-9vmaMOoZ5VmbJ0/eN0XdE5hrID/BK4IkLnIwucgRr2w=";
-      "edgeql-parser-0.1.0" = "sha256-WUNiUgfuzbr+zNYgJivalUK5kPSvkVcgp4Zq3pmoa/w=";
+      "edgedb-derive-0.5.1" = "sha256-ATldvarkp/W5bz55qoMtfTMcueWklyKnrJUHvLKlWh0=";
+      "edgeql-parser-0.1.0" = "sha256-KPi2M2UEN+p3V/fcmKtb3K9XTLC4vJ5H+yG8ZfD7RBs=";
       "indexmap-2.0.0-pre" = "sha256-QMOmoUHE1F/sp+NeDpgRGqqacWLHWG02YgZc5vAdXZY=";
-      "rustyline-8.0.0" = "sha256-CrICwQbHPzS4QdVIEHxt2euX+g+0pFYe84NfMp1daEc=";
       "rexpect-0.5.0" = "sha256-vstAL/fJWWx7WbmRxNItKpzvgGF3SvJDs5isq9ym/OA=";
+      "rustyline-8.0.0" = "sha256-CrICwQbHPzS4QdVIEHxt2euX+g+0pFYe84NfMp1daEc=";
       "serde_str-1.0.0" = "sha256-CMBh5lxdQb2085y0jc/DrV6B8iiXvVO2aoZH/lFFjak=";
       "scram-0.7.0" = "sha256-QTPxyXBpMXCDkRRJEMYly1GKp90khrwwuMI1eHc2H+Y=";
+      "test-cert-gen-0.10.0-pre" = "sha256-Hyk4/iw6/SgEI70vPCNNbE9+nQ0pOAM158hncyUbvp8=";
       "test-utils-0.1.0" = "sha256-FoF/U89Q9E2Dlmpoh+cfDcScmhcsSNut+rE7BECJSJI=";
       "warp-0.3.6" = "sha256-knDt2aw/PJ0iabhKg+okwwnEzCY+vQVhE7HKCTM6QbE=";
     };
@@ -47,11 +48,15 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeBinaryWrapper
     pkg-config
-    perl
   ];
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ curl ]
+    [
+      curl
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      openssl
+    ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
       CoreServices
       Security
@@ -69,6 +74,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  env = {
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
+  };
+
   doCheck = false;
 
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {