diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index 2ff3257c7fb7..34932c911ebc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   passthru.rustc = rustc;
 
-  # changes hash of vendor directory otherwise on aarch64
-  dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = if stdenv.isAarch64 then "1" else null;
+  # changes hash of vendor directory otherwise
+  dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ cacert file curl python openssl cmake zlib makeWrapper libgit2 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
index f3f9e2f57b72..23aa750060a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
-  # The build will fail at the very end on AArch64 without this.
-  dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = if stdenv.isAarch64 then true else null;
+  # rustc complains about modified source files otherwise
+  dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
 
   # Running the default `strip -S` command on Darwin corrupts the
   # .rlib files in "lib/".