diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix
index ddf2fce3cae..87115e392da 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ let
     sha256 = depsSha256;
   };
 
-  # The following is the directory name cargo creates when the registry index
-  # URL is file:///dev/null
-  #
-  # It's OK to use /dev/null as the URL because by the time we do this, cargo
-  # won't attempt to update the registry anymore, so the URL is more or less
-  # irrelevant
-  registryIndexDirName = "-ba82b75dd6681d6f";
-
 in stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
   inherit cargoDeps rustRegistry;
 
@@ -34,18 +26,34 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
     cp -r "$cargoDeps" deps
     chmod +w deps -R
 
+    # It's OK to use /dev/null as the URL because by the time we do this, cargo
+    # won't attempt to update the registry anymore, so the URL is more or less
+    # irrelevant
+
     cat <<EOF > deps/config
     [registry]
     index = "file:///dev/null"
     EOF
 
-    echo "Using rust registry from $rustRegistry"
-
-    ln -s "$rustRegistry" "deps/registry/index/${registryIndexDirName}"
-
     export CARGO_HOME="$(realpath deps)"
 
+    # Let's find out which $indexHash cargo uses for file:///dev/null
+    (cd $sourceRoot && cargo fetch &>/dev/null)
+    cd deps
+    indexHash="$(basename $(echo registry/index/*))"
+
+    echo "Using indexHash '$indexHash'"
+
+    rm -rf -- "registry/cache/$indexHash" \
+              "registry/index/$indexHash"
+
+    mv registry/cache/HASH "registry/cache/$indexHash"
+
+    echo "Using rust registry from $rustRegistry"
+    ln -s "$rustRegistry" "registry/index/$indexHash"
+
     # Retrieved the Cargo.lock file which we saved during the fetch
+    cd ..
     mv deps/Cargo.lock $sourceRoot/
 
     (
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps
index c7799fb1b1f..69eb404e644 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-deps
@@ -104,12 +104,9 @@ substituteInPlace Cargo.lock \
 set -u
 mv Cargo.lock $out/
 
-# The following is the $indexHash cargo uses for the registry index when
-# its URL is file:///dev/null, which is the registry index URL we use to make
-# sure our output is deterministic.
 
-registryIndexDirName="-ba82b75dd6681d6f"
-mv $out/registry/cache/* $out/registry/cache/$registryIndexDirName
+# Let's replace $indexHash with something more deterministic
+mv $out/registry/cache/* $out/registry/cache/HASH
 
 # The registry index changes all the time, so it's not deterministic
 # We'll symlink it before running 'cargo build'
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/default.nix
index 3ac6e1c3e94..e7a45f1c348 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildRustPackage rec {
     leaveDotGit = true;
   };
 
-  depsSha256 = "0s9f00kg7q9dxd8g98k3z4qv404p9ra73l1bzxs6qzk54qhg44dp";
+  depsSha256 = "1b0mpdxmp7inkg59n2phjwzpz5gx22wqg9rfd1s01a5ylara37jw";
 
   buildInputs = [ file curl pkgconfig python openssl cmake zlib ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
index 61fe2238a77..0b614f4edc6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildRustPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0g420cbqpknhl61a4mpk3bbia8agf657d9vzzcqr338lmni80qz7";
   };
 
-  depsSha256 = "1wmpd2cjmk59382dq59hmb0xa6fxbnmmaz4nfs96qf613r5ylvra";
+  depsSha256 = "0s951apqcr96lvc1jamk6qw3631gwnlnfgcx55vlznfm7shnmywn";
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];