diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index f0d7e0dabc2..2d4d6ad4db1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   LIBGIT2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=1;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    rm "$out/lib/rustlib/components" \
-       "$out/lib/rustlib/install.log" \
-       "$out/lib/rustlib/rust-installer-version" \
-       "$out/lib/rustlib/uninstall.sh" \
-       "$out/lib/rustlib/manifest-cargo"
-
     # NOTE: We override the `http.cainfo` option usually specified in
     # `.cargo/config`. This is an issue when users want to specify
     # their own certificate chain as environment variables take