diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
index 584b1fdbe438..ae943fd41983 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ rec {
   };
 
   fetchCargoTarball = buildPackages.callPackage ../../../build-support/rust/fetchCargoTarball.nix {
+    git = buildPackages.gitMinimal;
     inherit cargo;
   };
 
   buildRustPackage = callPackage ../../../build-support/rust {
+    git = buildPackages.gitMinimal;
     inherit cargoBuildHook cargoCheckHook cargoInstallHook cargoSetupHook
       fetchCargoTarball rustc;
   };