diff --git a/recipes/sylph/build.sh b/recipes/sylph/build.sh
index 3662f6efb60db..bdab29de4ab9e 100644
--- a/recipes/sylph/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/sylph/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash -euo
 
-# Add workaround for SSH-based Git connections from Rust/cargo.  See https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/2078 for details.
-# We set CARGO_HOME because we don't pass on HOME to conda-build, thus rendering the default "${HOME}/.cargo" defunct.
-export CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI=true CARGO_HOME="$(pwd)/.cargo"
-
 # build statically linked binary with Rust
 RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo install --verbose --path . --root $PREFIX