diff --git a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
index 57e91c575f5..b9b3d476748 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ impl<'cfg> Workspace<'cfg> {
                             /* platform */ None,
                             // NOTE: Since we use ConfigRelativePath, this root isn't used as
                             // any relative paths are resolved before they'd be joined with root.
-                            self.root(),
+                            &Path::new("unused-relative-path"),
                             self.unstable_features(),
-                            None,
+                            /* kind */ None,
                         )
                     })
                     .collect::<CargoResult<Vec<_>>>()?,
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ impl<'cfg> Workspace<'cfg> {
                 .warn(format!("[patch] in cargo config: {}", message))?
         }
 
-        let _ = nested_paths;
-
         Ok(patch)
     }