diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/embedded.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/embedded.rs
index 189257e8a64..2027e709529 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/embedded.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/embedded.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use cargo_util_schemas::manifest::PackageName;
 
 use crate::util::frontmatter::FrontmatterError;
 use crate::util::frontmatter::ScriptSource;
-use crate::util::restricted_names;
 
 pub(super) fn expand_manifest(content: &str) -> Result<String, FrontmatterError> {
     let source = ScriptSource::parse(content)?;
@@ -57,25 +56,7 @@ pub fn sanitize_name(name: &str) -> String {
         '-'
     };
 
-    let mut name = PackageName::sanitize(name, placeholder).into_inner();
-
-    loop {
-        if restricted_names::is_keyword(&name) {
-            name.push(placeholder);
-        } else if restricted_names::is_conflicting_artifact_name(&name) {
-            // Being an embedded manifest, we always assume it is a `[[bin]]`
-            name.push(placeholder);
-        } else if name == "test" {
-            name.push(placeholder);
-        } else if restricted_names::is_windows_reserved(&name) {
-            // Go ahead and be consistent across platforms
-            name.push(placeholder);
-        } else {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    name
+    PackageName::sanitize(name, placeholder).into_inner()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/script/cargo.rs b/tests/testsuite/script/cargo.rs
index ef86132897e..c9f2db61ed1 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/script/cargo.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/script/cargo.rs
@@ -674,25 +674,92 @@ args: []
 }
 
 #[cargo_test(nightly, reason = "-Zscript is unstable")]
-fn test_name_is_deps_dir_implicit() {
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn test_name_is_windows_reserved_name() {
     let script = ECHO_SCRIPT;
-    let p = cargo_test_support::project()
-        .file("deps.rs", script)
-        .build();
+    let p = cargo_test_support::project().file("con", script).build();
 
-    p.cargo("-Zscript -v deps.rs")
+    p.cargo("-Zscript -v ./con")
         .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
         .with_stdout_data(str![[r#"
-current_exe: [ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/deps-[EXE]
+current_exe: [ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/con[EXE]
 arg0: [..]
 args: []
 
 "#]])
         .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
 [WARNING] `package.edition` is unspecified, defaulting to `2024`
-[COMPILING] deps- v0.0.0 ([ROOT]/foo/deps.rs)
+[COMPILING] con v0.0.0 ([ROOT]/foo/con)
 [FINISHED] `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in [ELAPSED]s
-[RUNNING] `[ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/deps-[EXE]`
+[RUNNING] `[ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/con[EXE]`
+
+"#]])
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test(nightly, reason = "-Zscript is unstable")]
+fn test_name_is_sysroot_package_name() {
+    let script = ECHO_SCRIPT;
+    let p = cargo_test_support::project().file("test", script).build();
+
+    p.cargo("-Zscript -v ./test")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+        .with_stdout_data(str![[r#"
+current_exe: [ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/test[EXE]
+arg0: [..]
+args: []
+
+"#]])
+        .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
+[WARNING] `package.edition` is unspecified, defaulting to `2024`
+[COMPILING] test v0.0.0 ([ROOT]/foo/test)
+[FINISHED] `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in [ELAPSED]s
+[RUNNING] `[ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/test[EXE]`
+
+"#]])
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test(nightly, reason = "-Zscript is unstable")]
+fn test_name_is_keyword() {
+    let script = ECHO_SCRIPT;
+    let p = cargo_test_support::project().file("self", script).build();
+
+    p.cargo("-Zscript -v ./self")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+        .with_stdout_data(str![[r#"
+current_exe: [ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/self[EXE]
+arg0: [..]
+args: []
+
+"#]])
+        .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
+[WARNING] `package.edition` is unspecified, defaulting to `2024`
+[COMPILING] self v0.0.0 ([ROOT]/foo/self)
+[FINISHED] `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in [ELAPSED]s
+[RUNNING] `[ROOT]/home/.cargo/build/[HASH]/target/debug/self[EXE]`
+
+"#]])
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test(nightly, reason = "-Zscript is unstable")]
+fn test_name_is_deps_dir_implicit() {
+    let script = ECHO_SCRIPT;
+    let p = cargo_test_support::project()
+        .file("deps.rs", script)
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("-Zscript -v deps.rs")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stdout_data(str![""])
+        .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
+[WARNING] `package.edition` is unspecified, defaulting to `2024`
+[ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[ROOT]/foo/deps.rs`
+
+Caused by:
+  the binary target name `deps` is forbidden, it conflicts with cargo's build directory names
 
 "#]])
         .run();