diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be4bdfe..401be8f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ clean:
 #
 $(src)/rust/target/x86_64-linux-kernel/release/libflashbench.a: $(src)/rust/Cargo.toml $(wildcard $(src)/rust/src/*.rs)
 	cd $(src)/rust &&\
-	  env -u MAKE -u MAKEFLAGS cargo +nightly xbuild --release
+	  env -u MAKE -u MAKEFLAGS cargo +nightly build --release
 
 %.rust.o: rust/target/x86_64-linux-kernel/release/lib%.a
 	$(LD) -r -o $@ --whole-archive $<
diff --git a/rust/.cargo/config b/rust/.cargo/config
index 0d71863..ccd710c 100644
--- a/rust/.cargo/config
+++ b/rust/.cargo/config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-[alias]
-xbuild = "build -Z build-std=core"
-
 [build]
 target = "x86_64-linux-kernel"
+
+[unstable]
+build-std = ["core"]
diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md
index 516496b..8ea2900 100644
--- a/rust/README.md
+++ b/rust/README.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ Rust part of flashbench
 ========
 
 ```bash
-# Use nightly as default toolchain in this directory
-rustup override set nightly
+cargo +nightly build
 
-# xbuild is alias of `build -Z build-std=core`
-cargo xbuild
+# You can set nightly as default rust toolchain in this project using rustup
+rustup override set nightly
+cargo build
 ```
 
 ### TODOs