diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo/template b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
index 7c9c8d150f7..de7ed57bce9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=304b2abb13ca0219a3485466625f2a38e6011f898199272ee76ad03d4c8c68b0
 replaces="cargo-tree>=0"
 _cargo_dist_version=0.44.0
-nocross=yes
 
 build_options="static bindist"
 desc_option_bindist="Generate a tarball for bootstrap"