diff --git a/projects/suricata/Dockerfile b/projects/suricata/Dockerfile
index 1c85c3414..e4486b94f 100644
--- a/projects/suricata/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/suricata/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool make pkg-config rustc cargo python flex bison zlib1g-dev libpcre3-dev
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool make pkg-config  python flex bison zlib1g-dev libpcre3-dev
 
 #TODO libmagic, liblzma, pcre and other optional libraries
 ADD https://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.9.1.tar.gz libpcap-1.9.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/projects/suricata/build.sh b/projects/suricata/build.sh
index 4dd233436..843e9afc8 100755
--- a/projects/suricata/build.sh
+++ b/projects/suricata/build.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ make -j$(nproc)
 make install
 cd ..
 
+export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 
 # build project
 cd suricata
-export PATH=$PATH:/root/.cargo/bin
 sh autogen.sh
 #run configure with right options
 ./src/tests/fuzz/oss-fuzz-configure.sh