diff --git a/Makefile.envs b/Makefile.envs
index 5f34a5869..d5ff44a6d 100644
--- a/Makefile.envs
+++ b/Makefile.envs
@@ -149,14 +149,15 @@ export STDLIB_MODULE_CFLAGS= $(SIDE_MODULE_CFLAGS) -I Include/ -I .
 # For RUST
 export CARGO_HOME ?= $(HOME)/.cargo
 export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET=wasm32-unknown-emscripten
-export CARGO_TARGET_WASM32_UNKNOWN_EMSCRIPTEN_LINKER=$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/tools/rust_emcc_wrapper.py
+export CARGO_TARGET_WASM32_UNKNOWN_EMSCRIPTEN_LINKER=emcc
 export PYO3_CONFIG_FILE=$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/tools/pyo3_config.ini
 
 # idealy we could automatically include all SIDE_MODULE_LDFLAGS here
 export RUSTFLAGS= \
 	-C relocation-model=pic \
 	-C link-arg=-sSIDE_MODULE=2 \
-	-C link-arg=-sWASM_BIGINT
+	-C link-arg=-sWASM_BIGINT \
+	-Z link-native-libraries=no
 
 .output_vars:
 	set
diff --git a/pyodide-build/pyodide_build/buildpkg.py b/pyodide-build/pyodide_build/buildpkg.py
index 364bb4602..bcdaa17b5 100755
--- a/pyodide-build/pyodide_build/buildpkg.py
+++ b/pyodide-build/pyodide_build/buildpkg.py
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ def get_bash_runner():
             "WASM_PKG_CONFIG_PATH",
             "CARGO_BUILD_TARGET",
             "CARGO_HOME",
-            "CARGO_TARGET_WASM32_UNKNOWN_EMSCRIPTEN_LINKER",
             "RUSTFLAGS",
             "PYO3_CONFIG_FILE",
         ]
diff --git a/tools/rust_emcc_wrapper.py b/tools/rust_emcc_wrapper.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 86969af51..000000000
--- a/tools/rust_emcc_wrapper.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import subprocess
-import sys
-
-
-def update_args(args):
-    # remove -lc. Not sure if it makes a difference but -lc doesn't belong here.
-    # https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/17191
-    for i in reversed(range(len(args))):
-        if args[i] == "c" and args[i - 1] == "-l":
-            del args[i - 1 : i + 1]
-
-    return args
-
-
-def main(args):
-    args = update_args(args)
-    return subprocess.call(["emcc"] + args)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
-    sys.exit(main(args))