diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index c07adde54743..86112ed1a6f9 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ endif
 
 all_packages = $(packages) $(native_packages)
 
-meta_depends = Makefile funcs.mk builders/default.mk hosts/default.mk hosts/$(host_os).mk builders/$(build_os).mk cargo-checksum.sh
+meta_depends = Makefile funcs.mk builders/default.mk hosts/default.mk hosts/$(host_os).mk builders/$(build_os).mk
 
 $(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_binutils?=$($(host_os)_native_binutils)
 $(host_arch)_$(host_os)_native_toolchain?=$($(host_os)_native_toolchain)
diff --git a/depends/cargo-checksum.sh b/depends/cargo-checksum.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 535cc0bfd7da..000000000000
--- a/depends/cargo-checksum.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-echo "{\"files\":{$(
-find . -type f |  	# Get list of file paths
-grep -v $1 |		# Exclude Makefile hashes
-grep -v '[.]stamp_' |	# Exclude Makefile stamps
-sed 's|^[.]/||' |	# Remove leading ./
-sort |			# Sort (for uniformity)
-xargs $2 |		# Get SHA256 hashes (assumes standard 'H(A) A' format)
-awk -v OFS='":"' '{print $2, $1}' |	#   'H(A) A'  ->  'A":"H(A)'
-sed 's|^|"|' |				#  'A":"H(A)' -> '"A":"H(A)'
-sed 's|$|"|' |				# '"A":"H(A)' -> '"A":"H(A)"'
-tr '\n' ',' |		# Concatenate lines with commas
-sed 's|,$||'		# Remove any trailing comma (to fit JSON spec)
-)},\"package\":$3}" > .cargo-checksum.json