diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 33eb2be52b4..d409506399e 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+# Note: keep in mind that this file is completely ignored in several use-cases
+# like e.g. out-of-tree builds ( https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/2930 ).
+# For this reason this file should be avoided as much as possible when there are alternatives.
+
 [target.x86_64-unknown-redox]
 linker = "x86_64-unknown-redox-gcc"
 
 [env]
-PROJECT_NAME_FOR_VERSION_STRING = "uutils coreutils"
 # See feat_external_libstdbuf in src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
 LIBSTDBUF_DIR = "/usr/local/libexec/coreutils"
 
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index 6cebe5e3c45..cde28863946 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -205,18 +205,10 @@ macro_rules! bin {
 ///
 /// The generated string has the format `(<project name>) <version>`, for
 /// example: "(uutils coreutils) 0.30.0". clap will then prefix it with the util name.
-///
-/// To use this macro, you have to add `PROJECT_NAME_FOR_VERSION_STRING = "<project name>"` to the
-/// `[env]` section in `.cargo/config.toml`.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! crate_version {
     () => {
-        concat!(
-            "(",
-            env!("PROJECT_NAME_FOR_VERSION_STRING"),
-            ") ",
-            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
-        )
+        concat!("(uutils coreutils) ", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))
     };
 }