4 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index 65614b9480e7..dfea7f6c8ef6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   # the rust source tarball already has all the dependencies vendored, no need to fetch them again
   cargoVendorDir = "vendor";
-  preBuild = "pushd src/tools/cargo";
-  postBuild = "popd";
+  buildAndTestSubdir = "src/tools/cargo";
 
   passthru.rustc = rustc;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
index 4857b587847e..0546ad9bac1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   # the rust source tarball already has all the dependencies vendored, no need to fetch them again
   cargoVendorDir = "vendor";
-  preBuild = "pushd src/tools/clippy";
-  postBuild = "popd";
+  buildAndTestSubdir = "src/tools/clippy";
 
   # changes hash of vendor directory otherwise
   dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rls/default.nix
index 4cf507fbf5c7..a050be7c2bfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rls/default.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
 
   cargoVendorDir = "vendor";
+  buildAndTestSubdir = "src/tools/rls";
+
   preBuild = ''
-    pushd src/tools/rls
     # client tests are flaky
     rm tests/client.rs
   '';
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  preInstall = "popd";
-
   doInstallCheck = true;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     $out/bin/rls --version
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix
index f8ed0bce2e0d..66a18f40ad42 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   # the rust source tarball already has all the dependencies vendored, no need to fetch them again
   cargoVendorDir = "vendor";
-  preBuild = "pushd src/tools/rustfmt";
-  preInstall = "popd";
+  buildAndTestSubdir = "src/tools/rustfmt";
 
   # changes hash of vendor directory otherwise
   dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
@@ -17,12 +16,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   # As of 1.0.0 and rustc 1.30 rustfmt requires a nightly compiler
   RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
 
-  # we run tests in debug mode so tests look for a debug build of
-  # rustfmt. Anyway this adds nearly no compilation time.
-  preCheck = ''
-    cargo build
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A tool for formatting Rust code according to style guidelines";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rustfmt";