diff --git a/bittide-shake/bin/Shake.hs b/bittide-shake/bin/Shake.hs
index a0fdd10d3..8d57b1c80 100644
--- a/bittide-shake/bin/Shake.hs
+++ b/bittide-shake/bin/Shake.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import System.Process (readProcess, callProcess)
 
 import Paths_bittide_shake
 
-import Clash.Shake.Cargo
 import Clash.Shake.Extra
 import Clash.Shake.Flags
 import Clash.Shake.Vivado
@@ -334,7 +333,8 @@ main = do
 
               -- We build all rust binaries in "firmware-binaries". They are required to
               -- build bittide-instance because we have instances that includes a binaries.
-              liftIO $ cargoBuildFirmwareProgram "firmware-binaries" Release
+              command_ [Cwd "firmware-binaries"] "cargo" ["build", "--release"]
+
               let
                 (buildTool, buildToolArgs) =
                   defaultClashCmd clashBuildDir targetName
diff --git a/bittide-shake/src/Clash/Shake/Cargo.hs b/bittide-shake/src/Clash/Shake/Cargo.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 082176c5b..000000000
--- a/bittide-shake/src/Clash/Shake/Cargo.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
--- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Google LLC
---
--- SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-module Clash.Shake.Cargo where
-
-import Prelude
-
-import System.Exit
-import System.IO
-import System.Process
-
-import qualified Clash.Util.Interpolate as I
-
-data CargoBuildMode = Release | Debug
-  deriving Eq
-
-cargoBuildFirmwareProgram ::
-  FilePath ->
-  -- ^ Directory to perform the call in
-  CargoBuildMode ->
-  -- ^ release mode?
-  IO ()
-cargoBuildFirmwareProgram workingDir release = do
-  let
-    cmd = "cargo"
-    args = "build" : ["--release" | release == Release]
-    createProc =
-      (proc cmd args)
-        { cwd = Just workingDir}
-  (exitCode, _stdoutOut, stderrOut) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode createProc ""
-
-  case exitCode of
-    ExitSuccess -> do
-      pure ()
-    ExitFailure exitInt -> do
-      hPutStrLn stderr [I.i|
-        "#{cmd} #{unwords args}" terminated with exit code #{exitInt}.
-
-        Stderr:
-
-          #{stderrOut}
-
-        Stdout:
-
-          #{_stdoutOut}
-        |]
-      exitWith exitCode