diff --git a/lib/buildWithCargo.nix b/lib/buildWithCargo.nix
index 3e65f1c..63d58dd 100644
--- a/lib/buildWithCargo.nix
+++ b/lib/buildWithCargo.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ let
         cargoLock = path + /Cargo.lock;
       in
       if builtins.pathExists cargoToml && builtins.pathExists cargoLock
-      then (buildDepsOnly args).target
+      then buildDepsOnly args
       else
         throw ''
           unable to find Cargo.toml and Cargo.lock at ${path}. please ensure one of the following:
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ in
   # as including them will make Nix pull in all sources when installing any binaries.
 , doRemapSourcePathPrefix ? true
 , nativeBuildInputs ? [ ]
-, outputs ? [ "out" ]
 , ...
 }@args:
 let
@@ -93,8 +92,6 @@ let
   };
 
   additions = {
-    outputs = outputs ++ lib.optional doCopyTargetToOutput "target";
-
     nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ [
       cargo
       configureCargoCommonVarsHook
diff --git a/pkgs/copyCargoTargetToOutputHook.sh b/pkgs/copyCargoTargetToOutputHook.sh
index e6a8a9b..2f14108 100644
--- a/pkgs/copyCargoTargetToOutputHook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/copyCargoTargetToOutputHook.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prepareCargoTargetDirAndCopyToDir() {
   # Allow for calling with customized parameters
   # or fall back to defaults if none are provided
-  local dir="${1:-${target}}"
+  local dir="${1:-${out}}"
   local cargoTargetDir="${2:-${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-target}}"
   local dest="${dir}/target.tar.zst"
 
diff --git a/tests/compilesFresh.nix b/tests/compilesFresh.nix
index eb23232..9735f91 100644
--- a/tests/compilesFresh.nix
+++ b/tests/compilesFresh.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildWithCargo {
 
   # NB: explicit call here so that the buildDepsOnly call
   # doesn't inherit our build commands
-  cargoArtifacts = (buildDepsOnly { inherit src; }).target;
+  cargoArtifacts = buildDepsOnly { inherit src; };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ jq ];