diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index cd0647be..80e86485 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
     "crane": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1654444508,
-        "narHash": "sha256-4OBvQ4V7jyt7afs6iKUvRzJ1u/9eYnKzVQbeQdiamuY=",
+        "lastModified": 1661875961,
+        "narHash": "sha256-f1h/2c6Teeu1ofAHWzrS8TwBPcnN+EEu+z1sRVmMQTk=",
         "owner": "ipetkov",
         "repo": "crane",
-        "rev": "db5482bf225acc3160899124a1df5a617cfa27b5",
+        "rev": "d9f394e4e20e97c2a60c3ad82c2b6ef99be19e24",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d4f6377e..f511a13d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@
         "lib/mkCargoDerivation.nix"
         "lib/mkDummySrc.nix"
         "lib/writeTOML.nix"
+        "pkgs/cargoHelperFunctions.sh"
         "pkgs/configureCargoCommonVarsHook.sh"
         "pkgs/configureCargoVendoredDepsHook.sh"
         "pkgs/installFromCargoBuildLogHook.sh"
         "pkgs/inheritCargoArtifactsHook.sh"
         "pkgs/installCargoArtifactsHook.sh"
-        "pkgs/remapSourcePathPrefixHook.sh"
         "LICENSE"
       ];
     };
diff --git a/src/default.nix b/src/default.nix
index 29abcfe4..b33bd707 100644
--- a/src/default.nix
+++ b/src/default.nix
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ in let
       }: rec {
         otherHooks =
           genHooks [
+            "cargoHelperFunctions"
             "configureCargoCommonVarsHook"
             "configureCargoVendoredDepsHook"
-            "remapSourcePathPrefixHook"
           ]
           {};
         installHooks =
@@ -174,12 +174,21 @@ in let
           inherit writeTOML cleanCargoToml findCargoFiles;
         };
 
-        mkCargoDerivation = importLibFile "mkCargoDerivation" ({
-            cargo = cargoHostTarget;
-            inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib;
-          }
-          // installHooks
-          // otherHooks);
+        mkCargoDerivation = importLibFile "mkCargoDerivation" {
+          cargo = cargoHostTarget;
+          inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib;
+          inherit
+            (installHooks)
+            inheritCargoArtifactsHook
+            installCargoArtifactsHook
+            ;
+          inherit
+            (otherHooks)
+            configureCargoCommonVarsHook
+            configureCargoVendoredDepsHook
+            ;
+          cargoHelperFunctionsHook = otherHooks.cargoHelperFunctions;
+        };
         buildDepsOnly = importLibFile "buildDepsOnly" {
           inherit
             mkCargoDerivation
@@ -197,7 +206,7 @@ in let
             ;
         };
         buildPackage = importLibFile "buildPackage" {
-          inherit (pkgs) lib;
+          inherit (pkgs) removeReferencesTo lib;
           inherit (installLogHook) installFromCargoBuildLogHook;
           inherit cargoBuild;
         };
diff --git a/src/subsystems/rust/builders/build-rust-package/default.nix b/src/subsystems/rust/builders/build-rust-package/default.nix
index 7ad90c89..4ef2b32c 100644
--- a/src/subsystems/rust/builders/build-rust-package/default.nix
+++ b/src/subsystems/rust/builders/build-rust-package/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
     buildPackage = pname: version: let
       src = utils.getRootSource pname version;
-      vendorDir = vendoring.vendoredDependencies;
       replacePaths =
         utils.replaceRelativePathsWithAbsolute
         subsystemAttrs.relPathReplacements.${pname}.${version};
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@
         cargoVendorDir = "../nix-vendor";
 
         postUnpack = ''
-          ln -s ${vendorDir} ./nix-vendor
+          ${vendoring.copyVendorDir "./nix-vendor"}
           export CARGO_HOME=$(pwd)/.cargo_home
         '';
 
diff --git a/src/subsystems/rust/builders/crane/default.nix b/src/subsystems/rust/builders/crane/default.nix
index a708c84c..7810b002 100644
--- a/src/subsystems/rust/builders/crane/default.nix
+++ b/src/subsystems/rust/builders/crane/default.nix
@@ -52,15 +52,25 @@
       # common args we use for both buildDepsOnly and buildPackage
       common = {
         inherit pname version;
+
         src = utils.getRootSource pname version;
-        cargoVendorDir = vendoring.vendoredDependencies;
+        cargoVendorDir = "./nix-vendor";
+
+        # this is needed because remove-references-to doesn't work on non nix-store paths
+        doNotRemoveReferencesToVendorDir = true;
+
         postUnpack = ''
+          ${vendoring.copyVendorDir "./nix-vendor"}
           export CARGO_HOME=$(pwd)/.cargo_home
         '';
         preConfigure = ''
           ${writeGitVendorEntries}
           ${replacePaths}
         '';
+
+        # Make sure cargo only builds & tests the package we want
+        cargoBuildCommand = "cargo build --release --package ${pname}";
+        cargoTestCommand = "cargo test --release --package ${pname}";
       };
 
       # The deps-only derivation will use this as a prefix to the `pname`
@@ -72,6 +82,8 @@
           # so that crane's mkDummySrc adds it to the dummy source
           inherit (utils) cargoLock;
           pnameSuffix = depsNameSuffix;
+          # Make sure cargo only checks the package we want
+          cargoCheckCommand = "cargo check --release --package ${pname}";
         };
       deps =
         produceDerivation
@@ -82,9 +94,6 @@
         common
         // {
           cargoArtifacts = deps;
-          # Make sure cargo only builds & tests the package we want
-          cargoBuildCommand = "cargo build --release --package ${pname}";
-          cargoTestCommand = "cargo test --release --package ${pname}";
           # write our cargo lock
           # note: we don't do this in buildDepsOnly since
           # that uses a cargoLock argument instead
diff --git a/src/subsystems/rust/builders/vendor.nix b/src/subsystems/rust/builders/vendor.nix
index b96b2eb3..10e2e80e 100644
--- a/src/subsystems/rust/builders/vendor.nix
+++ b/src/subsystems/rust/builders/vendor.nix
@@ -97,4 +97,6 @@ in rec {
 
   # All dependencies in the Cargo.lock file, vendored
   vendoredDependencies = vendorDependencies allDependencies;
+
+  copyVendorDir = path: ''cp -r --no-preserve=mode,ownership ${vendoredDependencies} ${path}'';
 }
diff --git a/src/subsystems/rust/translators/cargo-lock/default.nix b/src/subsystems/rust/translators/cargo-lock/default.nix
index 697b4a2b..965bb388 100644
--- a/src/subsystems/rust/translators/cargo-lock/default.nix
+++ b/src/subsystems/rust/translators/cargo-lock/default.nix
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ in {
   translate = {translatorName, ...}: {
     project,
     tree,
-    packageName,
     ...
-  } @ args: let
+  }: let
     # get the root source and project source
     rootTree = tree;
+    projectTree = rootTree.getNodeFromPath project.relPath;
     rootSource = rootTree.fullPath;
     projectSource = dlib.sanitizePath "${rootSource}/${project.relPath}";
-    projectTree = rootTree.getNodeFromPath project.relPath;
     subsystemInfo = project.subsystemInfo;
 
     # Get the root toml
@@ -84,12 +83,6 @@ in {
     # Get a "main" package toml
     packageToml = l.elemAt cargoPackages 0;
 
-    # Figure out a package name
-    packageName =
-      if args.packageName == "{automatic}"
-      then packageToml.value.package.name
-      else args.packageName;
-
     # Parse Cargo.lock and extract dependencies
     parsedLock = projectTree.files."Cargo.lock".tomlContent;
     parsedDeps = parsedLock.package;
@@ -186,7 +179,7 @@ in {
     };
   in
     dlib.simpleTranslate2.translate
-    ({...}: rec {
+    ({...}: {
       inherit translatorName;
 
       # relative path of the project within the source tree.
@@ -198,7 +191,7 @@ in {
       # Extract subsystem specific attributes.
       # The structure of this should be defined in:
       #   ./src/specifications/{subsystem}
-      subsystemAttrs = rec {
+      subsystemAttrs = {
         relPathReplacements = let
           # function to find path replacements for one package
           findReplacements = package: let
@@ -237,8 +230,7 @@ in {
             filtered =
               l.filterAttrs
               (
-                n: v:
-                  (l.removeSuffix "/" (l.removePrefix "./" n)) != v
+                n: v: ! l.pathExists (dlib.sanitizePath "${projectSource}/${v}")
               )
               replacements;
           in
@@ -314,7 +306,7 @@ in {
               workspaceCrates =
                 l.map
                 (
-                  pkg: rec {
+                  pkg: {
                     inherit (pkg.value.package) name version;
                     inherit (pkg) relPath;
                   }
@@ -382,12 +374,5 @@ in {
   #   - string argument (type = "argument")
   #   - boolean flag (type = "flag")
   # String arguments contain a default value and examples. Flags do not.
-  extraArgs = {
-    packageName = {
-      description = "name of the package you want to build";
-      default = "{automatic}";
-      examples = ["rand"];
-      type = "argument";
-    };
-  };
+  extraArgs = {};
 }