diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/beta.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/beta.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 876c54a298b4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/beta.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, recurseIntoAttrs, makeRustPlatform, llvm, fetchurl
-, targets ? []
-, targetToolchains ? []
-, targetPatches ? []
-}:
-
-let
-  rustPlatform = recurseIntoAttrs (makeRustPlatform (callPackage ./bootstrap.nix {}));
-in
-rec {
-  rustc = callPackage ./rustc.nix {
-    inherit llvm targets targetPatches targetToolchains rustPlatform;
-
-    version = "beta-2017-05-27";
-
-    configureFlags = [ "--release-channel=beta" ];
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-05-27/rustc-beta-src.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "9f3f92efef7fb2b4bf38e57e4ff1f416dc221880b90841c4bdaee350801c0b57";
-    };
-
-    patches = [
-      ./patches/darwin-disable-fragile-tcp-tests.patch
-    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.needsPax ./patches/grsec.patch;
-
-    doCheck = false;
-    broken = true;
-  };
-
-  cargo = callPackage ./cargo.nix rec {
-    version = "0.18.0";
-    srcRev = "fe7b0cdcf5ca7aab81630706ce40b70f6aa2e666";
-    srcSha = "164iywv1l3v87b0pznf5kkzxigd6w19myv9d7ka4c65zgrk9n9px";
-    depsSha256 = "1mrgd8ib48vxxbhkvsqqq4p19sc6b74x3cd8p6lhhlm6plrajrvm";
-
-    inherit rustc; # the rustc that will be wrapped by cargo
-    inherit rustPlatform; # used to build cargo
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 37a234ea129e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, rustPlatform, llvm, fetchurl
-, targets ? []
-, targetToolchains ? []
-, targetPatches ? []
-}:
-
-rec {
-  rustc = callPackage ./rustc.nix {
-    inherit llvm targets targetPatches targetToolchains rustPlatform;
-
-    version = "nightly-2017-05-30";
-
-    configureFlags = [ "--release-channel=nightly" ];
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/2017-05-30/rustc-nightly-src.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "90ce76db56a93f1b4532f2e62bbf12c243c4d156662b0d80c25319211ee7d0e0";
-    };
-
-    patches = [
-      ./patches/darwin-disable-fragile-tcp-tests.patch
-    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.needsPax ./patches/grsec.patch;
-
-    doCheck = false;
-    broken = true;
-  };
-
-  cargo = callPackage ./cargo.nix rec {
-    version = "0.18.0";
-    srcRev = "fe7b0cdcf5ca7aab81630706ce40b70f6aa2e666";
-    srcSha = "164iywv1l3v87b0pznf5kkzxigd6w19myv9d7ka4c65zgrk9n9px";
-    depsSha256 = "1mrgd8ib48vxxbhkvsqqq4p19sc6b74x3cd8p6lhhlm6plrajrvm";
-
-    inherit rustc; # the rustc that will be wrapped by cargo
-    inherit rustPlatform; # used to build cargo
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightlyBin.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightlyBin.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index af06835c5def..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightlyBin.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, cacert, zlib, buildRustPackage, curl }:
-
-let
-  platform = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux"
-    then "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
-    else throw "missing bootstrap url for platform ${stdenv.system}";
-
-  bootstrapHash =
-    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux"
-    then "0svlm4bxsdhdn4jsv46f278kid23a9w978q2137qrba4xnyb06kf"
-    else throw "missing bootstrap hash for platform ${stdenv.system}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-     url = "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/${version}/rust-nightly-${platform}.tar.gz";
-     sha256 = bootstrapHash;
-  };
-
-  version = "2017-06-26";
-in import ./binaryBuild.nix
-  { inherit stdenv fetchurl makeWrapper cacert zlib buildRustPackage curl;
-    inherit version src platform;
-    versionType = "nightly";
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/patches/disable-lockfile-check-beta.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/patches/disable-lockfile-check-beta.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a6fe3413fd21..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/patches/disable-lockfile-check-beta.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 5702d7cdb2bed7ac3af3c01087b181da35f6e108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: joachim schiele <js@lastlog.de>
-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 22:25:48 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] asdf
-
----
- src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
-index cabaee5..685df94 100644
---- a/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
-+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fn main() {
-     errors::check(&path, &mut bad);
-     cargo::check(&path, &mut bad);
-     features::check(&path, &mut bad);
--    cargo_lock::check(&path, &mut bad);
-+    //cargo_lock::check(&path, &mut bad);
-     pal::check(&path, &mut bad);
- 
-     if bad {
--- 
-2.10.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/patches/disable-lockfile-check-nightly.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/patches/disable-lockfile-check-nightly.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c89d22dcb1ea..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/patches/disable-lockfile-check-nightly.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From ac204f8be95cdb2350a1dd893641e38528aaf01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: joachim schiele <js@lastlog.de>
-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 02:17:02 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] asdf
-
----
- src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
-index cb11fe2..c9b7d2a 100644
---- a/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
-+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fn main() {
-     bins::check(&path, &mut bad);
-     style::check(&path, &mut bad);
-     errors::check(&path, &mut bad);
--    cargo::check(&path, &mut bad);
-+    //cargo::check(&path, &mut bad);
-     features::check(&path, &mut bad);
-     pal::check(&path, &mut bad);
- 
--- 
-2.10.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ab2d1dd75c02..4ed1c9577567 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6175,34 +6175,12 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin) apple_sdk;
   };
 
+  # For beta and nightly releases use the nixpkgs-mozilla overlay
+  rust = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust { };
+  inherit (rust) cargo rustc;
+
   rustRegistry = callPackage ./rust-packages.nix { };
 
-  rust = rustStable;
-  rustStable = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust {
-    inherit (llvmPackages_4) llvm;
-  };
-  rustBeta = lowPrio (recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/compilers/rust/beta.nix {}));
-
-  rustNightly = rustBeta;
-
-  # rust support in nixpkgs isn't yet well maintained enough for us to
-  # pretend to support nightlies in a meaningful way.
-
-  # rustNightly = lowPrio (recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix {
-  #   rustPlatform = recurseIntoAttrs (makeRustPlatform rustBeta);
-  # }));
-
-  rustNightlyBin = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/compilers/rust/nightlyBin.nix {
-     buildRustPackage = callPackage ../build-support/rust {
-       rust = rustNightlyBin;
-     };
-  });
-
-  cargo = rust.cargo;
-  rustc = rust.rustc;
-
-  cargo-edit = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cargo-edit { };
-
   rustPlatform = recurseIntoAttrs (makeRustPlatform rust);
 
   makeRustPlatform = rust: lib.fix (self:
@@ -6224,6 +6202,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
     });
 
+  cargo-edit = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cargo-edit { };
+
   rainicorn = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/rainicorn { };
   rustfmt = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/rustfmt { };
   rustracer = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/racer { };