diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7e0da5bdf..49dcd9056 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             in
             pkgs.lib.all (re: builtins.match re relPath == null) regexes;
         };
-
+ 
       rust-version = pkgs.rust-bin.stable."1.71.0".default;
 
       ourRustPlatform = pkgs.makeRustPlatform {
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
         cargo = rust-version;
       };
 
-      # NOTE (aseipp): on Linux, go ahead and use mold by default to improve
-      # link times a bit; mostly useful for debug build speed, but will help
-      # over time if we ever get more dependencies, too
-      useMoldLinker = pkgs.stdenv.isLinux;
     in
     {
       packages = {
@@ -132,16 +128,12 @@
           cargo-insta
           cargo-nextest
           cargo-watch
-
-          # Extra, more specific tools follow
-        ] ++ pkgs.lib.optionals useMoldLinker [ mold ];
+        ];
 
         shellHook = ''
           export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
           export ZSTD_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=1
           export LIBSSH2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=1
-        '' + pkgs.lib.optionalString useMoldLinker ''
-          export RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-fuse-ld=mold $RUSTFLAGS"
         '';
       };
     }));