diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dda816e..e451eb3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ custom_target(
   console: true,
   # means nothing (always stale and uncopied), we can't cp since env: drops the /bin/sh wrapper
   output: meson.project_name(),
-  command: [
-    cargo,
-    'build',
-    rust_args,
-  ],
+  command: [cargo, 'build', rust_args],
   env: cargo_env,
 )