diff --git a/Formula/r/rust.rb b/Formula/r/rust.rb
index da3b68098802..f235c8e8739c 100644
--- a/Formula/r/rust.rb
+++ b/Formula/r/rust.rb
@@ -2,42 +2,30 @@ class Rust < Formula
   desc "Safe, concurrent, practical language"
   homepage "https://www.rust-lang.org/"
   license any_of: ["Apache-2.0", "MIT"]
-  revision 2
 
   stable do
-    # TODO: check if we can use unversioned `llvm` and `libgit2` at version bump.
-    # See comments below for details on `libgit2`.
-    url "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-1.72.0-src.tar.gz"
-    sha256 "ea9d61bbb51d76b6ea681156f69f0e0596b59722f04414b01c6e100b4b5be3a1"
+    # TODO: try switching to `llvm` 17 at 1.73.0.
+    # See: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/116020
+    url "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-1.72.1-src.tar.gz"
+    sha256 "7f48845f6a52cdbb5d63fb0528fd5f520eb443275b55f98e328159f86568f895"
 
     # From https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/#{version}/src/tools
+    # When bumping to a new version, check if we can use unversioned `libgit2`.
+    # See comments below for details.
     resource "cargo" do
-      url "https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo.git",
-          tag:      "0.73.1",
-          revision: "26bba48309d080ef3a3a00053f4e1dc879ef1de9"
-    end
-
-    # Fix for a compiler issue that may cause some builds to spin forever.
-    # Remove on 1.73.0 release.
-    # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/114948
-    # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/115297
-    # https://github.com/kpcyrd/sh4d0wup/issues/12
-    patch do
-      url "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/commit/0f7f6b70617fbcda9f73755fa9b560bfb0a588eb.patch?full_index=1"
-      sha256 "549f446612bef10a1a06a967f61655b59c1b6895d762d764ca89caf65c114fe9"
+      url "https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/archive/refs/tags/0.73.1.tar.gz"
+      sha256 "976fb6f3e773319e60875772478645297d9eacc852857e288e8cec65399d2c88"
     end
   end
 
   bottle do
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 arm64_sonoma:   "8c4b3bceff159ef0302921ee2dde39b1fde602334ad4e06bbaf8a9bec2b3ca9f"
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 arm64_ventura:  "978d086a7856eb8b7bb482d5e81dd71143e766f0e5dac42cf6751a9237b74248"
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 arm64_monterey: "2fa0718333121859bf2004cd41fa4c11662c7eff0e6f47ab2adb9702ef57fc5b"
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 arm64_big_sur:  "26cae92e11eed4491e0539437e8bcb9b6909d4646b632c2dfb695de02a5cd101"
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 sonoma:         "3708edb19eca2727fbd3344ceb510577c0fcba7b2c636dcc6d6359df981ffd18"
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 ventura:        "8ddd9fdb4a87318da3cf8738da78a2be4588b0dc327dc0be6c399ba867a56154"
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 monterey:       "f085460f847f4ded3206fb97ae7c629ca053bb2391eb8dfba2cdeebd638530a5"
-    sha256 cellar: :any,                 big_sur:        "03a163badeaa7f8b812697a55e07ae3cb985a0a7f8a7272fceadaa68202ba839"
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux:   "3f631ff2c09e49f25fe956ef663ee2c1aacb6c7a03a5eb68fa174344ed220f84"
+    sha256 cellar: :any,                 arm64_ventura:  "be9922a4b56016f18d209067f5a4d148d2aad4db3061092f848744aff41e337d"
+    sha256 cellar: :any,                 arm64_monterey: "a9ada0e355a336a55545a16e615daa051c5a675dc05c63793a77b8bac98ba04e"
+    sha256 cellar: :any,                 arm64_big_sur:  "9bfc9baf003134053944ad145cc48155a23607ff73fecd6d45d1e4d3b429d6fd"
+    sha256 cellar: :any,                 ventura:        "4cd3be4492eae97232dd1d868fb40f849882724688c4bd792f1e720d8710803d"
+    sha256 cellar: :any,                 monterey:       "f7b8d6dc15d845f4ad715706542237386f97cf045e9168b34876bccb060e0e26"
+    sha256 cellar: :any,                 big_sur:        "20214e26fbc77ef51e3be59c970ed9a109f3c13cfa7331a973d60d06b907760a"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux:   "36b6bb23066fccd7b3c9311d5c671768133bbe5c27cce132376c4c0ec30abf9c"
   end
 
   head do
@@ -48,7 +36,6 @@ class Rust < Formula
     end
   end
 
-  depends_on "python@3.11" => :build
   # To check for `libgit2` version:
   # 1. Search for `libgit2-sys` version at https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/blob/#{cargo_version}/Cargo.lock
   # 2. If the version suffix of `libgit2-sys` is newer than +1.6.*, then:
@@ -61,6 +48,7 @@ class Rust < Formula
   depends_on "openssl@3"
   depends_on "pkg-config"
 
+  uses_from_macos "python" => :build
   uses_from_macos "curl"
   uses_from_macos "zlib"
 
@@ -90,8 +78,6 @@ class Rust < Formula
   end
 
   def install
-    ENV.prepend_path "PATH", Formula["python@3.11"].opt_libexec/"bin"
-
     # Ensure that the `openssl` crate picks up the intended library.
     # https://docs.rs/openssl/latest/openssl/#manual
     ENV["OPENSSL_DIR"] = Formula["openssl@3"].opt_prefix
@@ -208,7 +194,9 @@ def check_binary_linkage(binary, library)
     missing_linkage = []
     expected_linkage.each do |binary, dylibs|
       dylibs.each do |dylib|
-        missing_linkage << "#{binary} => #{dylib}" unless check_binary_linkage(binary, dylib)
+        next if check_binary_linkage(binary, dylib)
+
+        missing_linkage << "#{binary} => #{dylib}"
       end
     end
     assert missing_linkage.empty?, "Missing linkage: #{missing_linkage.join(", ")}"