diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cb76edfa2f2d10694502f147891325b918ca943e..803e9d00df3e2db4bf8a8c3146d8f2d8a7e94c7e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ TESTING_TOR_BINARY=$(top_builddir)/src/app/tor$(EXEEXT)
 endif
 
 if USE_RUST
-## this MUST be $(), otherwise am__DEPENDENCIES will not track it
-rust_ldadd=$(top_builddir)/$(TOR_RUST_LIB_PATH) \
-	$(TOR_RUST_EXTRA_LIBS)
+rust_ldadd=$(top_builddir)/$(TOR_RUST_LIB_PATH)
 else
 rust_ldadd=
 endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 01fd9f82ae9010981d3ce2d12243d9bbb7e80479..31e41c3bbc13f09f2415d3b0e7acd4434f654c1b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -503,15 +503,6 @@ if test "x$enable_rust" = "xyes"; then
     fi
   fi
 
-  dnl This is a workaround for #46797
-  dnl (a.k.a https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/46797 ).  Once the
-  dnl upstream bug is fixed, we can remove this workaround.
-  case "$host_os" in
-      darwin*)
-        TOR_RUST_EXTRA_LIBS="-lresolv"
-	;;
-  esac
-
   dnl For now both MSVC and MinGW rust libraries will output static libs with
   dnl the MSVC naming convention.
   if test "$bwin32" = "true"; then
@@ -556,8 +547,6 @@ if test "x$enable_rust" = "xyes"; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT([$RUSTC_VERSION])
 fi
 
-AC_SUBST(TOR_RUST_EXTRA_LIBS)
-
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, [socket network])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, [nsl])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(dlopen, [dl])