diff --git a/mingw-w64-rust/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-rust/PKGBUILD
index 235aac5ac6ac5..8b5fb45e3aadb 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-rust/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-rust/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 # Contributor: Philippe Renon <philippe_renon@yahoo.fr>
 
 _realname=rust
-_bootstrapping=yes
+# when _bootstrapping=no, the rust build is configured to use the local rust for stage 0
+# stage 0 will use the installed MSYS2 rust (hopefully the latest version...)
+# when _bootstrapping=yes, the build is configured to download and extract the previous rust version
+# in this case, the official rust build will be used which kind of defeats the point (?)
+_bootstrapping=no
 if [[ $MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX == *-clang-aarch64 ]]; then
   _bootstrapping=no
 fi