diff --git a/recipes/tools/powerline/recipe.sh b/recipes/tools/powerline/recipe.sh
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--- a/recipes/tools/powerline/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-GIT=https://github.com/jD91mZM2/powerline-rs
-CARGOFLAGS="--no-default-features --features chrono"
diff --git a/recipes/tools/powerline/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/powerline/recipe.toml
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index 000000000..e8f2b616f
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+++ b/recipes/tools/powerline/recipe.toml
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+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/jD91mZM2/powerline-rs"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+export CARGOFLAGS="--no-default-features --features chrono"
+
+# --locked uses a reallyyyy old redox_syscall and libc which fails
+${COOKBOOK_CARGO} install \
+    --path "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/${PACKAGE_PATH}" \
+    --root "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr" \
+    --no-track \
+    --no-default-features \
+    --features chrono \
+    ${install_flags}
+"""