diff --git a/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.toml
index d3fba283..b6fd0aa3 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${CPPFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${CPPFLAGS}" LDFLAGS
 export CC_FOR_BUILD="$CC_WRAPPER gcc" CXX_FOR_BUILD="$CC_WRAPPER g++"
 unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
-    --with-sysroot=/
     --with-gmp="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
     --with-mpfr="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
     --with-mpc="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml b/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml
index b2356b81..918d9fee 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ cc = "COOKBOOK_GNU_TARGET-gcc"
 cxx = "COOKBOOK_GNU_TARGET-g++"
 ar = "COOKBOOK_GNU_TARGET-ar"
 linker = "COOKBOOK_GNU_TARGET-gcc"
-rpath = false
 crt-static = false
 llvm-config = "COOKBOOK_SYSROOT/bin/llvm-config"
 
diff --git a/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml b/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml
index 17cfee67..285a550c 100644
--- a/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml
@@ -27,5 +27,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "pkgar",
     "python312",
     "sed",
-    "wget",
+# toolchains are dynamically linked, so this is needed
+    "libgmp",
+    "libmpfr",
+    "mpc",
+    "curl",
 ]