diff --git a/srcpkgs/rustup/patches/0001-Symlink-rustup-instead-of-copying-it.patch b/srcpkgs/rustup/patches/0001-Symlink-rustup-instead-of-copying-it.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f57e6fe0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rustup/patches/0001-Symlink-rustup-instead-of-copying-it.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From e512f8222fddecf23552ed490f71cc3c444abc53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Jan=20Christian=20Gr=C3=BCnhage?=
+ <jan.christian@gruenhage.xyz>
+Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:16:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Symlink rustup instead of copying it
+
+To make sure that we can update rustup using xbps, we need to symlink
+rustup into $CARGO_HOME/bin instead of copying it.
+
+Upstream doesn't want the patch as it is right now.
+---
+ src/cli/self_update.rs | 3 +--
+ src/utils/utils.rs     | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/cli/self_update.rs b/src/cli/self_update.rs
+index a4c00d57..82a4d67a 100644
+--- a/src/cli/self_update.rs
++++ b/src/cli/self_update.rs
+@@ -729,8 +729,7 @@ fn install_bins() -> Result<()> {
+     if rustup_path.exists() {
+         utils::remove_file("rustup-bin", &rustup_path)?;
+     }
+-    utils::copy_file(&this_exe_path, &rustup_path)?;
+-    utils::make_executable(&rustup_path)?;
++    utils::symlink_file(&this_exe_path, &rustup_path)?;
+     install_proxies()
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/src/utils/utils.rs b/src/utils/utils.rs
+index 0362372b..9e5a5fe2 100644
+--- a/src/utils/utils.rs
++++ b/src/utils/utils.rs
+@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ pub fn hardlink_file(src: &Path, dest: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+ }
+ 
+ #[cfg(unix)]
+-fn symlink_file(src: &Path, dest: &Path) -> Result<()> {
++pub(crate) fn symlink_file(src: &Path, dest: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+     std::os::unix::fs::symlink(src, dest).with_context(|| RustupError::LinkingFile {
+         src: PathBuf::from(src),
+         dest: PathBuf::from(dest),
+-- 
+2.37.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rustup/patches/dont-copy-rustup-bin.patch b/srcpkgs/rustup/patches/dont-copy-rustup-bin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d8289b90d69..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rustup/patches/dont-copy-rustup-bin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Upstream: No, not upstreamable like this
-Reason: We want the rustup binary in $CARGO_HOME/bin to be of the
-same version as the one we distribute in this rustup package.
---- a/src/cli/self_update.rs	2019-05-27 16:17:21.432715136 +0200
-+++ b/src/cli/self_update.rs	2019-05-27 16:18:56.537718683 +0200
-@@ -619,8 +619,7 @@
-     if rustup_path.exists() {
-         utils::remove_file("rustup-bin", &rustup_path)?;
-     }
--    utils::copy_file(&this_exe_path, &rustup_path)?;
--    utils::make_executable(&rustup_path)?;
-+    utils::symlink_file(&this_exe_path, &rustup_path)?;
-     install_proxies()
- }
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rustup/template b/srcpkgs/rustup/template
index b55cbe09d86..da9d2751ba4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rustup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rustup/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'rustup'
 pkgname=rustup
-version=1.24.3
+version=1.25.1
 revision=1
 # rustup doesn't recognize this target
 archs="~armv*-musl"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Jan Christian Grünhage <jan.christian@gruenhage.xyz>"
 license="Apache-2.0, MIT"
 homepage="https://www.rustup.rs"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rust-lang/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=24a8cede4ccbbf45ab7b8de141d92f47d1881bb546b3b9180d5a51dc0622d0f6
+checksum=4d062c77b08309bd212f22dd7da1957c1882509c478e57762f34ec4fb2884c9a
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	x86_64*|i686*|arm*|aarch64*)