diff --git a/lang/rust/Makefile b/lang/rust/Makefile
index 60df0e5cde..a3b92682b7 100644
--- a/lang/rust/Makefile
+++ b/lang/rust/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include ./rust-values.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=rust
-PKG_VERSION:=1.71.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.72.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=rustc-$(PKG_VERSION)-src.tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/
-PKG_HASH:=6fa90d50d1d529a75f6cc349784de57d7ec0ba2419b09bde7d335c25bd4e472e
+PKG_HASH:=ea9d61bbb51d76b6ea681156f69f0e0596b59722f04414b01c6e100b4b5be3a1
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/host/rust-$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH)/rustc-$(PKG_VERSION)-src
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Luca Barbato <lu_zero@luminem.org>
diff --git a/lang/rust/patches/0001-Update-xz2-and-use-it-static.patch b/lang/rust/patches/0001-Update-xz2-and-use-it-static.patch
index 8d0c4b042a..c5266669db 100644
--- a/lang/rust/patches/0001-Update-xz2-and-use-it-static.patch
+++ b/lang/rust/patches/0001-Update-xz2-and-use-it-static.patch
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Update xz2 and use it static
 
 --- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
 +++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.lock
-@@ -443,9 +443,9 @@ dependencies = [
+@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ dependencies = [
  
  [[package]]
  name = "lzma-sys"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Update xz2 and use it static
  dependencies = [
   "cc",
   "libc",
-@@ -912,9 +912,9 @@ dependencies = [
+@@ -899,9 +899,9 @@ dependencies = [
  
  [[package]]
  name = "xz2"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Update xz2 and use it static
  ]
 --- a/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
 +++ b/src/bootstrap/Cargo.toml
-@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ toml = "0.5"
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ toml = "0.5"
  ignore = "0.4.10"
  opener = "0.5"
  once_cell = "1.7.2"
diff --git a/lang/rust/patches/0002-Bumped-libc-version.patch b/lang/rust/patches/0002-Bumped-libc-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 52c8a245c3..0000000000
--- a/lang/rust/patches/0002-Bumped-libc-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 032857e7e403f654129c45dc7e6718a9ad49e377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nikolay Arhipov <n@arhipov.net>
-Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 16:09:05 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Bumped libc version
-
----
- Cargo.lock             | 4 ++--
- library/std/Cargo.toml | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
---- a/Cargo.lock
-+++ b/Cargo.lock
-@@ -1988,9 +1988,9 @@ checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0e
- 
- [[package]]
- name = "libc"
--version = "0.2.143"
-+version = "0.2.146"
- source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
--checksum = "edc207893e85c5d6be840e969b496b53d94cec8be2d501b214f50daa97fa8024"
-+checksum = "f92be4933c13fd498862a9e02a3055f8a8d9c039ce33db97306fd5a6caa7f29b"
- dependencies = [
-  "rustc-std-workspace-core",
- ]
---- a/library/std/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/library/std/Cargo.toml
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cfg-if = { version = "1.0", features = [
- panic_unwind = { path = "../panic_unwind", optional = true }
- panic_abort = { path = "../panic_abort" }
- core = { path = "../core" }
--libc = { version = "0.2.143", default-features = false, features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
-+libc = { version = "0.2.146", default-features = false, features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
- compiler_builtins = { version = "0.1.92" }
- profiler_builtins = { path = "../profiler_builtins", optional = true }
- unwind = { path = "../unwind" }