diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-common.inc b/meta/classes/rust-target-config.bbclass
similarity index 99%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-common.inc
rename to meta/classes/rust-target-config.bbclass
index 2edc71e0d3..4db91d36d5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-common.inc
+++ b/meta/classes/rust-target-config.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # Right now this is focused on arm-specific tune features.
 # We get away with this for now as one can only use x86-64 as the build host
 # (not arm).
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo-cross-canadian.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo-cross-canadian.inc
index d12267db3d..e83b6a67b3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo-cross-canadian.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo-cross-canadian.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUST_ALTERNATE_EXE_PATH = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/llvm-rust/bin/llvm-config"
 HOST_SYS = "${HOST_ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu"
 CARGO_RUST_TARGET_CCLD = "${RUST_BUILD_CCLD}"
 
-require recipes-devtools/rust/rust-common.inc
+inherit rust-target-config
 require cargo.inc
 
 CARGO = "${WORKDIR}/${CARGO_SNAPSHOT}/bin/cargo"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
index ea716d31f2..ecb057ad3b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ setup_cargo_environment () {
     printf "linker = '%s'\n" "${RUST_BUILD_CCLD}" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
 }
 
-include rust-common.inc
+inherit rust-target-config
 
 do_rust_setup_snapshot () {
     for installer in "${WORKDIR}/rust-snapshot-components/"*"/install.sh"; do