diff --git a/rust/config/global.go b/rust/config/global.go
index c390711..e5b334d 100644
--- a/rust/config/global.go
+++ b/rust/config/global.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 var pctx = android.NewPackageContext("android/soong/rust/config")
 
 var (
-	RustDefaultVersion = "1.53.0"
+	RustDefaultVersion = "1.54.0"
 	RustDefaultBase    = "prebuilts/rust/"
 	DefaultEdition     = "2018"
 	Stdlibs            = []string{
diff --git a/rust/coverage.go b/rust/coverage.go
index dac526a..050b811 100644
--- a/rust/coverage.go
+++ b/rust/coverage.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		flags.Coverage = true
 		coverage := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(CovLibraryName, cc.CoverageDepTag).(cc.LinkableInterface)
 		flags.RustFlags = append(flags.RustFlags,
-			"-Z instrument-coverage", "-g", "-C link-dead-code")
+			"-Z instrument-coverage", "-g")
 		flags.LinkFlags = append(flags.LinkFlags,
 			profileInstrFlag, "-g", coverage.OutputFile().Path().String(), "-Wl,--wrap,open")
 		deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, coverage.OutputFile().Path())
diff --git a/rust/coverage_test.go b/rust/coverage_test.go
index 4b6c9d4..f3cd375 100644
--- a/rust/coverage_test.go
+++ b/rust/coverage_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	fizzCov := ctx.ModuleForTests("fizz_cov", "android_arm64_armv8-a_cov").Rule("rustc")
 	buzzNoCov := ctx.ModuleForTests("buzzNoCov", "android_arm64_armv8-a").Rule("rustc")
 
-	rustcCoverageFlags := []string{"-Z instrument-coverage", " -g ", "-C link-dead-code"}
+	rustcCoverageFlags := []string{"-Z instrument-coverage", " -g "}
 	for _, flag := range rustcCoverageFlags {
 		missingErrorStr := "missing rustc flag '%s' for '%s' module with coverage enabled; rustcFlags: %#v"
 		containsErrorStr := "contains rustc flag '%s' for '%s' module with coverage disabled; rustcFlags: %#v"