diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh b/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh
index ea89e5f8773a..0db1aad5bf08 100755
--- a/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh
+++ b/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ if [[ -z "${WASM_BUILD_PROFILE:-}" ]]; then
         WASM_BUILD_PROFILE="release"
     fi
 fi
-echo "Using build profile: \"${WASM_BUILD_PROFILE}\"" 
 
 if [ "$WASM_BUILD_PROFILE" = "dev" ]; then
     WASM_TARGET_SUBDIR="debug"
@@ -48,7 +47,15 @@ else
     WASM_TARGET_SUBDIR="$WASM_BUILD_PROFILE"
 fi
 
+
+
 build() {
+    echo "ℹ️  Configuring rust toolchain to use nightly and rust-src component"
+    rustup default nightly-2024-01-25
+    rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
+    rustup component add rust-std --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+    rustup component add rust-src --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
     local CONNECTOR="$1"
     local CARGO_TARGET_DIR
     CARGO_TARGET_DIR=$(cargo metadata --format-version 1 | jq -r .target_directory)
diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/rust-toolchain.toml b/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/rust-toolchain.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c151b5e73a0..000000000000
--- a/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[toolchain]
-channel = "nightly-2024-01-25"
-components = ["rust-src"]
-targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6485090b753b..000000000000
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[toolchain]
-channel = "1.76.0"
-components = ["clippy", "rustfmt", "rust-src"]
-targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]