diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d30bd8ab976a..7588fd08303b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -148,14 +148,6 @@ help:
 	fi
 	@echo
 
-### check-rust : check if Rust is installed in the environment
-.PHONY: check-rust
-check-rust:
-	@if ! [ $(shell command -v rustc) ]; then \
-		echo "ERROR: Rust is not installed. Please install Rust before continuing." >&2; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi;
-
 
 ### deps : Installing dependencies
 .PHONY: deps
diff --git a/ci/centos7-ci.sh b/ci/centos7-ci.sh
index 41758ca62c59..cf2d0387bbc2 100755
--- a/ci/centos7-ci.sh
+++ b/ci/centos7-ci.sh
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ install_dependencies() {
     # install nodejs
     install_nodejs
 
-    # install rust
-    install_rust
-
     # grpc-web server && client
     cd t/plugin/grpc-web
     ./setup.sh
diff --git a/ci/common.sh b/ci/common.sh
index 2840b7d8a711..e1961fc6b01e 100644
--- a/ci/common.sh
+++ b/ci/common.sh
@@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ install_nodejs () {
     npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
 }
 
-install_rust () {
-    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sudo sh -s -- -y
-    source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
-    # 1.69.0 version required to compile lua-resty-ldap
-    rustup install 1.69.0
-    rustup default 1.69.0
-}
-
 set_coredns() {
     # test a domain name is configured as upstream
     echo "127.0.0.1 test.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
diff --git a/ci/linux_apisix_current_luarocks_runner.sh b/ci/linux_apisix_current_luarocks_runner.sh
index a8836f43b691..96aac508f762 100755
--- a/ci/linux_apisix_current_luarocks_runner.sh
+++ b/ci/linux_apisix_current_luarocks_runner.sh
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ script() {
 
     sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/lua/5.1/apisix
 
-    # install rust
-    install_rust
-
     # install APISIX with local version
     luarocks install rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec --only-deps > build.log 2>&1 || (cat build.log && exit 1)
     luarocks make rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec > build.log 2>&1 || (cat build.log && exit 1)
diff --git a/ci/linux_apisix_master_luarocks_runner.sh b/ci/linux_apisix_master_luarocks_runner.sh
index 3e99baf34116..afc487ddd160 100755
--- a/ci/linux_apisix_master_luarocks_runner.sh
+++ b/ci/linux_apisix_master_luarocks_runner.sh
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ script() {
     mkdir tmp && cd tmp
     cp -r ../utils ./
 
-    # install rust
-    install_rust
-
     # install APISIX by luarocks
     luarocks install $APISIX_MAIN > build.log 2>&1 || (cat build.log && exit 1)
     cp ../bin/apisix /usr/local/bin/apisix
diff --git a/ci/linux_openresty_common_runner.sh b/ci/linux_openresty_common_runner.sh
index 743dfac7d980..e4ed00905c86 100755
--- a/ci/linux_openresty_common_runner.sh
+++ b/ci/linux_openresty_common_runner.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ do_install() {
 
     ./ci/linux-install-etcd-client.sh
 
-    # install rust
-    install_rust
-
     create_lua_deps
 
     # sudo apt-get install tree -y
diff --git a/ci/redhat-ci.sh b/ci/redhat-ci.sh
index 4b55cc7e620e..18fed3208290 100755
--- a/ci/redhat-ci.sh
+++ b/ci/redhat-ci.sh
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ install_dependencies() {
     # install nodejs
     install_nodejs
 
-    # install rust
-    install_rust
-
     # grpc-web server && client
     pushd t/plugin/grpc-web
     ./setup.sh
diff --git a/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md b/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md
index 01d4ac331240..20f9273b9469 100644
--- a/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md
+++ b/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ git clone --depth 1 --branch ${APISIX_VERSION} https://github.com/apache/apisix.
 
 Alternatively, you can also download the source package from the [Downloads](https://apisix.apache.org/downloads/) page. Note that source packages here are not distributed with test cases.
 
-Next, navigate to the directory, install dependencies, and build APISIX. You should have [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org) installed in your environment first before running `make deps`:
+Next, navigate to the directory, install dependencies, and build APISIX.
 
 ```shell
 cd apisix-${APISIX_VERSION}
diff --git a/t/chaos/utils/Dockerfile b/t/chaos/utils/Dockerfile
index f2e119f02f6d..5d5ba6dac932 100644
--- a/t/chaos/utils/Dockerfile
+++ b/t/chaos/utils/Dockerfile
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ RUN set -x \
     sudo \
     && cd apisix \
     && git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/ \
-    && curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sudo sh -s -- -y \
-    && source "$HOME/.cargo/env" \
-    && export CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL=sparse \
-    # next line is for rust cdylib compile on musl
-    && export RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=-crt-static"  \
     && make deps \
     && cp -v bin/apisix /usr/bin/ \
     && mv ../apisix /usr/local/apisix \
diff --git a/utils/install-dependencies.sh b/utils/install-dependencies.sh
index 220407808985..85cfa7483081 100755
--- a/utils/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/utils/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ function detect_aur_helper() {
     fi
 }
 
-function install_rust() {
-    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sudo sh -s -- -y
-    source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
-}
-
 function install_dependencies_with_aur() {
     detect_aur_helper
     $AUR_HELPER -S openresty --noconfirm
@@ -68,8 +63,6 @@ function install_dependencies_with_yum() {
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
         sudo yum install -y openresty $common_dep
     fi
-
-    install_rust
 }
 
 # Install dependencies on ubuntu and debian
@@ -92,8 +85,6 @@ function install_dependencies_with_apt() {
 
     # install OpenResty and some compilation tools
     sudo apt-get install -y git openresty curl openresty-openssl111-dev make gcc libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libldap2-dev unzip
-
-    install_rust
 }
 
 # Install dependencies on mac osx