diff --git a/src/cli/self_update.rs b/src/cli/self_update.rs
index 621dd80afe..2f8b8ca69a 100644
--- a/src/cli/self_update.rs
+++ b/src/cli/self_update.rs
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ pub(crate) fn uninstall(
 
     // Delete rustup.
     #[cfg(unix)]
-    clean_cargo_home(no_modify_path, process)?;
+    clean_cargo_home(no_modify_path, process, &cargo_home)?;
     // NOTE: On windows, this is tricky because this is *probably*
     // the running executable and on Windows can't be unlinked until
     // the process exits.
@@ -1003,20 +1003,23 @@ pub(crate) fn uninstall(
 /// This removes non-`bin` entries in `$CARGO_HOME`, removes rustup tool links and executable from
 /// `$CARGO_HOME/bin`, then removes `$CARGO_HOME/bin` and `$CARGO_HOME` only if they are empty.
 /// Nonempty directories are left in place.
-fn clean_cargo_home(no_modify_path: bool, process: &Process) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let cargo_home = process.cargo_home()?;
+fn clean_cargo_home(
+    no_modify_path: bool,
+    process: &Process,
+    cargo_home: &Path,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let cargo_bin = cargo_home.join("bin");
 
     info!("removing cargo home");
 
     // Delete everything in CARGO_HOME except the bin directory first.
-    let diriter = fs::read_dir(&cargo_home).map_err(|e| CliError::ReadDirError {
-        p: cargo_home.clone(),
+    let diriter = fs::read_dir(cargo_home).map_err(|e| CliError::ReadDirError {
+        p: cargo_home.to_owned(),
         source: e,
     })?;
     for dirent in diriter {
         let dirent = dirent.map_err(|e| CliError::ReadDirError {
-            p: cargo_home.clone(),
+            p: cargo_home.to_owned(),
             source: e,
         })?;
         if dirent.file_name().to_str() != Some("bin") {
@@ -1070,7 +1073,7 @@ fn clean_cargo_home(no_modify_path: bool, process: &Process) -> anyhow::Result<(
     let cargo_home_display = cargo_home.display();
     info!("removing empty cargo home directory `{cargo_home_display}`");
 
-    match fs::remove_dir(&cargo_home) {
+    match fs::remove_dir(cargo_home) {
         Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::DirectoryNotEmpty => {
             warn!("keeping non-empty cargo home directory `{cargo_home_display}`");
         }
diff --git a/src/cli/self_update/windows.rs b/src/cli/self_update/windows.rs
index 28fcdcfdac..4b36ab43aa 100644
--- a/src/cli/self_update/windows.rs
+++ b/src/cli/self_update/windows.rs
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@ pub fn complete_windows_uninstall(process: &Process) -> anyhow::Result<utils::Ex
     let no_modify_path = process.var_os(GC_MODIFY_PATH).as_deref() != Some(OsStr::new("1"));
 
     // Now that the parent has exited there are hopefully no more files open in CARGO_HOME.
-    super::clean_cargo_home(no_modify_path, process)?;
+    let cargo_home = process.cargo_home()?;
+    super::clean_cargo_home(no_modify_path, process, &cargo_home)?;
 
     // Now, run a *system* binary to inherit the DELETE_ON_CLOSE
     // handle to *this* process, then exit. The OS will delete the gc