diff --git a/0001-Drop-cfg-bootstrap-code.patch b/0001-Drop-cfg-bootstrap-code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d8f202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Drop-cfg-bootstrap-code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 31dcdc9e13c324d33a18db3aed7f4b3208ff3744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mark Rousskov <mark.simulacrum@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:30:17 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Drop cfg(bootstrap) code
+
+---
+ src/bootstrap/lib.rs | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
+index 1fee3fd9ac1d..637323331f58 100644
+--- a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
++++ b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
+@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ impl Build {
+     }
+ 
+     fn llvm_link_tools_dynamically(&self, target: Interned<String>) -> bool {
+-        (target.contains("linux-gnu") || target.contains("apple-darwin"))
++        target.contains("linux-gnu") || target.contains("apple-darwin")
+     }
+ 
+     /// Returns the `version` string associated with this compiler for Rust
+-- 
+2.24.1
+
diff --git a/rust.spec b/rust.spec
index fdef18b..f0875a3 100644
--- a/rust.spec
+++ b/rust.spec
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Source0:        https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/%{rustc_package}.tar.xz
 # We do have the necessary fix in our LLVM 7.
 Patch1:         rust-pr57840-llvm7-debuginfo-variants.patch
 
+# Fix 1.42 bootstrapping itself
+# https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/69953
+Patch2:         0001-Drop-cfg-bootstrap-code.patch
+
 # Get the Rust triple for any arch.
 %{lua: function rust_triple(arch)
   local abi = "gnu"
@@ -403,6 +407,7 @@ test -f '%{local_rust_root}/bin/rustc'
 %setup -q -n %{rustc_package}
 
 %patch1 -p1 -R
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %if "%{python}" == "python3"
 sed -i.try-py3 -e '/try python2.7/i try python3 "$@"' ./configure