diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/artifact.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/artifact.rs
index d6b9fc105b3..e03ac82d9ac 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/artifact.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/artifact.rs
@@ -66,33 +66,13 @@ pub fn get_env(
                 dep_name_upper,
                 unit_dep.unit.target.name()
             );
-
-            // In older releases, lib-targets defaulted to the name of the package. Newer releases
-            // use the same name as default, but with dashes replaced. Hence, if the name of the
-            // target was inferred by Cargo, we also set the env-var with the unconverted name for
-            // backwards compatibility.
-            let need_compat = unit_dep.unit.target.is_lib() && unit_dep.unit.target.name_inferred();
-            if need_compat {
-                let var_compat = format!(
-                    "CARGO_{}_FILE_{}_{}",
-                    artifact_type_upper,
-                    dep_name_upper,
-                    unit_dep.unit.pkg.name(),
-                );
-                if var_compat != var_file {
-                    env.insert(var_compat, artifact_path.to_owned().into());
-                }
-            }
-
             env.insert(var_file, artifact_path.to_owned().into());
 
             // If the name of the target matches the name of the dependency, we strip the
             // repetition and provide the simpler env-var as well.
             // For backwards-compatibility of inferred names, we compare against the name of the
             // package as well, since that used to be the default for library targets.
-            if unit_dep.unit.target.name() == dep_name.as_str()
-                || (need_compat && unit_dep.unit.pkg.name() == dep_name.as_str())
-            {
+            if unit_dep.unit.target.name() == dep_name.as_str() {
                 let var = format!("CARGO_{}_FILE_{}", artifact_type_upper, dep_name_upper,);
                 env.insert(var, artifact_path.to_owned().into());
             }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/artifact_dep.rs b/tests/testsuite/artifact_dep.rs
index b5100a6567d..db28f921e59 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/artifact_dep.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/artifact_dep.rs
@@ -858,11 +858,7 @@ fn lib_with_selected_dashed_bin_artifact_and_lib_true() {
 
                 env!("CARGO_BIN_DIR_BAR_BAZ");
                 let _b = include_bytes!(env!("CARGO_BIN_FILE_BAR_BAZ_baz-suffix"));
-                let _b = include_bytes!(env!("CARGO_STATICLIB_FILE_BAR_BAZ"));
-                let _b = include_bytes!(env!("CARGO_STATICLIB_FILE_BAR_BAZ_bar-baz"));
                 let _b = include_bytes!(env!("CARGO_STATICLIB_FILE_BAR_BAZ_bar_baz"));
-                let _b = include_bytes!(env!("CARGO_CDYLIB_FILE_BAR_BAZ"));
-                let _b = include_bytes!(env!("CARGO_CDYLIB_FILE_BAR_BAZ_bar-baz"));
                 let _b = include_bytes!(env!("CARGO_CDYLIB_FILE_BAR_BAZ_bar_baz"));
             }
         "#,