diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5cb74f83e57..2d9926725ba 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ unicode-width = "0.1.5"
 openssl = { version = '0.10.11', optional = true }
 im-rc = "15.0.0"
 itertools = "0.10.0"
+derivative = "2.2.0"
 
 # A noop dependency that changes in the Rust repository, it's a bit of a hack.
 # See the `src/tools/rustc-workspace-hack/README.md` file in `rust-lang/rust`
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs b/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs
index 75d93f50736..56100aeb825 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/profiles.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::util::{closest_msg, config, CargoResult, Config};
 use anyhow::{bail, Context as _};
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::hash::Hash;
-use std::{cmp, env, fmt, hash};
+use std::{env, fmt};
 
 /// Collection of all profiles.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -539,10 +539,16 @@ pub enum ProfileRoot {
 
 /// Profile settings used to determine which compiler flags to use for a
 /// target.
-#[derive(Clone, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, serde::Serialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, serde::Serialize, derivative::Derivative)]
+/// Don't compare/hash fields which wont affect compilation.
+/// This is necessary for `Unit` deduplication for things like "test" and
+/// "dev" which are essentially the same.
+#[derivative(Hash, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Profile {
+    #[derivative(Hash = "ignore", PartialEq = "ignore")]
     pub name: InternedString,
     pub opt_level: InternedString,
+    #[derivative(Hash = "ignore", PartialEq = "ignore")]
     #[serde(skip)] // named profiles are unstable
     pub root: ProfileRoot,
     pub lto: Lto,
@@ -620,21 +626,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for Profile {
     }
 }
 
-impl hash::Hash for Profile {
-    fn hash<H>(&self, state: &mut H)
-    where
-        H: hash::Hasher,
-    {
-        self.comparable().hash(state);
-    }
-}
-
-impl cmp::PartialEq for Profile {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self.comparable() == other.comparable()
-    }
-}
-
 impl Profile {
     fn default_dev() -> Profile {
         Profile {
@@ -656,26 +647,6 @@ impl Profile {
             ..Profile::default()
         }
     }
-
-    /// Compares all fields except `name`, which doesn't affect compilation.
-    /// This is necessary for `Unit` deduplication for things like "test" and
-    /// "dev" which are essentially the same.
-    fn comparable(&self) -> impl Hash + Eq {
-        (
-            self.opt_level,
-            self.lto,
-            self.codegen_backend,
-            self.codegen_units,
-            self.debuginfo,
-            self.split_debuginfo,
-            self.debug_assertions,
-            self.overflow_checks,
-            self.rpath,
-            self.incremental,
-            self.panic,
-            self.strip,
-        )
-    }
 }
 
 /// The link-time-optimization setting.