diff --git a/cli/zilch-rust.scm b/cli/zilch-rust.scm
index e8c1b66..ae89d0e 100644
--- a/cli/zilch-rust.scm
+++ b/cli/zilch-rust.scm
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ executables in the crate, if unspecified)
 
 (define crate-dir (let ((m (assoc 'crate-dir options))) (if m (cdr m) (current-directory))))
 
-(define root-vfs (vfs-from-directory crate-dir))
+(define (remove-target-dir vfs)
+  (vfs-dir-filter-all
+   (lambda (dirname)
+     (not (string=? dirname "target")))
+   vfs))
+
+(define root-vfs (remove-target-dir (vfs-from-directory crate-dir)))
 
 (define-values (cargo-toml cargo-workspace) (parse-cargo-toml root-vfs (read-file (string-append crate-dir "/Cargo.toml")) #f))
 (define projects '())
@@ -94,7 +100,7 @@ executables in the crate, if unspecified)
     (let*
      ((root (if (and (pair? path) (eq? (car path) 'workspace)) crate-dir dirname))
       (new-path (string-append root "/" (if (pair? path) (cdr path) path))))
-     (append-dir new-path (vfs-from-directory new-path) workspace))))
+     (append-dir new-path (remove-target-dir (vfs-from-directory new-path)) workspace))))
   (for-each check-dep (cargo-crate-dependencies crate))
   (for-each check-dep (cargo-crate-build-dependencies crate)))
 
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ executables in the crate, if unspecified)
 (for-each
   (lambda (kv)
     (when (eq? (car kv) 'replace)
-     (append-dir (cdr kv) (vfs-from-directory (cdr kv)) #f)))
+     (append-dir (cdr kv) (remove-target-dir (vfs-from-directory (cdr kv))) #f)))
   options)
 
 (define lockfile (parse-lockfile (read-file (string-append crate-dir "/Cargo.lock"))))