diff --git a/.changes/always-rebuilding.md b/.changes/always-rebuilding.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c44613b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/always-rebuilding.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-build": patch
+---
+
+Remove `cargo:rerun-if-changed` check for non-existent file that caused projects to _always_ rebuild.
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
index 9c4f23d1a..95a79110a 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ pub fn try_build(attributes: Attributes) -> Result<()> {
   use cargo_toml::{Dependency, Manifest};
   use tauri_utils::config::{Config, TauriConfig};
 
-  println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/Cargo.toml");
   println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=tauri.conf.json");
   #[cfg(feature = "config-json5")]
   println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=tauri.conf.json5");