2 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/editors/code/src/cargo.ts b/editors/code/src/cargo.ts
index 50f93856d..3a7e70307 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/cargo.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/cargo.ts
@@ -55,12 +55,9 @@ export class Cargo {
         return artifacts;
     }
 
-    public async executableFromArgs(cargoArgs: string[], extraArgs?: string[]): Promise<string> {
+    public async executableFromArgs(args: string[]): Promise<string> {
+        let cargoArgs = [...args]; // to remain  args unchanged
         cargoArgs.push("--message-format=json");
-        if (extraArgs) {
-            cargoArgs.push('--');
-            cargoArgs.push(...extraArgs);
-        }
 
         const artifacts = await this.artifactsFromArgs(cargoArgs);
 
diff --git a/editors/code/src/commands/runnables.ts b/editors/code/src/commands/runnables.ts
index 36d309334..d77e8188c 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/commands/runnables.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/commands/runnables.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ async function getCppvsDebugConfig(config: ra.Runnable, sourceFileMap: Record<st
     debugOutput.clear();
 
     const cargo = new Cargo(config.cwd || '.', debugOutput);
-    const executable = await cargo.executableFromArgs(config.args, config.extraArgs);
+    const executable = await cargo.executableFromArgs(config.args);
 
     // if we are here, there were no compilation errors.
     return {