diff --git a/tests/run-make/rustc-crates-on-stable/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/rustc-crates-on-stable/rmake.rs
index 67461788ee4b..503b0c6ead44 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/rustc-crates-on-stable/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/rustc-crates-on-stable/rmake.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ fn main() {
         // This is required to allow using nightly cargo features (public-dependency) with beta
         // cargo
         .env("RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP", "1")
+        .env("RUSTC_STAGE", "0") // Ensure `proc-macro2`'s nightly detection is disabled
         .env("RUSTC", rustc_path())
         .arg("build")
         .arg("--manifest-path")