diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs b/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs
index 9d721b71759..db903d7e363 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ pub fn fix_maybe_exec_rustc(config: &Config) -> CargoResult<bool> {
     let workspace_rustc = std::env::var("RUSTC_WORKSPACE_WRAPPER")
         .map(PathBuf::from)
         .ok();
-    let rustc = ProcessBuilder::new(&args.rustc).wrapped(workspace_rustc.as_ref());
+    let mut rustc = ProcessBuilder::new(&args.rustc).wrapped(workspace_rustc.as_ref());
+    rustc.env_remove(FIX_ENV);
 
     trace!("start rustfixing {:?}", args.file);
     let fixes = rustfix_crate(&lock_addr, &rustc, &args.file, &args, config)?;
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/fix.rs b/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
index a1a72971b8a..b5f06755526 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
@@ -1684,3 +1684,52 @@ fn abnormal_exit() {
         .with_stderr_contains("Original diagnostics will follow.")
         .run();
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn fix_with_run_cargo_in_proc_macros() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [package]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.1.0"
+                edition = "2018"
+
+                [lib]
+                proc-macro = true
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file(
+            "src/lib.rs",
+            r#"
+                use proc_macro::*;
+    
+                #[proc_macro]
+                pub fn foo(_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+                    let output = std::process::Command::new("cargo")
+                        .args(&["metadata", "--format-version=1"])
+                        .output()
+                        .unwrap();
+                    eprintln!("{}", std::str::from_utf8(&output.stderr).unwrap());
+                    println!("{}", std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).unwrap());
+                    "".parse().unwrap()
+                }                    
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file(
+            "src/bin/main.rs",
+            r#"
+                use foo::foo;
+
+                fn main() {
+                    foo!("bar")
+                }
+            "#,
+        )
+        .build();
+    p.cargo("fix --allow-no-vcs")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo()
+        .with_stderr_does_not_contain("error: could not find .rs file in rustc args")
+        .run();
+}