diff --git a/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim b/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim
index 7724ed72..4fa7f059 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/handlers/rust.vim
@@ -20,37 +20,17 @@ function! s:FindErrorInExpansion(span, file_name) abort
     return []
 endfunction
 
-" The JSON output for Rust can be split over many lines.
-" Those lines should be joined together again.
-function! s:JoinJSONLines(lines) abort
-    let l:corrected_lines = []
-    let l:object_continues = 0
-
-    for l:line in a:lines
-        if l:object_continues
-            let l:corrected_lines[-1] .= l:line
-
-            if l:line =~# '}$'
-                let l:object_continues = 0
-            endif
-        elseif l:line =~# '^{'
-            call add(l:corrected_lines, l:line)
-
-            if l:line !~# '}$'
-                let l:object_continues = 1
-            endif
-        endif
-    endfor
-
-    return l:corrected_lines
-endfunction
-
 " A handler function which accepts a file name, to make unit testing easier.
 function! ale#handlers#rust#HandleRustErrorsForFile(buffer, full_filename, lines) abort
     let l:filename = fnamemodify(a:full_filename, ':t')
     let l:output = []
 
-    for l:errorline in s:JoinJSONLines(a:lines)
+    for l:errorline in a:lines
+        " ignore everything that is not Json
+        if l:errorline !~# '^{'
+            continue
+        endif
+
         let l:error = json_decode(l:errorline)
 
         if has_key(l:error, 'message') && type(l:error.message) == type({})
diff --git a/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader b/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader
index 052d722b..3e0ed43d 100644
--- a/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader
+++ b/test/handler/test_rust_handler.vader
@@ -46,21 +46,3 @@ Execute(The Rust handler should handle cargo output):
   \   '{"message":{"children":[],"code":null,"level":"error","message":"no method named `wat` found for type `std::string::String` in the current scope","rendered":null,"spans":[{"byte_end":11497,"byte_start":11494,"column_end":10,"column_start":7,"expansion":null,"file_name":"src/playpen.rs","is_primary":true,"label":null,"line_end":13,"line_start":13,"suggested_replacement":null,"text":[{"highlight_end":10,"highlight_start":7,"text":"    s.wat()"}]}]},"package_id":"update 0.0.1 (path+file:///home/w0rp/Downloads/rust-by-example)","reason":"compiler-message","target":{"kind":["bin"],"name":"update","src_path":"/home/w0rp/Downloads/rust-by-example/src/main.rs"}}',
   \   '{"message":{"children":[],"code":null,"level":"error","message":"aborting due to previous error","rendered":null,"spans":[]},"package_id":"update 0.0.1 (path+file:///home/w0rp/Downloads/rust-by-example)","reason":"compiler-message","target":{"kind":["bin"],"name":"update","src_path":"/home/w0rp/Downloads/rust-by-example/src/main.rs"}}',
   \ ])
-
-Execute(The Rust handler should handle JSON split over many lines):
-  AssertEqual
-  \ [
-  \   {
-  \     'lnum': 15,
-  \     'type': 'E',
-  \     'col': 11505,
-  \     'text': 'expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `for`',
-  \   },
-  \ ],
-  \ ale#handlers#rust#HandleRustErrorsForFile(347, 'src/playpen.rs', [
-  \   '',
-  \   'ignore this',
-  \   '{"message":{"children":[],"code":null,"level":"error","message":"expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `for`","rendered":null,"spans":[{"byte_end":11508,"byte_start":11505,"column_end":8,"column_start":5,"expansion":null',
-  \   ',"file_name":"src/playpen.rs","is_primary":true,"label":null,"line_end":15,"line_start":15,"suggested_replacement":null,',
-  \   '"text":[{"highlight_end":8,"highlight_start":5,"text":"    for chr in source.trim().chars() {"}]}]},"package_id":"update 0.0.1 (path+file:///home/w0rp/Downloads/rust-by-example)","reason":"compiler-message","target":{"kind":["bin"],"name":"update","src_path":"/home/w0rp/Downloads/rust-by-example/src/main.rs"}}',
-  \ ])