diff --git a/setuptools_rust/build.py b/setuptools_rust/build.py
index 98b20e41..fcb4c1d2 100644
--- a/setuptools_rust/build.py
+++ b/setuptools_rust/build.py
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import get_abi3_suffix
 from setuptools.command.install_scripts import install_scripts as CommandInstallScripts
 
-from ._utils import check_subprocess_output, format_called_process_error, Env
+from ._utils import (
+    check_subprocess_output,
+    format_called_process_error,
+    Env,
+    run_subprocess,
+)
 from .command import RustCommand
 from .extension import Binding, RustBin, RustExtension, Strip
 from .rustc_info import (
@@ -252,12 +257,14 @@ def build_extension(
             # If quiet, capture all output and only show it in the exception
             # If not quiet, forward all cargo output to stderr
             stderr = subprocess.PIPE if quiet else None
-            cargo_messages = check_subprocess_output(
+            cargo_messages = run_subprocess(
                 command,
                 env=env,
+                check=True,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                 stderr=stderr,
                 text=True,
-            )
+            ).stdout
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             # Don't include stdout in the formatted error as it is a huge dump
             # of cargo json lines which aren't helpful for the end user.
diff --git a/setuptools_rust/extension.py b/setuptools_rust/extension.py
index 65e8b067..67676c52 100644
--- a/setuptools_rust/extension.py
+++ b/setuptools_rust/extension.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from semantic_version import SimpleSpec
 
-from ._utils import check_subprocess_output, format_called_process_error, Env
+from ._utils import format_called_process_error, Env, run_subprocess
 
 
 class Binding(IntEnum):
@@ -265,9 +265,14 @@ def _metadata(self, cargo: str, quiet: bool) -> "CargoMetadata":
             # If quiet, capture stderr and only show it on exceptions
             # If not quiet, let stderr be inherited
             stderr = subprocess.PIPE if quiet else None
-            payload = check_subprocess_output(
-                metadata_command, stderr=stderr, encoding="latin-1", env=self.env.env
-            )
+            payload = run_subprocess(
+                metadata_command,
+                env=self.env,
+                check=True,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=stderr,
+                encoding="latin-1",
+            ).stdout
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             raise SetupError(format_called_process_error(e))
         try: