diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py
index 055cb0ce488..0cad50c7719 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py
@@ -24,16 +24,21 @@ def replaceFileIfChanged(filename, newContents):
     Read a copy of the old file, so that we don't touch it if it hasn't changed.
     Returns True if the file was updated, false otherwise.
     """
-    oldFileContents = ""
-    try:
-        oldFile = open(filename, 'rb')
-        oldFileContents = ''.join(oldFile.readlines())
-        oldFile.close()
-    except:
-        pass
+    #XXXjdm This doesn't play well with make right now.
+    #       Force the file to always be updated, or else changing CodegenRust.py
+    #       will cause many autogenerated bindings to be regenerated perpetually
+    #       until the result is actually different.
 
-    if newContents == oldFileContents:
-        return False
+    #oldFileContents = ""
+    #try:
+    #    oldFile = open(filename, 'rb')
+    #    oldFileContents = ''.join(oldFile.readlines())
+    #    oldFile.close()
+    #except:
+    #    pass
+
+    #if newContents == oldFileContents:
+    #    return False
 
     f = open(filename, 'wb')
     f.write(newContents)