diff --git a/P/pixi/build_tarballs.jl b/P/pixi/build_tarballs.jl
index 87c6e754ce5..be791e9fe71 100755
--- a/P/pixi/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/P/pixi/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -1,28 +1,61 @@
 using BinaryBuilder
 
 name = "pixi"
-version = v"0.41.3"
+version = v"0.63.2"
+gitsha = "7a53925d6fa0bdc1019d17648f6e6aaa3ee02c9b"
 
+# Collection of sources required to build pixi
 sources = [
-    GitSource("https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi.git", "fc3e1a861deac099e51f7f0c3eaa2f64e217d4bf"),
+    # the tarballs do not include the license, so we get the repo too
+    GitSource("https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi.git", gitsha, unpack_target="repo"),
+    # pre-build tarballs, which only contain the executable
+    FileSource(
+        "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/v$version/pixi-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz",
+        "28fca5e7335b5f6b5b05acb9f83b61fa65e27e5dd69fe7a1750aa884ea4163cb",
+        filename="pixi-aarch64-apple-darwin20.tar.gz",
+    ),
+    FileSource(
+        "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/v$version/pixi-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz",
+        "85ea41d0310acd8e13edf4923b65c101fc3fc5f8d2ee48d85d64f2bcd9781830",
+        filename="pixi-x86_64-apple-darwin14.tar.gz",
+    ),
+    FileSource(
+        "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/v$version/pixi-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip",
+        "7df325a6ca158676a75710e16b20d3b621234852cdc9e733ee9c523b37abc3a9",
+        filename="pixi-aarch64-w64-mingw32.zip",
+    ),
+    FileSource(
+        "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/v$version/pixi-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip",
+        "8a2e31c293ce0a308c2dcf3fae599465bdc97dbd8eefbd320e8ae6cf22de9262",
+        filename="pixi-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip",
+    ),
+    FileSource(
+        "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/v$version/pixi-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz",
+        "dbde6dbc2806602171e17305ce005e1aed519f2f2461a7cafd0093e92b7e7681",
+        filename="pixi-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz",
+    ),
+    FileSource(
+        "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/download/v$version/pixi-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz",
+        "b2a9e26bb6c80fe00618a02e7198dec222e1fbcec61e04c11b6e6538089ab100",
+        filename="pixi-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz",
+    ),
 ]
 
 # Bash recipe for building across all platforms
 script = raw"""
-cd pixi
+cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir
 
-# not enough space in /tmp
-export TMPDIR=$WORKSPACE/tmp
-mkdir $TMPDIR
+# unpack and install the binary
+if [[ $target = *-w64-* ]]; then
+    unzip pixi-$target.zip
+    install -Dvm 755 pixi.exe "${bindir}/pixi.exe"
+else
+    tar -xzf pixi-$target.tar.gz
+    install -Dvm 755 pixi "${bindir}/pixi"
+fi
 
-# the stack-size arg is wrong on windows, because we're using mingw not msvc
-sed -i 's|/STACK:|-Wl,--stack,|' .cargo/config.toml
-
-# build pixi
-cargo build --release
-
-# install pixi
-install -Dvm 755 "target/${rust_target}/release/pixi${exeext}" "${bindir}/pixi${exeext}"
+# install the license
+install_license repo/pixi/LICENSE
 """
 
 # Supported platforms from https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/releases/latest
@@ -36,8 +69,6 @@ platforms = [
     # linux
     Platform("aarch64", "linux"; libc="glibc"),
     Platform("x86_64", "linux"; libc="glibc"),
-    Platform("x86_64", "linux"; libc="musl"),  # also happens to build
-    Platform("powerpc64le", "linux"; libc="glibc"),  # also happens to build
 ]
 
 # The products that we will ensure are always built
@@ -50,5 +81,4 @@ dependencies = Dependency[]
 
 # Build the tarballs, and possibly a `build.jl` as well.
 build_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, platforms, products, dependencies;
-               compilers=[:c, :rust], julia_compat="1.6", lock_microarchitecture=false,
-               lazy_artifacts=true)
+               julia_compat="1.6", lock_microarchitecture=false, lazy_artifacts=true)