@@ 352,7 352,13 @@ download by itself using its own dependencies."
#:env-vars `(("url" . ,(object->string url))
("mirrors" . ,mirrors)
("content-addressed-mirrors"
- . ,content-addressed-mirrors)))))
+ . ,content-addressed-mirrors))
+
+ ;; Do not offload this derivation because we cannot be
+ ;; sure that the remote daemon supports the 'download'
+ ;; built-in. We may remove this limitation when support
+ ;; for that built-in is widespread.
+ #:local-build? #t)))
(define* (in-band-download file-name url
#:key system hash-algo hash