diff --git a/bin/deploy b/bin/deploy
index c1b055f0f27f3e9d05dcbcd004cb85a4ec1dcd14..a78c4123ecd24f61b1040a1f1252afe8010e8b45 100755
--- a/bin/deploy
+++ b/bin/deploy
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ then
 else
   # remote deploy
 
-  nix copy --substitute-on-destination --file "$MACHINES_PATH" "nixosSystemDerivations.$hostname" --to "ssh://root@$via_hostname"
+  nix copy --file "$MACHINES_PATH" "nixosSystemDerivations.$hostname" --to "ssh://root@$via_hostname"
+  #nix copy --substitute-on-destination --file "$MACHINES_PATH" "nixosSystemDerivations.$hostname" --to "ssh://root@$via_hostname"
 
   # The manual way to do it (this is in theory also supported by nixos-rebuild by using '-I')