diff --git a/packages.nix b/packages.nix
index 9eccc131..49c01558 100644
--- a/packages.nix
+++ b/packages.nix
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ lib.attrsets.mapAttrs
           nix copy --no-check-sigs --to ssh-ng://${target} ${inputPaths}
 
           # use nixos-rebuild from target config
-          nixosRebuild=$(nix build ${self}#nixosConfigurations.${name}.config.system.build.nixos-rebuild ${overrideInputsArgs} --no-link --json | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -r '.[0].outputs.out')
-          nix copy --no-check-sigs --to ssh-ng://${target} $nixosRebuild
+          nixosRebuild=$(ssh ${target} nix build ${self}#nixosConfigurations.${name}.config.system.build.nixos-rebuild ${overrideInputsArgs} --no-link --json | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -r '.[0].outputs.out')
           ssh ${target} $nixosRebuild/bin/nixos-rebuild ${rebuildArg} "$@"
         '';