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-rw-r--r--guix/download.scm6
-rw-r--r--guix/git-download.scm3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/download.scm b/guix/download.scm
index 2cc8a4a5b8..0889928d3a 100644
--- a/guix/download.scm
+++ b/guix/download.scm
@@ -242,7 +242,11 @@ must be a list of symbol/URL-list pairs."
                                               (guix build utils)
                                               (guix ftp-client))
                                   #:guile-for-build guile-for-build
-                                  #:env-vars env-vars)))
+                                  #:env-vars env-vars
+
+                                  ;; In general, offloading downloads is not a
+                                  ;; good idea.
+                                  #:local-build? #t)))
 
 (define* (download-to-store store url #:optional (name (basename url))
                             #:key (log (current-error-port)))
diff --git a/guix/git-download.scm b/guix/git-download.scm
index 472bf756ce..5e0a6a21dc 100644
--- a/guix/git-download.scm
+++ b/guix/git-download.scm
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ type HASH-ALGO (a symbol).  Use NAME as the file name, or a generic name if
                                   #:recursive? #t
                                   #:modules '((guix build git)
                                               (guix build utils))
-                                  #:guile-for-build guile-for-build)))
+                                  #:guile-for-build guile-for-build
+                                  #:local-build? #t)))
 
 ;;; git-download.scm ends here