diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix
index b317c5a1fbfd..08bba5a428d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , coreutils
 , gnused
 , gnugrep
-, jq
 , nix
 , lib
 }:
@@ -19,5 +18,5 @@ substituteAll {
   nix_x86_64_linux = fallback.x86_64-linux;
   nix_i686_linux = fallback.i686-linux;
   nix_aarch64_linux = fallback.aarch64-linux;
-  path = lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils jq gnused gnugrep ];
+  path = lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils gnused gnugrep ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh
index e5e40dca086e..1de783a55930 100755
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh
@@ -343,11 +343,6 @@ if [[ -n $flake ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# Resolve the flake.
-if [[ -n $flake ]]; then
-    flake=$(nix "${flakeFlags[@]}" flake metadata --json "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" "${lockFlags[@]}" -- "$flake" | jq -r .url)
-fi
-
 # Find configuration.nix and open editor instead of building.
 if [ "$action" = edit ]; then
     if [[ -z $flake ]]; then