diff --git a/hack/deploy.sh b/hack/deploy.sh
index ff99acf466..a95d8e6c27 100755
--- a/hack/deploy.sh
+++ b/hack/deploy.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ssh_cmd="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"
 
 if [ ! -z ${2+x} ]; then ssh_cmd="$ssh_cmd $2"; fi
 
-system="$(nix run nixpkgs.jq -c jq -r ".[\"${1}\"]" systems.json)"
+system="$(jq -r ".[\"${1}\"]" systems.json)"
 echo System is $system
 
 $ssh_cmd -t "deployer@$1" switch-prebuilt "$system"