diff --git a/hack/deploy.sh b/hack/deploy.sh
index c0936e401a..6719baada1 100755
--- a/hack/deploy.sh
+++ b/hack/deploy.sh
@@ -8,15 +8,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 ./hack/populate_secrets.sh
 
-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)"
 echo System is $system
 
-echo Syncing repo content to machine "$1"
-rsync -e "$ssh_cmd" -avz --exclude='.hg/store/data/' --exclude='.hg/store/dh/' --exclude='.hg/cache/' --exclude='.hg/wcache/' ./ "deployer@$1:depot/"
-
-echo Triggering rebuild
-$ssh_cmd -t "deployer@$1" rebuilder ./depot
+ssh_cmd="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"
+$ssh_cmd -t "deployer@$1" switch-prebuilt "$system"