diff --git a/nixbld-etc-nixos/configuration.nix b/nixbld-etc-nixos/configuration.nix
index a4b66d8e..cbb091ce 100644
--- a/nixbld-etc-nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixbld-etc-nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -378,10 +378,15 @@ in
   };
  
   nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = super: let self = super.pkgs; in {
+    nix = super.nix.overrideAttrs(oa: {
+      patches = oa.patches or [] ++ [ ./nix-networked-derivations.diff ];
+    });
+    nixFlakes = super.nixFlakes.overrideAttrs(oa: {
+      patches = oa.patches or [] ++ [ ./nix-networked-derivations.diff ];
+    });
     hydra-unstable = super.hydra-unstable.overrideAttrs(oa: {
       patches = oa.patches or [] ++ [
         ./hydra-conda.patch
-        ./hydra-retry.patch
         ./hydra-unbreak-sysbuild.patch
         ./hydra-restrictdist.patch
       ];
diff --git a/nixbld-etc-nixos/hydra-retry.patch b/nixbld-etc-nixos/hydra-retry.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4221cedb..00000000
--- a/nixbld-etc-nixos/hydra-retry.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-commit 86bf81c0b8a51bffa4b4b566e1caaac6f0e041d3
-Author: Sebastien Bourdeauducq <sb@m-labs.hk>
-Date:   Thu Mar 14 17:45:32 2019 +0800
-
-    add option to disable retries on transient failures
-
-diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/build-remote.cc b/src/hydra-queue-runner/build-remote.cc
-index 69c430eb..bdbc808d 100644
---- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/build-remote.cc
-+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/build-remote.cc
-@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void State::buildRemote(ref<Store> destStore,
-                     break;
-                 case BuildResult::TransientFailure:
-                     result.stepStatus = bsFailed;
--                    result.canRetry = true;
-+                    result.canRetry = get(step->drv->env, "__hydraRetry").value_or("1") == "1";
-                     result.errorMsg = "";
-                     break;
-                 case BuildResult::TimedOut:
diff --git a/nixbld-etc-nixos/nix-networked-derivations.diff b/nixbld-etc-nixos/nix-networked-derivations.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..496b04ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixbld-etc-nixos/nix-networked-derivations.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
+index 53a0958a..16a98aec 100644
+--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
++++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
+@@ -809,9 +809,16 @@ private:
+     /* Whether this is a fixed-output derivation. */
+     bool fixedOutput;
+ 
++    bool networked;
++
+     /* Whether to run the build in a private network namespace. */
+     bool privateNetwork = false;
+ 
++    bool allowNetwork()
++    {
++        return fixedOutput || networked;
++    }
++
+     typedef void (DerivationGoal::*GoalState)();
+     GoalState state;
+ 
+@@ -1179,6 +1186,8 @@ void DerivationGoal::haveDerivation()
+ {
+     trace("have derivation");
+ 
++    fixedOutput = drv->isFixedOutput();
++
+     retrySubstitution = false;
+ 
+     for (auto & i : drv->outputs)
+@@ -1195,6 +1204,8 @@ void DerivationGoal::haveDerivation()
+ 
+     parsedDrv = std::make_unique<ParsedDerivation>(drvPath, *drv);
+ 
++    networked = parsedDrv->getBoolAttr("__networked");
++
+     /* We are first going to try to create the invalid output paths
+        through substitutes.  If that doesn't work, we'll build
+        them. */
+@@ -1987,7 +1998,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
+         else if (settings.sandboxMode == smDisabled)
+             useChroot = false;
+         else if (settings.sandboxMode == smRelaxed)
+-            useChroot = !fixedOutput && !noChroot;
++            useChroot = !allowNetwork() && !noChroot;
+     }
+ 
+     if (worker.store.storeDir != worker.store.realStoreDir) {
+@@ -2153,7 +2164,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
+                 "nogroup:x:65534:\n") % sandboxGid).str());
+ 
+         /* Create /etc/hosts with localhost entry. */
+-        if (!fixedOutput)
++        if (!allowNetwork())
+             writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/hosts", "127.0.0.1 localhost\n::1 localhost\n");
+ 
+         /* Make the closure of the inputs available in the chroot,
+@@ -2361,7 +2372,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
+            us.
+         */
+ 
+-        if (!fixedOutput)
++        if (!allowNetwork())
+             privateNetwork = true;
+ 
+         userNamespaceSync.create();
+@@ -2573,7 +2584,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::initEnv()
+        to the builder is generally impure, but the output of
+        fixed-output derivations is by definition pure (since we
+        already know the cryptographic hash of the output). */
+-    if (fixedOutput) {
++    if (allowNetwork()) {
+         for (auto & i : parsedDrv->getStringsAttr("impureEnvVars").value_or(Strings()))
+             env[i] = getEnv(i).value_or("");
+     }
+@@ -3184,7 +3195,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
+             /* Fixed-output derivations typically need to access the
+                network, so give them access to /etc/resolv.conf and so
+                on. */
+-            if (fixedOutput) {
++            if (allowNetwork()) {
+                 ss.push_back("/etc/resolv.conf");
+ 
+                 // Only use nss functions to resolve hosts and