diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm
index 3d68220c..810d0806 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ sub pkg : Chained('nix') PathPart Args(1) {
     gone($c, "Build " . $c->stash->{build}->id . " is no longer available.")
         unless all { isValidPath($_->path) } $c->stash->{build}->buildoutputs->all;
 
-    $c->stash->{manifestUri} = $c->uri_for($self->action_for("manifest"), $c->req->captures);
-
     $c->stash->{current_view} = 'NixPkg';
 
     $c->response->content_type('application/nix-package');
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixPkg.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixPkg.pm
index 0e7b4222..99823b91 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixPkg.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixPkg.pm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sub process {
     my $build = $c->stash->{build};
 
     # FIXME: add multiple output support
-    my $s = "NIXPKG1 " . $c->stash->{manifestUri}
+    my $s = "NIXPKG1 http://invalid.org/"
         . " " . $build->nixname . " " . $build->system
         . " " . $build->drvpath . " " . $build->buildoutputs->find({name => "out"})->path
         . " " . $c->uri_for('/');