diff --git a/src/libflake/flake/flake.cc b/src/libflake/flake/flake.cc
index e0aa41ab3..5b9ecffe4 100644
--- a/src/libflake/flake/flake.cc
+++ b/src/libflake/flake/flake.cc
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static Flake readFlake(
 
     // NOTE evalFile forces vInfo to be an attrset because mustBeTrivial is true.
     Value vInfo;
-    state.evalFile(flakePath, vInfo, true);
+    state.evalFile(flakePath, vInfo, false);
 
     Flake flake {
         .originalRef = originalRef,