diff --git a/garlic/apps/ifsker/default.nix b/garlic/apps/ifsker/default.nix
index 6f31330..2b3e001 100644
--- a/garlic/apps/ifsker/default.nix
+++ b/garlic/apps/ifsker/default.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ in
 
     buildInputs = [ tampi mpi nanos6 mcxx gfortran ];
 
-    preferLocalBuild = true;
-
     # Mercurium seems to fail when building with fortran in parallel
     enableParallelBuilding = false;