diff --git a/hnix-store-remote/app/BuildDerivation.hs b/hnix-store-remote/app/BuildDerivation.hs
index ee4d4cb..1d321c7 100644
--- a/hnix-store-remote/app/BuildDerivation.hs
+++ b/hnix-store-remote/app/BuildDerivation.hs
@@ -2,39 +2,23 @@
 module Main where
 
 import Data.Default.Class (Default(def))
-import Data.Text (Text)
-import System.Nix.Derivation (Derivation)
-import System.Nix.StorePath (StorePath)
 
 import qualified Data.Text
-import qualified Data.Text.IO
-import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text
 import qualified System.Environment
 import qualified System.Nix.Build
-import qualified System.Nix.Derivation
 import qualified System.Nix.StorePath
 import qualified System.Nix.Store.Remote
 
-parseDerivation :: FilePath -> IO (Derivation StorePath Text)
-parseDerivation source = do
-  contents <- Data.Text.IO.readFile source
-  case Data.Attoparsec.Text.parseOnly
-    (System.Nix.Derivation.parseDerivation def) contents of
-      Left e -> error e
-      Right drv -> pure drv
-
 main :: IO ()
 main = System.Environment.getArgs >>= \case
   [filename] -> do
     case System.Nix.StorePath.parsePathFromText def (Data.Text.pack filename) of
       Left e -> error $ show e
       Right p -> do
-        d <- parseDerivation filename
         out <-
             System.Nix.Store.Remote.runStore
           $ System.Nix.Store.Remote.buildDerivation
               p
-              d
               System.Nix.Build.BuildMode_Normal
         print out
   _ -> error "No input derivation file"
diff --git a/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal b/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal
index 9cee10a..91e826b 100644
--- a/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal
+++ b/hnix-store-remote/hnix-store-remote.cabal
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ executable build-derivation
     buildable: False
   build-depends:
       base >=4.12 && <5
-    , attoparsec
     , hnix-store-core
     , hnix-store-remote
     , data-default-class
diff --git a/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/Client.hs b/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/Client.hs
index 820747d..0b744d8 100644
--- a/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/Client.hs
+++ b/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/Client.hs
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ import Data.HashSet (HashSet)
 import Data.Map (Map)
 import Data.Set (Set)
 import Data.Some (Some)
-import Data.Text (Text)
 
 import System.Nix.Build (BuildMode, BuildResult)
-import System.Nix.Derivation (Derivation)
 import System.Nix.DerivedPath (DerivedPath)
 import System.Nix.Hash (HashAlgo(..))
 import System.Nix.Nar (NarSource)
@@ -52,6 +50,12 @@ import System.Nix.Store.Remote.Types.SubstituteMode (SubstituteMode)
 import System.Nix.Store.Remote.Client.Core
 import System.Nix.Store.Types (FileIngestionMethod(..), RepairMode(..))
 
+import qualified Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text
+import qualified Data.Text.IO
+import qualified System.Nix.Derivation
+import qualified System.Nix.StorePath
+
 -- | Add `NarSource` to the store
 addToStore
   :: MonadRemoteStore m
@@ -114,10 +118,18 @@ addIndirectRoot = doReq . AddIndirectRoot
 buildDerivation
   :: MonadRemoteStore m
   => StorePath
-  -> Derivation StorePath Text
   -> BuildMode
   -> m BuildResult
-buildDerivation a b c = doReq (BuildDerivation a b c)
+buildDerivation sp mode = do
+  sd <- getStoreDir
+  drvContents <-
+    Control.Monad.IO.Class.liftIO
+    $ Data.Text.IO.readFile
+    $ System.Nix.StorePath.storePathToFilePath sd sp
+  case Data.Attoparsec.Text.parseOnly
+    (System.Nix.Derivation.parseDerivation sd) drvContents of
+      Left e -> throwError $ RemoteStoreError_DerivationParse e
+      Right drv -> doReq (BuildDerivation sp drv mode)
 
 -- | Build paths if they are an actual derivations.
 --
diff --git a/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/MonadStore.hs b/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/MonadStore.hs
index debe4e7..084e691 100644
--- a/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/MonadStore.hs
+++ b/hnix-store-remote/src/System/Nix/Store/Remote/MonadStore.hs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ data RemoteStoreError
   = RemoteStoreError_Fixme String
   | RemoteStoreError_BuildFailed
   | RemoteStoreError_ClientVersionTooOld
+  | RemoteStoreError_DerivationParse String
   | RemoteStoreError_Disconnected
   | RemoteStoreError_GetAddrInfoFailed
   | RemoteStoreError_GenericIncrementalLeftovers String ByteString -- when there are bytes left over after genericIncremental parser is done, (Done x leftover), first param is show x