diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/binary-cache/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/binary-cache/default.nix
index 0ef27887820ac..c7825e03cc8d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/binary-cache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/binary-cache/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   nix,
   xz,
   zstd,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 # This function is for creating a flat-file binary cache, i.e. the kind created by
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   exportReferencesGraph.closure = rootPaths;
 
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
+  inherit preferLocalBuild;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     coreutils
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/buildenv/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/buildenv/default.nix
index dbeb2a629f206..b0f2785d9c947 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/buildenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/buildenv/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   lib,
   replaceVars,
   writeClosure,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -104,10 +107,10 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
           postBuild
           nativeBuildInputs
           buildInputs
+          preferLocalBuild
           ;
         pkgs = builtins.toJSON chosenOutputs;
         extraPathsFrom = lib.optional includeClosures (writeClosure pathsForClosure);
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
         allowSubstitutes = false;
         # XXX: The size is somewhat arbitrary
         passAsFile = if builtins.stringLength pkgs >= 128 * 1024 then [ "pkgs" ] else [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix
index fe8814eeb2e2e..f9027258d03c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/make-nuget-source/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   lib,
   python3,
   stdenvNoCC,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 {
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (
   lib.recursiveUpdate
     {
-      inherit name;
+      inherit name preferLocalBuild;
 
       nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchdocker/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchdocker/default.nix
index d851f982086de..74019d24df950 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchdocker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchdocker/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   bash,
   gnutar,
   writeText,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 let
   stripScheme = builtins.replaceStrings [ "https://" "http://" ] [ "" "" ];
@@ -59,13 +62,13 @@ in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   builder = ./fetchdocker-builder.sh;
   buildInputs = [ coreutils ];
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
 
   inherit
     name
     imageName
     repository
     tag
+    preferLocalBuild
     ;
   inherit
     bash
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix
index 9499841dd3cea..49c53394a06d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   lib,
   fossil,
   cacert,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
@@ -29,7 +32,6 @@ lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
     inherit outputHash outputHashAlgo;
     outputHashMode = "recursive";
 
-    inherit url rev;
-    preferLocalBuild = true;
+    inherit url rev preferLocalBuild;
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
index 4ffb998ee205d..019bdd0f5aeb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
   git,
   git-lfs,
   cacert,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 let
+  preferLocalBuildDefault = preferLocalBuild;
   urlToName =
     {
       url,
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
           # Shell code executed after the file has been fetched
           # successfully. This can do things like check or transform the file.
           postFetch ? "",
-          preferLocalBuild ? true,
+          preferLocalBuild ? preferLocalBuildDefault,
           fetchLFS ? false,
           # Shell code to build a netrc file for BASIC auth
           netrcPhase ? null,
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgx/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgx/default.nix
index 49211c44949cc..0e67027f8d462 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgx/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   gx-go,
   go,
   cacert,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
 
   stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     name = "${name}-gxdeps";
-    inherit src;
+    inherit src preferLocalBuild;
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       cacert
@@ -42,7 +45,5 @@ lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
     installPhase = ''
       mv vendor $out
     '';
-
-    preferLocalBuild = true;
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix
index 7f4ed2ff3e8c5..f288cd21d6311 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
   mercurial,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
+let
+  preferLocalBuildDefault = preferLocalBuild;
+in
 
 lib.extendMkDerivation {
   constructDrv = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation;
@@ -16,7 +22,7 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
       sha256 ? null,
       hash ? null,
       fetchSubrepos ? false,
-      preferLocalBuild ? true,
+      preferLocalBuild ? preferLocalBuildDefault,
     }:
     # TODO: statically check if mercurial has https support if the url starts with https.
     {
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchipfs/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchipfs/default.nix
index 10da9cf0a0991..6febad1678355 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchipfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchipfs/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   curl,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
+
+let
+  preferLocalBuildDefault = preferLocalBuild;
+in
+
 lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash
   {
     hashTypes = [
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash
       meta ? { },
       port ? "8080",
       postFetch ? "",
-      preferLocalBuild ? true,
+      preferLocalBuild ? preferLocalBuildDefault,
     }:
     stdenv.mkDerivation {
       name = ipfs;
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoproject/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoproject/default.nix
index 5f10c7eebf45c..1015925ec48f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoproject/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoproject/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   gitRepo,
   cacert,
   copyPathsToStore,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
   {
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
     inherit
       cacert
       manifest
+      preferLocalBuild
       rev
       repoRepoURL
       repoRepoRev
@@ -67,7 +71,6 @@ lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
     inherit outputHash outputHashAlgo;
     outputHashMode = "recursive";
 
-    preferLocalBuild = true;
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
     impureEnvVars = fetchers.proxyImpureEnvVars ++ [
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchs3/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchs3/default.nix
index 5bebbb4f1e88d..3cbac807f01a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchs3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchs3/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   lib,
   runCommand,
   awscli,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
   {
@@ -35,11 +38,9 @@ lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
       {
         nativeBuildInputs = [ awscli ];
 
-        inherit outputHash outputHashAlgo;
+        inherit outputHash outputHashAlgo preferLocalBuild;
         outputHashMode = if recursiveHash then "recursive" else "flat";
 
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-
         AWS_DEFAULT_REGION = region;
       }
       // credentialAttrs
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
index 6f07626f69c1e..fe000632bf263 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@
   glibcLocales,
   sshSupport ? true,
   openssh ? null,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 let
+  preferLocalBuildDefault = preferLocalBuild;
   repoToName =
     url: rev:
     let
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ in
   hash ? "",
   ignoreExternals ? false,
   ignoreKeywords ? false,
-  preferLocalBuild ? true,
+  preferLocalBuild ? preferLocalBuildDefault,
 }:
 
 assert sshSupport -> openssh != null;
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
index 88e7bfaa7809b..d2dbe1e8b2ae9 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
   cacert ? null,
   rewriteURL,
   hashedMirrors,
+
+  # Used in `pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix`
+  preferLocalBuild ? true,
 }:
 
 let
+  cpPreferLocalBuild = preferLocalBuild;
 
   mirrors = import ./mirrors.nix // {
     inherit hashedMirrors;
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
       passthru ? { },
       # Doing the download on a remote machine just duplicates network
       # traffic, so don't do that by default
-      preferLocalBuild ? true,
+      preferLocalBuild ? cpPreferLocalBuild,
 
       # Additional packages needed as part of a fetch
       nativeBuildInputs ? [ ],
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix
index d686533f69e0f..2c60551f45dfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/prefer-remote-fetch/default.nix
@@ -11,23 +11,17 @@
 # $ echo 'self: super: super.prefer-remote-fetch self super' > ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays/prefer-remote-fetch.nix
 #
 self: super: {
-  binary-cache = args: super.binary-cache ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  buildenv = args: super.buildenv ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchfossil = args: super.fetchfossil ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchdocker = args: super.fetchdocker ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchgit = args: super.fetchgit ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchgx = args: super.fetchgx ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchhg = args: super.fetchhg ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchipfs = args: super.fetchipfs ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchrepoproject = args: super.fetchrepoproject ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchs3 = args: super.fetchs3 ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchsvn = args: super.fetchsvn ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
-  fetchurl =
-    fpArgs:
-    super.fetchurl (
-      super.lib.extends (finalAttrs: args: { preferLocalBuild = args.preferLocalBuild or false; }) (
-        super.lib.toFunction fpArgs
-      )
-    );
-  mkNugetSource = args: super.mkNugetSource ({ preferLocalBuild = false; } // args);
+  binary-cache = super.binary-cache.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  buildenv = super.buildenv.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchfossil = super.fetchfossil.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchdocker = super.fetchdocker.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchgit = super.fetchgit.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchgx = super.fetchgx.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchhg = super.fetchhg.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchipfs = super.fetchipfs.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchrepoproject = super.fetchrepoproject.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchs3 = super.fetchs3.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchsvn = super.fetchsvn.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  fetchurl = super.fetchurl.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
+  mkNugetSource = super.mkNugetSource.override { preferLocalBuild = false; };
 }