diff --git a/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in b/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
index 1e570a1544..a2a8a701fe 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ removeTempDir() {
 
 
 doDownload() {
-    @curl@ $cacheFlags --fail -# --location --max-redirs 20 --disable-epsv \
+    @curl@ $cacheFlags --fail --location --max-redirs 20 --disable-epsv \
         --cookie-jar $tmpPath/cookies "$url" -o $tmpFile
 }