diff --git a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
index 3d17a896..df2fb933 100644
--- a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ protected:
     DownloadRequest makeRequest(const std::string & path)
     {
         DownloadRequest request(cacheUri + "/" + path);
-        request.tries = 8;
         return request;
     }