diff --git a/corepkgs/nar/nar.sh.in b/corepkgs/nar/nar.sh.in
index 67933ac6..1369d3a2 100644
--- a/corepkgs/nar/nar.sh.in
+++ b/corepkgs/nar/nar.sh.in
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ dst=$out/tmp.nar.bz2
 
 @bzip2@ < tmp > $dst
 
-@bindir@/nix-hash -vvvvv --flat --type $hashAlgo --base32 tmp > $out/nar-hash
-
 @bindir@/nix-hash --flat --type $hashAlgo --base32 $dst > $out/narbz2-hash
 
 @coreutils@/mv $out/tmp.nar.bz2 $out/$(@coreutils@/cat $out/narbz2-hash).nar.bz2
diff --git a/scripts/nix-push.in b/scripts/nix-push.in
index 38097f74..c7da528b 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-push.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-push.in
@@ -172,12 +172,6 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @storePaths; $n++) {
     $narbz2Hash =~ /^[0-9a-z]+$/ or die "invalid hash";
     close HASH;
 
-    open HASH, "$narDir/nar-hash" or die "cannot open nar-hash";
-    my $narHash = <HASH>;
-    chomp $narHash;
-    $narHash =~ /^[0-9a-z]+$/ or die "invalid hash";
-    close HASH;
-    
     my $narName = "$narbz2Hash.nar.bz2";
 
     my $narFile = "$narDir/$narName";
@@ -195,6 +189,10 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @storePaths; $n++) {
     chomp $deriver;
     $deriver = "" if $deriver eq "unknown-deriver";
 
+    my $narHash = `$binDir/nix-store --query --hash '$storePath'`;
+    die "cannot query hash for `$storePath'" if $? != 0;
+    chomp $narHash;
+
     my $url;
     if ($localCopy) {
         $url = "$targetArchivesUrl/$narName";
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ for (my $n = 0; $n < scalar @storePaths; $n++) {
         { url => $url
         , hash => "$hashAlgo:$narbz2Hash"
         , size => $narbz2Size
-        , narHash => "$hashAlgo:$narHash"
+        , narHash => "$narHash"
         , references => $references
         , deriver => $deriver
         }