1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
index 305d84a68..72e98f6bb 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
@@ -227,11 +227,10 @@ static Flake getFlake(
         .sourceInfo = std::make_shared<fetchers::Tree>(std::move(sourceInfo))
     };
 
+    // NOTE evalFile forces vInfo to be an attrset because mustBeTrivial is true.
     Value vInfo;
     state.evalFile(CanonPath(flakeFile), vInfo, true); // FIXME: symlink attack
 
-    expectType(state, nAttrs, vInfo, state.positions.add({CanonPath(flakeFile)}, 1, 1));
-
     if (auto description = vInfo.attrs->get(state.sDescription)) {
         expectType(state, nString, *description->value, description->pos);
         flake.description = description->value->string.s;