3 files changed, 1 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/local.mk b/src/libutil/local.mk
index 3ccc23fd5c1b..e41a67d1f9e1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/local.mk
+++ b/src/libutil/local.mk
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ libutil_DIR := $(d)
 
 libutil_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc)
 
-libutil_LDFLAGS = $(LIBLZMA_LIBS) -lbz2 -pthread $(OPENSSL_LIBS) $(LIBBROTLI_LIBS) -lboost_context
+libutil_LDFLAGS = $(LIBLZMA_LIBS) -lbz2 -pthread $(OPENSSL_LIBS) $(LIBBROTLI_LIBS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) -lboost_context
diff --git a/src/libutil/retry.hh b/src/libutil/retry.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index b45cb37f736b..000000000000
--- a/src/libutil/retry.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "logging.hh"
-
-#include <functional>
-#include <cmath>
-#include <random>
-#include <thread>
-
-namespace nix {
-
-inline unsigned int retrySleepTime(unsigned int attempt)
-{
-    std::random_device rd;
-    std::mt19937 mt19937;
-    return 250.0 * std::pow(2.0f,
-        attempt - 1 + std::uniform_real_distribution<>(0.0, 0.5)(mt19937));
-}
-
-template<typename C>
-C retry(unsigned int attempts, std::function<C()> && f)
-{
-    unsigned int attempt = 0;
-    while (true) {
-        try {
-            return f();
-        } catch (BaseError & e) {
-            ++attempt;
-            if (attempt >= attempts || !e.isTransient())
-                throw;
-            auto ms = retrySleepTime(attempt);
-            warn("%s; retrying in %d ms", e.what(), ms);
-            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(ms));
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/src/libutil/types.hh b/src/libutil/types.hh
index 88e3243f47a5..92bf469b5c6f 100644
--- a/src/libutil/types.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/types.hh
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ public:
     const string & msg() const { return err; }
     const string & prefix() const { return prefix_; }
     BaseError & addPrefix(const FormatOrString & fs);
-
-    virtual bool isTransient() { return false; }
 };
 
 #define MakeError(newClass, superClass) \