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-rw-r--r--src/nix-env/main.cc2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-env/main.cc b/src/nix-env/main.cc
index f87c41312610..c25cdb60caf9 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/main.cc
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ static void opQuery(Globals & globals,
 
     enum { sInstalled, sAvailable } source = sInstalled;
 
+    readOnlyMode = true; /* makes evaluation a bit faster */
+
     for (Strings::iterator i = opFlags.begin();
          i != opFlags.end(); ++i)
         if (*i == "--status" || *i == "-s") printStatus = true;