diff --git a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
index fed359fa..5be9ba85 100755
--- a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
+++ b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ if [ ${copyHostKeys-n} = "y" ]; then
     cp -a "\$p" "/mnt/\$p"
   done
 fi
-nixos-install --no-root-passwd --no-channel-copy --system "$nixosSystem"
+NIXOS_NO_CHECK=1 nixos-install --no-root-passwd --no-channel-copy --system "$nixosSystem"
 if [[ ${phases[reboot]} == 1 ]]; then
   if command -v zpool >/dev/null && [ "\$(zpool list)" != "no pools available" ]; then
     # we always want to export the zfs pools so people can boot from it without force import