diff --git a/lix/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc b/lix/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
index 27bfef0d1..cfd0b34eb 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/lix/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ try {
         });
 
         if (const auto state = handleJSONLogMessage(
-                currentLogLine, *act, builderActivities, "the derivation builder", false
+                currentLogLine, *act, builderActivities, "the derivation builder"
             ))
         {
             return *state;
@@ -1323,7 +1323,9 @@ try {
             if (c == '\n') {
                 auto json = parseJSONMessage(currentHookLine, "the derivation builder");
                 if (json) {
-                    auto s = handleJSONLogMessage(*json, worker.act, hook->activities, "the derivation builder", true);
+                    auto s = handleJSONLogMessage(
+                        *json, worker.act, hook->activities, "the derivation builder"
+                    );
                     // ensure that logs from a builder using `ssh-ng://` as protocol
                     // are also available to `nix log`.
                     if (s && logSink) {
diff --git a/lix/libutil/logging.cc b/lix/libutil/logging.cc
index d189f4119..846b386bf 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/logging.cc
+++ b/lix/libutil/logging.cc
@@ -310,8 +310,7 @@ std::optional<Logger::BufferState> handleJSONLogMessage(
     JSON & json,
     const Activity & act,
     std::map<ActivityId, Activity> & activities,
-    std::string_view source,
-    bool trusted
+    std::string_view source
 )
 {
     try {
@@ -319,13 +318,12 @@ std::optional<Logger::BufferState> handleJSONLogMessage(
 
         if (action == "start") {
             auto type = (ActivityType) json["type"];
-            if (trusted || type == actFileTransfer)
-                activities.emplace(
-                    json["id"],
-                    act.addChild(
-                        (Verbosity) json["level"], type, json["text"], getFields(json["fields"])
-                    )
-                );
+            activities.emplace(
+                json["id"],
+                act.addChild(
+                    (Verbosity) json["level"], type, json["text"], getFields(json["fields"])
+                )
+            );
         }
 
         else if (action == "stop")
@@ -360,8 +358,7 @@ std::optional<Logger::BufferState> handleJSONLogMessage(
     const std::string & msg,
     const Activity & act,
     std::map<ActivityId, Activity> & activities,
-    std::string_view source,
-    bool trusted
+    std::string_view source
 )
 {
     auto json = parseJSONMessage(msg, source);
@@ -369,7 +366,7 @@ std::optional<Logger::BufferState> handleJSONLogMessage(
         return std::nullopt;
     }
 
-    return handleJSONLogMessage(*json, act, activities, source, trusted);
+    return handleJSONLogMessage(*json, act, activities, source);
 }
 
 Activity::~Activity()
diff --git a/lix/libutil/logging.hh b/lix/libutil/logging.hh
index e95d315b2..7fd9160c1 100644
--- a/lix/libutil/logging.hh
+++ b/lix/libutil/logging.hh
@@ -422,8 +422,7 @@ std::optional<Logger::BufferState> handleJSONLogMessage(
     JSON & json,
     const Activity & act,
     std::map<ActivityId, Activity> & activities,
-    std::string_view source,
-    bool trusted
+    std::string_view source
 );
 
 /**
@@ -434,7 +433,6 @@ std::optional<Logger::BufferState> handleJSONLogMessage(
     const std::string & msg,
     const Activity & act,
     std::map<ActivityId, Activity> & activities,
-    std::string_view source,
-    bool trusted
+    std::string_view source
 );
 }