diff --git a/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc b/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
index 03d525a61be..7e091ef1071 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
@@ -495,9 +495,9 @@ void InputScheme::clone(
 
     Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, actUnknown, fmt("copying '%s' to %s...", input2.to_string(), destDir));
 
-    auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) { accessor->dumpPath(CanonPath::root, sink); });
-
-    restorePath(destDir, *source);
+    RestoreSink sink(/*startFsync=*/false);
+    sink.dstPath = destDir;
+    copyRecursive(*accessor, CanonPath::root, sink, CanonPath::root);
 }
 
 std::optional<ExperimentalFeature> InputScheme::experimentalFeature() const
diff --git a/src/libutil/fs-sink.cc b/src/libutil/fs-sink.cc
index 45c0262e620..a78fe1af422 100644
--- a/src/libutil/fs-sink.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/fs-sink.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ void copyRecursive(SourceAccessor & accessor, const CanonPath & from, FileSystem
         sink.createDirectory(to, [&](FileSystemObjectSink & dirSink, const CanonPath & relDirPath) {
             for (auto & [name, _] : accessor.readDirectory(from)) {
                 copyRecursive(accessor, from / name, dirSink, relDirPath / name);
-                break;
             }
         });
         break;