diff --git a/src/libstore/daemon.cc b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
index d68ff64d7..487416a13 100644
--- a/src/libstore/daemon.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ struct ClientSettings
             try {
                 if (name == "ssh-auth-sock") // obsolete
                     ;
+                else if (name == settings.experimentalFeatures.name) {
+                    // We don’t want to forward the experimental features to
+                    // the daemon, as that could cause some pretty weird stuff
+                    if (tokenizeString<Strings>(value) != settings.experimentalFeatures.get())
+                        debug("Ignoring the client-specified experimental features");
+                }
                 else if (trusted
                     || name == settings.buildTimeout.name
                     || name == "connect-timeout"
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index 140f39120..73f590e7b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ void RemoteStore::setOptions(Connection & conn)
         overrides.erase(settings.buildCores.name);
         overrides.erase(settings.useSubstitutes.name);
         overrides.erase(loggerSettings.showTrace.name);
+        overrides.erase(settings.experimentalFeatures.name);
         conn.to << overrides.size();
         for (auto & i : overrides)
             conn.to << i.first << i.second.value;