diff --git a/src/libstore/file-hash.cc b/src/libstore/file-hash.cc
index 9cae8f80e..caf9a83e9 100644
--- a/src/libstore/file-hash.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/file-hash.cc
@@ -45,55 +45,23 @@ ContentAddress parseContentAddress(std::string_view rawCa) {
         auto prefix = string(rawCa, 0, prefixSeparator);
         if (prefix == "text") {
             auto hashTypeAndHash = rawCa.substr(prefixSeparator+1, string::npos);
-            auto hashSeparator = hashTypeAndHash.find(':');
-            if (hashSeparator != string::npos) {
-                std::string_view hashTypeRaw = hashTypeAndHash.substr(0, hashSeparator);
-                std::string_view hashRaw     = hashTypeAndHash.substr(hashSeparator+1, string::npos);
-                auto hashType = parseHashType(string(hashTypeRaw));
-                return TextHash { Hash(string(hashRaw), hashType) };
-            } else {
-                throw "parseContentAddress: hash type not found";
-            }
+            return TextHash { Hash(string(hashTypeAndHash)) };
         } else if (prefix == "fixed") {
+            // This has to be an inverse to makeFixedOutputCA
             auto methodAndHash = rawCa.substr(prefixSeparator+1, string::npos);
             if (methodAndHash.substr(0,2) == "r:") {
                 std::string_view hashRaw = methodAndHash.substr(2,string::npos);
-                return FileSystemHash { FileIngestionMethod::Recursive,  }
+                return FileSystemHash { FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, Hash(string(hashRaw)) };
+            } else {
+                std::string_view hashRaw = methodAndHash;
+                return FileSystemHash { FileIngestionMethod::Flat, Hash(string(hashRaw)) };
             }
-
-
-
-        //     break;
-        // } else {
-        //     throw "parseContentAddress: invalid prefix";
+        } else {
+            throw "parseContentAddress: format not recognized; has to be text or fixed";
         }
-
     } else {
         throw "Not a content address because it lacks an appropriate prefix";
     }
-
-
-
-    // if (getString(rawCa, 5) == "text:") {
-    //     auto hashTypeAndHash = string::substr(5, string::npos);
-    //     auto sep = hashTypeAndHash.find(':');
-    //     if (sep != string::npos) {
-    //         string hashTypeRaw = string(hashTypeAndHash, 0, sep);
-    //         auto hashType = parseHashType(hashTypeRaw);
-    //     }
-    //     break;
-
-    // // } else if (getString (rawCa, 6) = "fixed:") {
-    // } else if (true) {
-    //     break;
-    // }
-
-    // auto sep = rawCa.find(':');
-    // if (sep == string::npos)
-    // if(string(rawCa, 5) == "text:") {
-    //     break;
-    // } else if {}
-    // throw Error("TODO");
 };
 
 std::optional<ContentAddress> parseContentAddressOpt(std::string_view rawCaOpt) {