diff --git a/snix/build/protos/build.proto b/snix/build/protos/build.proto
index 01f35be40..811c47ee7 100644
--- a/snix/build/protos/build.proto
+++ b/snix/build/protos/build.proto
@@ -156,12 +156,9 @@ message BuildRequest {
 
 // A BuildResponse is (one possible) outcome of executing a [BuildRequest].
 message BuildResponse {
-  // The orginal build request producing the build.
-  BuildRequest build_request = 1; // <- TODO: define hashing scheme for BuildRequest, refer to it by hash?
-
   // The outputs that were produced after successfully building.
   // They are provided in the same order as specified in the [BuildRequest].
-  repeated Output outputs = 2;
+  repeated Output outputs = 1;
 
   message Output {
     // Output entry produced by the build. It may not contain a name,
diff --git a/snix/build/src/buildservice/build_request.rs b/snix/build/src/buildservice/build_request.rs
index c4fd6e56f..2f54c5700 100644
--- a/snix/build/src/buildservice/build_request.rs
+++ b/snix/build/src/buildservice/build_request.rs
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ pub struct AdditionalFile {
 /// Describes the result of a [BuildRequest].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct BuildResult {
-    /// The original BuildRequest.
-    pub build_request: BuildRequest,
-
     /// The outputs that were produced after successfully building.
     // They are sorted by the order specified in the build request.
     pub outputs: Vec<BuildOutput>,
diff --git a/snix/build/src/buildservice/oci.rs b/snix/build/src/buildservice/oci.rs
index c93859aed..fcd648c2a 100644
--- a/snix/build/src/buildservice/oci.rs
+++ b/snix/build/src/buildservice/oci.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ where
             .map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
 
         // assemble a BTreeMap of Nodes to pass into SnixStoreFs.
-        let patterns = ReferencePattern::new(request.refscan_needles.clone());
+        let patterns = ReferencePattern::new(request.refscan_needles);
         // NOTE: impl Drop for FuseDaemon unmounts, so if the call is cancelled, umount.
         let _fuse_daemon = tokio::task::spawn_blocking({
             let blob_service = self.blob_service.clone();
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ where
 
             let dest = bundle_path.join("inputs");
 
-            let root_nodes = Box::new(request.inputs.clone());
+            let root_nodes = Box::new(request.inputs);
             move || {
                 let fs = snix_castore::fs::SnixStoreFs::new(
                     blob_service,
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ where
         // mostly IO bound.
         let outputs = futures::future::try_join_all(host_output_paths.into_iter().enumerate().map(
             |(i, host_output_path)| {
-                let output_path = request.outputs[i].clone();
+                let output_path = &request.outputs[i];
                 let patterns = patterns.clone();
                 async move {
                     debug!(host.path=?host_output_path, output.path=?output_path, "ingesting path");
@@ -178,10 +178,7 @@ where
         ))
         .await?;
 
-        Ok(BuildResult {
-            build_request: request,
-            outputs,
-        })
+        Ok(BuildResult { outputs })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/snix/build/src/proto/mod.rs b/snix/build/src/proto/mod.rs
index 82a9c2bff..23348a09e 100644
--- a/snix/build/src/proto/mod.rs
+++ b/snix/build/src/proto/mod.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ impl TryFrom<BuildRequest> for crate::buildservice::BuildRequest {
 impl From<BuildResult> for BuildResponse {
     fn from(value: BuildResult) -> Self {
         Self {
-            build_request: Some(value.build_request.into()),
             outputs: value
                 .outputs
                 .into_iter()
@@ -303,11 +302,6 @@ impl TryFrom<BuildResponse> for BuildResult {
 
     fn try_from(value: BuildResponse) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         Ok(Self {
-            build_request: value
-                .build_request
-                .ok_or(ValidateBuildResultError::MissingRequestField)?
-                .try_into()
-                .map_err(ValidateBuildResultError::InvalidBuildRequest)?,
             outputs: value
                 .outputs
                 .into_iter()