diff --git a/pkg/remote/remote.go b/pkg/remote/remote.go
index c0845f23..8b6006f6 100644
--- a/pkg/remote/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/remote/remote.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"maps"
 	"net/http"
 	neturl "net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -213,13 +214,16 @@ func (r *Remote) Fetch(path string, cacheDirOpt ...string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("[bug] cacheDirOpt's length: want 0 or 1, got %d", len(cacheDirOpt))
 	}
 
-	query := u.RawQuery
+	query, _ := neturl.ParseQuery(u.RawQuery)
+
+	should_cache := query.Get("cache") != "false"
+	delete(query, "cache")
 
 	var cacheKey string
 	replacer := strings.NewReplacer(":", "", "//", "_", "/", "_", ".", "_")
 	dirKey := replacer.Replace(srcDir)
 	if len(query) > 0 {
-		q, _ := neturl.ParseQuery(query)
+		q := maps.Clone(query)
 		if q.Has("sshkey") {
 			q.Set("sshkey", "redacted")
 		}
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ func (r *Remote) Fetch(path string, cacheDirOpt ...string) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if !cached {
+	if !cached || !should_cache {
 		var getterSrc string
 		if u.User != "" {
 			getterSrc = fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s@%s%s", u.Scheme, u.User, u.Host, u.Dir)
@@ -271,7 +275,7 @@ func (r *Remote) Fetch(path string, cacheDirOpt ...string) (string, error) {
 		}
 
 		if len(query) > 0 {
-			getterSrc = strings.Join([]string{getterSrc, query}, "?")
+			getterSrc = strings.Join([]string{getterSrc, query.Encode()}, "?")
 		}
 
 		r.Logger.Debugf("remote> downloading %s to %s", getterSrc, getterDst)