diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml b/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml
index f85fdf7caef4..7ae500b69de8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kernel.yml
@@ -380,8 +380,12 @@ jobs:
               # Enable deb-src so apt-get build-dep can resolve build dependencies.
               # pkg-builder:noble is Ubuntu 24.04 which uses DEB822 format.
               sed -i "s/^Types: deb$/Types: deb deb-src/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
+
+              # Add Qualcomm qartifactory repo for kgsl-dkms
+              echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://qartifactory-edge.qualcomm.com/artifactory/qsc-deb-releases resolute main" \
+                > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qsc-deb-releases.list
+
               apt-get update -qq
-              apt-get build-dep -y linux
 
               cd kernel-src/
               echo "debian/debian.env: $(cat debian/debian.env 2>/dev/null || echo NOT FOUND)"
@@ -418,6 +422,10 @@ jobs:
                 echo "Safety net: created debian/changelog → debian.master/changelog"
               fi
 
+              # Resolve against the local debian/control just generated by "clean".
+              echo "=== Installing build dependencies from debian/control ==="
+              apt-get build-dep -y ./
+
               echo "=== Starting: fakeroot debian/rules ${TARGET} (jobs=${JOBS}) ==="
               export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=${JOBS} nocheck"
               # do_skip_checks=true skips the config policy check that requires
@@ -428,7 +436,7 @@ jobs:
               # -dbgsym.ddeb (vmlinux + modules with full debug symbols).
               DBGSYM_OPT="do_dbgsym_package=false"
               if [ "${DBGSYM}" = "true" ]; then DBGSYM_OPT="do_dbgsym_package=true"; fi
-              fakeroot debian/rules ${TARGET} do_skip_checks=true "${DBGSYM_OPT}" do_fitimage=false
+              fakeroot debian/rules ${TARGET} do_skip_checks=true "${DBGSYM_OPT}"
 
               kill "${HEARTBEAT}" 2>/dev/null || true