diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37514bf54..7e250ee23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ #### Impersonation
 
 * [**curl_cffi**](https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi) (recommended) - Python binding for [curl-impersonate](https://github.com/lexiforest/curl-impersonate). Provides impersonation targets for Chrome, Edge and Safari. Licensed under [MIT](https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi/blob/main/LICENSE)
   * Can be installed with the `curl-cffi` group, e.g. `pip install "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]"`
-  * Currently included in all builds *except* `yt-dlp_x86` (Windows 32-bit) and `yt-dlp` (Unix zipimport binary)
+  * Currently included in most builds *except* `yt-dlp` (Unix zipimport binary), `yt-dlp_x86` (Windows 32-bit) and `yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64`
 
 
 ### Metadata
diff --git a/bundle/docker/compose.yml b/bundle/docker/compose.yml
index 706025b62..5f979e423 100644
--- a/bundle/docker/compose.yml
+++ b/bundle/docker/compose.yml
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ services:
       CHANNEL: ${CHANNEL}
       ORIGIN: ${ORIGIN}
       VERSION: ${VERSION}
+      EXCLUDE_CURL_CFFI: "1"
     volumes:
       - ~/build:/build
       - ../..:/yt-dlp
@@ -120,5 +121,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       EXE_NAME: ${EXE_NAME}
       SKIP_UPDATE_TO: "1"
+      EXCLUDE_CURL_CFFI: "1"
     volumes:
       - ~/build:/build
diff --git a/bundle/docker/linux/entrypoint.sh b/bundle/docker/linux/entrypoint.sh
index 82a29f48c..e7a6a2e5b 100755
--- a/bundle/docker/linux/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bundle/docker/linux/entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,19 @@ function runpy {
     esac
 }
 
+INCLUDES=(
+    --include pyinstaller
+    --include secretstorage
+)
+
+if [[ -z "${EXCLUDE_CURL_CFFI:-}" ]]; then
+    INCLUDES+=(--include curl-cffi)
+fi
+
 runpy -m venv /yt-dlp-build-venv
 source /yt-dlp-build-venv/bin/activate
 runpy -m devscripts.install_deps -o --include build
-runpy -m devscripts.install_deps --include secretstorage --include curl-cffi --include pyinstaller
+runpy -m devscripts.install_deps "${INCLUDES[@]}"
 runpy -m devscripts.make_lazy_extractors
 runpy devscripts/update-version.py -c "${CHANNEL}" -r "${ORIGIN}" "${VERSION}"
 
diff --git a/bundle/docker/linux/verify.sh b/bundle/docker/linux/verify.sh
index e547d059b..3fabcefa2 100755
--- a/bundle/docker/linux/verify.sh
+++ b/bundle/docker/linux/verify.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ set -exuo
 
 chmod +x /build/${EXE_NAME}
 
-# TEMPORARY:
-/build/${EXE_NAME} -v --print-traffic -o- --impersonate chrome "https://tls.browserleaks.com/json" | cat
+if [ -n "${EXCLUDE_CURL_CFFI:-}" ]; then
+    /build/${EXE_NAME} -v --print-traffic -o- --impersonate chrome "https://tls.browserleaks.com/json" | cat
+fi
 
 if [ -n "${SKIP_UPDATE_TO:-}" ]; then
     /build/${EXE_NAME} -v || true