diff --git a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch/mkosi.build.chroot
index 33a64cb1d5..7df218823e 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 set -e
 
+if ((NO_BUILD)); then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 . /usr/lib/os-release
 
diff --git a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
index 498c52e011..a8e4e7e90f 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 set -e
 
+if ((NO_BUILD)); then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 . /usr/lib/os-release
 
diff --git a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-debian-ubuntu/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-debian-ubuntu/mkosi.build.chroot
index 52a23a53b5..2015a4b46c 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-debian-ubuntu/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-debian-ubuntu/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 set -e
 
+if ((NO_BUILD)); then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 . /usr/lib/os-release
 
diff --git a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
index 83b5a7e666..2fe3d9464c 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 set -e
 
+if ((NO_BUILD)); then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 . /usr/lib/os-release
 ID="${ID%-*}"