diff --git a/.gitea/build.sh b/.gitea/build.sh
index d9e51ab..8375ac0 100755
--- a/.gitea/build.sh
+++ b/.gitea/build.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 ## This is bananas.
 mkdir -p build/ out/ build/cache/
-cp -rL /usr/share/arduino /usr/share/arduino-builder build/
+cp -rL /usr/share/arduino /usr/share/arduino-builder build/ || true # there's a cyclic symlink that causes failure
 
 while read vid pid variant; do
   log