diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
index 9f9bdcd6c5..d68d101832 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
@@ -21,15 +21,19 @@ $(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh:
 all-parallel: $(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh
 	${MAKE} -f $(MK_PATH) all -j $(shell nproc ${CI:+--ignore 1}) V=
 
-all: cloud-hypervisor-tarball \
+all: serial-targets \
 	firecracker-tarball \
 	kernel-tarball \
 	qemu-tarball \
-	rootfs-image-tarball \
-	rootfs-initrd-tarball \
 	shim-v2-tarball \
 	virtiofsd-tarball
 
+serial-targets:
+	${MAKE} -f $(MK_PATH) -j 1 V= \
+	rootfs-image-tarball \
+	rootfs-initrd-tarball \
+	cloud-hypervisor-tarball
+
 %-tarball-build: $(MK_DIR)/dockerbuild/install_yq.sh
 	$(call BUILD,$*)