diff --git a/ci-root-linux.nix b/ci-root-linux.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c80e5cdb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-root-linux.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+let
+  depot = (import ./default.nix { });
+  pkgs = depot.third_party.nixpkgs;
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
+
+  arches = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
+  archRoots = builtins.listToAttrs (map (name: { inherit name; value = (import ./ci-root.nix { system = name; }); }) arches);
+  combined = pkgs.runCommand "systems.json" {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.jq ];
+  } ''
+    jq -s add ${builtins.concatStringsSep " " (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: "'${value}/other-systemPathJSON'") archRoots)} > $out
+  '';
+in
+  pkgs.linkFarm "ci-linux-combined" [
+    { name = "x86_64-linux"; path = (import ./ci-root.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; }); }
+    { name = "aarch64-linux"; path = (import ./ci-root.nix { system = "aarch64-linux"; }); }
+    { name = "combined-systems"; path = combined; }
+  ]
diff --git a/nix/gitlab-ci/default.nix b/nix/gitlab-ci/default.nix
index a7c14d81ef..109c4f5120 100644
--- a/nix/gitlab-ci/default.nix
+++ b/nix/gitlab-ci/default.nix
@@ -13,18 +13,35 @@ let
         "nix build -v -f ./ci-root.nix --system ${system} --argstr system ${system} --substituters \"https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com&trusted=1\""
         "nix copy -v --to 's3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com' ./result"
       ];
+      timeout = "6h";
       allow_failure = true;
       tags = [ "macos" ];
     };
-    linux = system: {
+    linux-eval = {
       stage = "build";
       image = "nixos/nix:latest";
       script = [
         "nix run -f ./ third_party.nixpkgs.bash -c ./hack/populate_secrets.sh"
-        "nix build -v -f ./ci-root.nix --system ${system} --argstr system ${system} --substituters \"https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com&trusted=1\""
+        "nix-instantiate ./ci-root-linux.nix --option substituters \"https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com&trusted=1\" > drv-name"
+        "ln -s $(cat drv-name) ./result"
         "nix run -f ./ go.nix.bcacheup -c bcacheup --cache_url vaultgs://lukegb-nix-cache --vault_addr unix:///run/tokend/sock --vault_token_source gcp/roleset/binary-cache-deployer/token ./result"
-        "cat ./result/other-systemPathJSON > systems.json"
       ];
+      artifacts = {
+        paths = [ "drv-name" ];
+        expire_in = "30 days";
+      };
+      tags = [ "cacher" ];
+    };
+    linux-combined = {
+      stage = "build";
+      image = "nixos/nix:latest";
+      needs = [{ job = "nixCache-linux-eval"; artifacts = true; }];
+      script = [
+        "nix-store --realise $(cat drv-name) --option substituters \"https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://lukegb-nix-cache?endpoint=storage.googleapis.com&trusted=1\""
+        "nix run -f ./ go.nix.bcacheup -c bcacheup --cache_url vaultgs://lukegb-nix-cache --vault_addr unix:///run/tokend/sock --vault_token_source gcp/roleset/binary-cache-deployer/token ./result"
+        "cat ./result/combined-systems > systems.json"
+      ];
+      timeout = "6h";
       artifacts = {
         paths = [ "systems.json" ];
         expire_in = "30 days";
@@ -34,14 +51,14 @@ let
   in {
     stages = [ "build" "deploy-mach" "deploy-other" ];
 
-    nixCache-x86_64-linux = linux "x86_64-linux";
-    nixCache-aarch64-linux = linux "aarch64-linux";
+    nixCache-linux-eval = linux-eval;
+    nixCache-linux = linux-combined;
     nixCache-x86_64-darwin = macOS "x86_64-darwin";
     nixCache-aarch64-darwin = macOS "aarch64-darwin";
 
     flipperzero-firmware = {
       stage = "deploy-other";
-      needs = [{ job = "nixCache-x86_64-linux"; artifacts = false; }];
+      needs = [{ job = "nixCache-linux"; artifacts = false; }];
       tags = [ "cacher" ];
       only.refs = [ "branch/default" ];
 
@@ -52,7 +69,7 @@ let
     };
     lukegbcom = {
       stage = "deploy-other";
-      needs = [{ job = "nixCache-x86_64-linux"; artifacts = false; }];
+      needs = [{ job = "nixCache-linux"; artifacts = false; }];
       tags = [ "cacher" ];
       only.refs = [ "branch/default" ];
 
@@ -67,7 +84,7 @@ let
   deployMachs = lib.filterAttrs (name: cfg: cfg.config.my.deploy.enable) depot.ops.nixos.systemConfigs;
   deployStage = machName: mach: ({
     stage = "deploy-mach";
-    needs = [{ job = "nixCache-${mach.config.my.systemType}"; artifacts = true; }];
+    needs = [{ job = "nixCache-linux"; artifacts = true; }];
     tags = [ "deployer" ];
 
     resource_group = machName;