diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
index 4671f06..49f86fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     CIRRUS_VM_RAM: 8G
     UPDATE_COMMAND: pkg update; pkg upgrade -y
     INSTALL_COMMAND: pkg install -y
+    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --target-list-exclude=arm-softmmu,i386-softmmu,microblaze-softmmu,mips64el-softmmu,mipsel-softmmu,mips-softmmu,ppc-softmmu,sh4eb-softmmu,xtensa-softmmu
     TEST_TARGETS: check
 
 aarch64-macos-13-base-build:
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
     INSTALL_COMMAND: brew install
     PATH_EXTRA: /opt/homebrew/ccache/libexec:/opt/homebrew/gettext/bin
     PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /opt/homebrew/curl/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/homebrew/ncurses/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/homebrew/readline/lib/pkgconfig
+    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --target-list-exclude=arm-softmmu,i386-softmmu,microblazeel-softmmu,mips64-softmmu,mipsel-softmmu,mips-softmmu,ppc-softmmu,sh4-softmmu,xtensaeb-softmmu
     TEST_TARGETS: check-unit check-block check-qapi-schema check-softfloat check-qtest-x86_64
 
 aarch64-macos-14-base-build: