diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 848e719b..72edef2a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ENV PATH /opt/rh/devtoolset-10/root/usr/bin:$PATH
 COPY --from=llm-code / /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/llm/generate
 ARG CGO_CFLAGS
-RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_CPU_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 sh gen_linux.sh
+RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_SKIP_CPU_GENERATE=1 sh gen_linux.sh
 
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 nvidia/cuda:$CUDA_VERSION-devel-rockylinux8 AS cuda-build-arm64
 ARG CMAKE_VERSION
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ENV PATH /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin:$PATH
 COPY --from=llm-code / /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/llm/generate
 ARG CGO_CFLAGS
-RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_CPU_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 sh gen_linux.sh
+RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_SKIP_CPU_GENERATE=1 sh gen_linux.sh
 
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 rocm/dev-centos-7:${ROCM_VERSION}-complete AS rocm-build-amd64
 ARG CMAKE_VERSION
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ COPY --from=llm-code / /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/llm/generate
 ARG CGO_CFLAGS
 ARG AMDGPU_TARGETS
-RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_CPU_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 sh gen_linux.sh
+RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_SKIP_CPU_GENERATE=1 sh gen_linux.sh
 RUN mkdir /tmp/scratch && \
     for dep in $(zcat /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/llm/build/linux/x86_64/rocm*/bin/deps.txt.gz) ; do \
         cp ${dep} /tmp/scratch/ || exit 1 ; \
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/llm/generate
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 cpu-builder-amd64 AS static-build-amd64
 RUN OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="static" sh gen_linux.sh
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 cpu-builder-amd64 AS cpu-build-amd64
-RUN OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu" sh gen_linux.sh
+RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu" sh gen_linux.sh
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 cpu-builder-amd64 AS cpu_avx-build-amd64
-RUN OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu_avx" sh gen_linux.sh
+RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu_avx" sh gen_linux.sh
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 cpu-builder-amd64 AS cpu_avx2-build-amd64
-RUN OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu_avx2" sh gen_linux.sh
+RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu_avx2" sh gen_linux.sh
 
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 centos:7 AS cpu-builder-arm64
 ARG CMAKE_VERSION
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ollama/ollama/llm/generate
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 cpu-builder-arm64 AS static-build-arm64
 RUN OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="static" sh gen_linux.sh
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 cpu-builder-arm64 AS cpu-build-arm64
-RUN OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu" sh gen_linux.sh
+RUN OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE=1 OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="cpu" sh gen_linux.sh
 
 
 # Intermediate stage used for ./scripts/build_linux.sh
diff --git a/llm/generate/gen_linux.sh b/llm/generate/gen_linux.sh
index 556281c6..279ed874 100755
--- a/llm/generate/gen_linux.sh
+++ b/llm/generate/gen_linux.sh
@@ -58,21 +58,20 @@ git_module_setup
 apply_patches
 
 init_vars
-if [ -z "${OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE}" ]; then
-    if [ -z "${OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET}" -o "${OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET}" = "static" ]; then
-        # Static build for linking into the Go binary
-        init_vars
-        CMAKE_TARGETS="--target llama --target ggml"
-        CMAKE_DEFS="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=off -DLLAMA_NATIVE=off -DLLAMA_AVX=off -DLLAMA_AVX2=off -DLLAMA_AVX512=off -DLLAMA_FMA=off -DLLAMA_F16C=off ${CMAKE_DEFS}"
-        BUILD_DIR="../build/linux/${ARCH}_static"
-        echo "Building static library"
-        build
-    fi
+if [ -z "${OLLAMA_SKIP_STATIC_GENERATE}" -o "${OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET}" = "static" ]; then
+    # Builds by default, allows skipping, forces build if OLLAMA_CPU_TARGET="static"
+    # Enables optimized Dockerfile builds using a blanket skip and targeted overrides
+    # Static build for linking into the Go binary
+    init_vars
+    CMAKE_TARGETS="--target llama --target ggml"
+    CMAKE_DEFS="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=off -DLLAMA_NATIVE=off -DLLAMA_AVX=off -DLLAMA_AVX2=off -DLLAMA_AVX512=off -DLLAMA_FMA=off -DLLAMA_F16C=off ${CMAKE_DEFS}"
+    BUILD_DIR="../build/linux/${ARCH}_static"
+    echo "Building static library"
+    build
 fi
 
 init_vars
 if [ -z "${OLLAMA_SKIP_CPU_GENERATE}" ]; then
-
     # Users building from source can tune the exact flags we pass to cmake for configuring
     # llama.cpp, and we'll build only 1 CPU variant in that case as the default.
     if [ -n "${OLLAMA_CUSTOM_CPU_DEFS}" ]; then