diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-gl.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-gl.sh
index ad650371a26..9c596e245d6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-gl.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-gl.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-gl.sh
+
+. .gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-vk.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-vk.sh
index 58b04fd5268..70e28c56905 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-vk.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-vk.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-vk.sh
+
+. .gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh
index 262c771ddbb..e0f5d0b56dd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh
@@ -108,3 +108,5 @@ rm -rf "/${ndk:?}"
 apt-get purge -y "${EPHEMERAL[@]}"
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/container_post_build.sh
+
+. .gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-gl.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-gl.sh
index ad650371a26..9c596e245d6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-gl.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-gl.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-gl.sh
+
+. .gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-vk.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-vk.sh
index 58b04fd5268..70e28c56905 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-vk.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-vk.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-vk.sh
+
+. .gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
index cb6bec9d857..c88fcab5856 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh
@@ -131,3 +131,24 @@ files=(
 for files in "${files[@]}"; do
   find /usr /etc -name "$files" -prune -exec rm -r {} \;
 done
+
+# We purge apt and dpkg to save on space, which is great for runtime and
+# bandwidth use etc, but less great for cbuild which wants to run apt-get clean
+# when we're done. Install a stub which works for that and is apologetic for
+# anyone else.
+cat >/usr/bin/apt-get <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "\${1:-}" != "clean" ]; then
+    echo "Couldn't run '\$0 \$*', because apt has been cleaned from this container."
+    echo ""
+    echo "After .gitlab-ci/container/strip-rootfs.sh has run, you cannot install"
+    echo "new packages."
+    echo ""
+    echo "Sorry."
+    exit 1
+fi
+EOF
+
+chmod +x /usr/bin/apt-get
+ln -s /usr/bin/apt-get /usr/bin/apt
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
index 0b4159672c2..d7ac54b81b0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ variables:
    DEBIAN_ARM64_TEST_IMAGE_VK_PATH: "debian/arm64_test-vk"
    DEBIAN_X86_64_TEST_ANDROID_IMAGE_PATH: "debian/x86_64_test-android"
 
-   DEBIAN_TEST_ANDROID_TAG: "20240926-git-hash"
-   DEBIAN_TEST_GL_TAG: "20240927-vvl"
-   DEBIAN_TEST_VK_TAG: "20241001-vkcts"
+   DEBIAN_TEST_ANDROID_TAG: "20241006-strip"
+   DEBIAN_TEST_GL_TAG: "20241006-strip"
+   DEBIAN_TEST_VK_TAG: "20241006-strip"
    KERNEL_ROOTFS_TAG: "20241001-vkcts"
 
    DEBIAN_PYUTILS_IMAGE: "debian/x86_64_pyutils"