diff --git a/.github/workflows/pentoo-build-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/pentoo-build-test.yaml
index d9b1bb131..e7426a8ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pentoo-build-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pentoo-build-test.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
     -
       name: List added files
-      run: git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r ${{ github.sha }}
+      run: git --no-pager diff --name-only "$(git rev-parse --verify origin/master 2> /dev/null)" HEAD
     -
       name: Pentoo Build Test
       run: |
-        sudo docker build --progress=plain --build-arg github_sha="${{ github.sha }}" . -f scripts/qa/Dockerfile.build
+        sudo docker build --progress=plain . -f scripts/qa/Dockerfile.build
diff --git a/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.build b/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.build
index ae360aa23..97815c331 100644
--- a/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/scripts/qa/Dockerfile.build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 FROM pentoolinux/pentoo-full
-ARG github_sha
 # Setup repos
 WORKDIR /var/db/repos/
 # setup gentoo repo
@@ -15,4 +14,4 @@ COPY . pentoo
 
 WORKDIR /var/db/repos/pentoo
 
-RUN ./scripts/qa/test-build $github_sha
+RUN ./scripts/qa/test-build
diff --git a/scripts/qa/test-build b/scripts/qa/test-build
index 5c129e962..43c535620 100755
--- a/scripts/qa/test-build
+++ b/scripts/qa/test-build
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 FAILED="0"
-if [ -z "${1:-}" ]; then
-  printf 'Must pass github.sha as argument 1\n'
-  exit 1
-fi
-set -x
-#if [ -z "$(git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r "${1}")" ]; then
-if [ -z "$(git --no-pager diff --name-only "$(git rev-parse --verify origin/master 2> /dev/null)" HEAD)" ]; then
-  printf "No changed files detected, nothing to do\n"
-  exit 1
-  # this hits because the diff-tree command finds nothing despite working on my computer
-fi
-#for i in $(git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r "${1}"); do
 for i in $(git --no-pager diff --name-only "$(git rev-parse --verify origin/master 2> /dev/null)" HEAD); do
   if [ "${i%.ebuild}" != "${i}" ]; then
     printf "%s looks like an ebuild, testing\n" "${i}"
@@ -23,6 +11,8 @@ for i in $(git --no-pager diff --name-only "$(git rev-parse --verify origin/mast
         printf '%s build FAILED\n' "${i}"
         FAILED="1"
       fi
+    else
+      printf '%s appears to be masked, skipping build test\n'
     fi
   fi
 done